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David K
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Old L.A. Bay trip photos (1967-1974)
1967:
Just driving into Casa Diaz compound... the only game in town back then!
1972 (?):
Casa Diaz...
1974:
The L.A. Bay Junction (Parador Punta Prieta). The pavement to L.A. Bay ended just a mile away, out-of-sight of Highway 1, that summer.
Parador Punta Prieta (L.A. Bay Junction). We unhitched my dune buggy here and drove the wagon only the 40 (almost all dirt) miles to L.A. Bay to check
out the road for my road guide (1974)...
The road U.C. to L.A. Bay in the summer of 1974. (In 1976, it was still mostly unpaved on our next trip). Crews were working on extending it, about 10
miles from Highway 1.
1974:
Casa Diaz...
Along Highway 1 were several of these large signs installed when the highway was completed and officially opened on December 1, 1973... Note the
spelling of economic...
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Meany
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Great Pictures Dave thanks for sharing.
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David K
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My pleasure! Baja has fascinated me since 1965... Photos are like a time machine... and so is going to Baja!
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Barry A.
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David-----great stuff. This is why I keep coming back to BAJA NOMADS!!!
MtGoat666 should marvel at these photos what with the Govt. sponsored environmental damage by clear-cutting the desert on either side of the new
highway. That always bothered me--------A LOT!!!
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Thank you. Everything changes as much as we like them to remain the same. If I think of it, I will take a photo at the parador building to compare
1974 to now. The gas vendor parks there and the maintain the hot showers for travelers and truckers.
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David K
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Quote: Originally posted by Barry A.  | David-----great stuff. This is why I keep coming back to BAJA NOMADS!!!
MtGoat666 should marvel at these photos what with the Govt. sponsored environmental damage by clear-cutting the desert on either side of the new
highway. That always bothered me--------A LOT!!! |
It was pretty rediculous how they bulldozed the desert 200 meters wide or whatever it was. Millions of cardon cacti and cirio trees destroyed along
with all other plants and animals... for a skinny paved road.
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what happened to the Chapel at Casa Diaz?
Recent sat images indicate, it is gone.
Harald Pietschmann
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| Quote: Originally posted by paranewbi | Thanks for the 'secret spot' photos DK! I remember the lady who made hand made tortilla's in her home. Everyone lined up at her door for fresh ones in
the late afternoon...but that was in the late 80's.
Awesome photos...you should have run tour groups then.  |
Her name was Marielena. Her house was near the original Dos Pinos store. She was so nice. She used to invite us in. We would sit on the edge of her
bed while she made our order, tossing us one to nibble on while we waited. Good memories.
P>*)))>{
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I love the plane park right Casa Diaz.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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kevin_in_idaho
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Awesome! You should write a book... oh wait... never mind.
Do you still have that station wagon? You could turn it into a 4x4!
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Harald, the chapel is still there, I was there last week.
\"There are many dangers in Baja. The most serious of which is not going.\" Christophe Noel (EXPO)
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David K
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Funny guy!
That trip with my parents in 1974 was for researching my second Baja Guide, published in a special edition of the Baja Bulletin Magazine. No, that was
my dad's last car... it was great for all the trips where 4WD wasn't needed.
Published in the winter of 1974/1975. I was 17.
Here is my first guide, self-published when I was 15 from the extensive notes I took on the Summer 1973 trip when the highway was under construction
between the Mission San Fernando road and Villa Jesus Maria...
A couple sample pages:
As it was in 1973.
I have always loved writing about Baja or things I learned about to help others.
Here is the irrigation book I co-authored in 1992...
One of the charts I designed for it...
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David K
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That is a cool story!
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Cliffy
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Airplane at Diaz! I had mine right there! Slept there on the 2X4 cots in the summer.
You chose your position in life today by what YOU did yesterday
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David K
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Back in the 60s, more planes were parked at Casa Diaz than autos (4×4s). It was 200 or more unpaved miles to Bahía, back then.
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My dad and I flew from Burbank airport in a Cessna 180 all the way to Bay of LA and stayed at Casa Diaz back in 1974!!! I believe we stopped in TJ
on the way for customs. My mom must have been frantic back home, but we had a blast. Oysters off the rocks and big conch snails, even turtle for
dinner.
John
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Always love your old photos and perspective David K, thank you!
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David K
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My pleasure Greg. Merry Christmas!
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cool stuff
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Cliffy
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Just a couple of long ago memories-
One could change a tire on a motor home in the road (Mex 1) before BOLA and not get run over as there wasn't much traffic back then.
Catavina had lots of stick and mud huts for houses but they all had TV dish antennas on top.
Just before the turn inland at El Rosario on the left side of the road was a nice little restaurant
I had a baja bug exactly like the one pictured above but without the overhead junk :-) Same color and everything
IIRC Cessna 310 landed at BOLA an ran over a small child thus closing the in town airport.
I once came down in the late spring right after a week of rain and the entire desert was abloom with thousands of acres of colorful flowers, reds,
pinks, blues, whites, purples. Thousands and thousands of acres ablaze with color. Something never to be forgotten.
Had a bad tire from the motorhome (see above) and found the exact same tire in the llantera right at the final turn into BOLA on the right hand side.
But it was a baja "regrove" with a hand held chisel :-) Got us home as a spare.
Used to follow the porpoise and drop lures for yellowfin tuna out in the bay at BOLA.
Merry Christmas all!
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