David K
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A great post from 2003 featuring Nomads we don't see here anymore.
A post by Neal Johns on Baja history (the construction of the Transpeninsular Highway) with replies from Mike Humfreville, Baja Lou, JR (Ski Baja),
Baja Lera (Lee de Massey), and Pompano:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=849
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The ceremony opening the new highway with Mexico's President, on Dec. 1. 1973, at the new Eagle Monument...
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Udo
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WOW!
Quote: Originally posted by David K  | A post by Neal Johns on Baja history (the construction of the Transpeninsular Highway) with replies from Mike Humfreville, Baja Lou, JR (Ski Baja),
Baja Lera (Lee de Massey), and Pompano:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=849
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The ceremony opening the new highway with Mexico's President, on Dec. 1. 1973, at the new Eagle Monument...
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Youth is wasted on the young!
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motoged
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..... where did they all stay????? .....no Half Way Inn
Don't believe everything you think....
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David K
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The Dunas Motel was open... and not much else! The El Presidents hotels would open soon but maybe not until after this event?
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I have read and heard over the years that there was a thriving brothel business east of GN ..... so entertainment was available..... but overnight
beds?????
Don't believe everything you think....
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by motoged | | I have read and heard over the years that there was a thriving brothel business east of GN ..... so entertainment was available..... but overnight
beds????? |
Yes indeed, for the lonely salt miners! Mike Humfreville wrote an article about it. You can see the remains of it on Google Earth. I think Harald did
a post showing it, too?
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MORE photos please, especially around the Catavina area and Rancho Santa Ynez (Ines, Ynes). There is a highway dedication plaque somewhere along the
road by the Rancho. I took a PIC of it years ago and trying to find it.
Awesome lookback on history. Thanks to all.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by steekers | MORE photos please, especially around the Catavina area and Rancho Santa Ynez (Ines, Ynes). There is a highway dedication plaque somewhere along the
road by the Rancho. I took a PIC of it years ago and trying to find it.
Awesome lookback on history. Thanks to all. |
The plaque was at San Ignacito, 10 kms south of Santa Ynez, marking where highway crews from the north and the south met in September of 1973.
Sadly, the plaque was stolen from the monument... so the owner of the restaurant, across the highway, painted the words on the monument. He just got
the year wrong, at the bottom!
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