BajaNomad - Age of constibuters to this board

Age of constibuters to this board

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Baja Bernie - 5-20-2005 at 06:06 PM

As the only 'normal' Nomad around I thought it would be fun if everyone would post their age, if you are not afraid, and any other bull pucky that you want the rest of us to know--like how long you have been visiting OR living in Baja.

I'll start--68 years young--had a place in La Salina for over 25 years and just recently sold it (the worst thing I have ever done) so I could be closer to the VA hospital (joking). Still lovin' and wandering to Baja after over 45 years.
I even write poems and other junk about it.

Woops! Lurkers sure are welcome!!

[Edited on 5-21-2005 by Baja Bernie]

Packoderm - 5-20-2005 at 06:11 PM

I'm forty one, but I haven't been constibuting for nearly that long.

woody with a view - 5-20-2005 at 06:17 PM

40

first trip to baja was in 9th grade. went to popotla instead of school....

David K - 5-20-2005 at 06:21 PM

We did this once before Bernie... it was fun for some...

Me: David Kier age 47 1/2 :lol:

(48 in Sept.)... First Baja trip in 1965 with mom and dad to Gonzaga Bay via Jeep. First trip without parents in 1974 at age 16 to Gonzaga Bay (because it is THAT good and the road was that bad!!!) :bounce:

Because Bernie is so cool :cool:

I am including a cartoon from his second book... I think I am sending those two poor Nomads off to the 'Lost Mission'! :lol:

[Edited on 5-21-2005 by David K]

Eli - 5-20-2005 at 06:21 PM

I am now logging 54 years on plant earth.

My Papa brought me to Baja for the first time in 1958.

From that time to date the confusion insued as to if I am Sally, so sez my birth certificate and most gringos. Or is it Sara, as the folks of Mexico have called me every since tha first walk on the beach with Papa Fernandez. You see, Sali gets you in call kinds of confusion, like in sali forth or do you mean Sally the person, sigh...........Sara

[Edited on 5-21-2005 by Eli]

bajalou - 5-20-2005 at 06:29 PM

72 this week.

First time to baja was the required trip to Tijuana from Naval Hospital in San Diego in 1952. Then a few trips in mid 60's while I lived in So Cal returning in 91 or 2. Moved to Baja full time in 1995.

And still here-----------

:biggrin:

wornout - 5-20-2005 at 06:35 PM

60, first time to Baja was by cruise ship in the mid-80's. (I don't count the trip to TJ when in high school in 1963). Said I would never be back to Baja. Retired in 1998 and moved here to San Felipe.

Tommy A - 5-20-2005 at 06:40 PM

49yrs feel like 25 act like 15.

Oso - 5-20-2005 at 06:41 PM

Big six-oh next month.

Bruce R Leech - 5-20-2005 at 07:09 PM

55 travailing Mexico since 1957. in Mulege almost 16 years. never going to retire.

pokey - 5-20-2005 at 07:20 PM

I'm 36 . I first started coming down to Baja inbetween fishing seasons when I was a commercial fisherman up in Alaska about 9 years ago. You now how it is after 3 or so months on a boat up in the gulf of AK or the Bering. A person will do anything and go anywhere to get warm again. Eventually I met my future wife in Ensenada moved north, settled down and had two daughters. After seven years of that my wife was desperate to be in warmer climes and suggested that we move closer to her family :yes:

So here we are!!

We've been here less than a month and most of that time was spent looking for a house to rent and moving our stuff down from Oregon. Moving is always a pain in the you know what but moving out of country was very stresssful and I'm so happy to be done with it :yes:

Now I have time to get out and explore this amazing place.

fdt - 5-20-2005 at 07:27 PM

47 and been in baja since birth

Neal Johns - 5-20-2005 at 07:32 PM

74
First trip Thanksgiving 1977
Jack Smith's area (La Bocana) and down coast in an FJ-40, rubber chicken dinner with Mr. Gomez's (his landlord) pigs.

