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BajaNomad
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Pancho at Bahia San Rafael
From my email inbox just now:
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Subject: Pancho (Roadrunner) San Rafael
To whom this may concern,
I am reaching out because today we lost one of the most unique persons in baja, Pancho (Corre Caminos) from Bahia San Rafael. Pancho was like family
to me and being that he had no relatives I know there were a lot of people like me that embraced his kindness and generosity...may he rest in
peace....I am hoping that you can post this in your blog
Thank you
Dora Tiznado
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[Edited on 5-10-2018 by BajaNomad]
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AKgringo
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Damn....I was just there at the end of March, and he seemed in good health! I have stayed with him several times, and was planning
on doing so again in the fall.
Anyone have info on the cause of death? I liked him, he will be missed!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Bajaboy
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Man, I first met Pancho 20+ years or so ago. He definitely was a friend to me and my family. Adios amigo!
[Edited on 5-10-2018 by Bajaboy]
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TMW
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So sad, may he rest in peace. God speed.
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willardguy
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Tioloco
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That is very disappointing... DEP Pancho. Planned on a trip out to see him 2 weeks ago and never ran out there. Always such a nice and helpful guy.
And his block of cheese wrapped in cloth he liked to share... Life is too short.
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JZ
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Got dammit!
My son, friend, and Pancho in January.
[Edited on 5-10-2018 by JZ]
[Edited on 5-11-2018 by BajaNomad]
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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DEP Pancho...hope your passage to the other side was quick... and my condolences to his friends & family who will miss him dearly. Another Baja
legend over there....
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KurtG
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So sorry to learn of his passing. I had a nice visit with him a few weeks ago, he was in his usual good spirits and seemed well.
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David K
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Darn darn... he was so awesome and lived on the edge, happily!
I think I first visited with Pancho in 2002 (Bajaboy Zac had written so fondly of him a year previously on Amigos de Baja)...
Pancho and I, in the center.
Later, (New Years 2003), my two kids and I stopped to visit with him after we did a lost mission search southwest of his place. He was so kind and
made us dinner, even catering to my daughter who hates fish, cooking her chicken from his freezer.
My last two visits were in September 2016 with my Baja Extreme tour and everyone loved Pancho, gave him top ratings!
My last visit was January 2017.
So sorry he is gone!
[Edited on 9-6-2022 by David K]
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Santiago
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Years ago I stopped in and gave him some red wine (hints from Zac). He freaked but then said he had no way to open it. I gave him a cork screw and he
gave me a cool bottle opener which I still keep in my desk at work.
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elgatoloco
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RIP Pancho
He was one of a kind and always had a smile on. He was fun company around a campfire.
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JZ
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We spent about 5 weeks in Baja in Nov/Dec. I asked my 16 yo kid when we went back what was the best part of the trips. He said the day we rode out
from BoLA and camped on the beach and hung out with Pancho was the best.
[Edited on 5-11-2018 by JZ]
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advrider
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Sure will miss him, hope someone will keep the place a live. I never missed a chance to stop in and say hi, he embodied what Baja is to me. I hope he
can be buried close to the place he loved so much, or spread his ashes??? If money is needed to do so, I am in!
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bajadogs
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Dang! What a drag. He was so great to hang out with all these years. He was generous to me. This hurts. He was legendary for sure. Dang it!
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Paulina
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I'm sorry to read this. I hope he passed quickly. He always insisted I take a gift when we parted. My favorite was a brick that he had found along the
shore. It had been in the sea for so long that it looked like a thin, red bar of soap. I keep it in my purse, one of my lucky objects. My lucky brick
just became invaluable.
Rest In Peace, Pancho.
P>*)))>{
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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ElCap
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I enjoyed many stops at 'Rancho de Pancho' over the years. Although he was quite the character, I always admired his independence out in such a
remote spot. In some weird way I envied what he had, even though he had so little.
I also heard many hilarious stories about him from Beto in San Francisquito - evidently Pancho came over from the mainland years ago and told Beto he
was a fisherman, so Beto gave him a job on a boat. After a bit it was clear he was not a fisherman so Beto made him camp cook. Then everyone got
sick from the food he cooked so he got the boot, and he made his way up to San Rafael where he found his home. I don't think he actually owned that
land - maybe someone else here knows the rest of the story?
RIP mi amigo.
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sherdoggie
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So sad. He was truly a gentleman. Met him several years ago when I visited him with my fishing buddy. Tried to describe the beauty of his place to my
wife. Finally got her to BOLA and made a special trip to see him. He was so gracious, gave her gifts before leaving. She still talks about him and his
magnificent place. DEP Amigo.
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David K
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Great stories, please keep them coming!
If you are not a registered Nomad but want to share a Pancho story, please email it to me, subject line: Pancho
Mail to: info-AT-vivabaja.com (replace -AT- with @)
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AKgringo
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About five or six years ago, Pancho told me that he came over from Guymas on a fishing boat, and stayed to watch the camp and gear. He then decided
that he would rather stay there than go back to the mainland when the boat was done fishing there.
I don't know if his time at Beto's camp was before, or after he first settled at San Rafael. Time, and my marginal language skills probably affect
this narrative of his story.
I mentioned that I was returning to La Paz to finish some dental work. He said a few disparaging words about dentists, then showed me a box
containing all of the teeth he had pulled (and saved) during his years on the bay!
[Edited on 5-11-2018 by AKgringo]
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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