Jack who? you say? Read his book; God and Mr. Gomez

The roads are terrible, the people make me feel inferior, I'm never going back ..........Trust me!

JZ - 5-20-2005 at 07:40 PM

36 - first trip with parents in the early 80's.

elgatoloco - 5-20-2005 at 07:49 PM

4/29/58

First trip 1959.

Barry A. - 5-20-2005 at 07:50 PM

I am 67, retired for 9+ years, and loving every min. of it. I lived my first 30 years only 11 miles from Tiajuana, so I will not count our many trips to TJ, Ensenada, and Rosarita Beach when a kid with my Mom and her friends. In 1955 I made my first big trip in Baja to the plateau of the San Pedro Martir with my aunt and Bud Bernhard (and others), where we wandered about for 8 days in the high country, with horses out of Melings Ranch-----we walked, and the horses carried all our gear. I was hooked!!! Been going back ever since. My Mom, a Navy widow, and her sister, a single girl (never married), took me all over Baja as a big kid (15 to 19) in their International Travelall 4x4----what an experience. My Mom and her sister owned a second home in Punta Banda right on the ocean for 13 years, selling out in 1980. That's about it.

Neal, I remember Jack Smith, too

Gypsy Jan - 5-20-2005 at 07:54 PM

Age: Old enough to know better, but then again, maybe not

Jack Smith's books about his adventures in Baja lit a fire inside me to find out more about this amazing, miraculous place and Fred Hoctor's columns and books added fuel to the fire.

I have owned several copies of all their books and lent/given all of them out.

I wish that they weren't out of print.

Neal Johns - 5-20-2005 at 08:01 PM

Over 150 used copies of God and Mr. Gomez cheap at http://makeashorterlink.com/?C12D23D1B

Jan ,Bernie has Fred Hoctors

Keri - 5-20-2005 at 08:06 PM

Books for sale on his website. All the money goes to Freds wife Sylvia none to Bernie. He won't tell you that but I will. . Buy one for yourself and a few more to give to friends.God and Mr Gomez is in reprint and I saw it at Discover Baja awhile back. Hope this helps fill your bookshelves again,k :yes:

dug - 5-20-2005 at 08:09 PM

I'm 57. First trip to Baja was driving to Bahia de Los Angeles during Spring Break my Senior year of high school, 1965.

Keri - 5-20-2005 at 08:10 PM

I'll be 61 this year. My grandparents brought me to Baja when I was very little. Had a house in Mulege since1983,sold it about 4 years ago. Been here full time for nine years. Wouldn't be anywhere else, unless it was futher south again. k :yes:

meme - 5-20-2005 at 08:22 PM

68-- came to Baja/San Felipe in 1997 on a vacation from our vacation my kids say! As we had spent 11 winters ion Az. Full time Rv for almost 15 years!Ended up staying , building a house, adding on , adding on, adding on til we have no lot left to add anymore! Love it here!

bbbait - 5-20-2005 at 08:48 PM

58 and shocked! Can't believe it! Number should have been up long ago. While knocking on a cold Dos E, and cruising thru the Nomad sites, can't wait to roll So.. Friday night at B&B... Pretty busy, lots of catfisher men coming in... Juke box going, same ole....... it's the next best thing........ wayno

A young 60

John M - 5-20-2005 at 09:03 PM

Six - O and quite happy.

Began going to Baja in 1975 as checkpoint help for the Score races. Bought a place at Angel's Camp near La Salina in the early 80s. Quit the racing scene in 1987 and have enjoyed our many trips "south of the border" with my lively and lovely wife Barbara.

Age!!

baitcast - 5-20-2005 at 09:06 PM

71 next month......first trip,1964 to Gonzaga Bay with MaMa and the girls

BAITCAST

Bajaboy - 5-20-2005 at 09:14 PM

Age 37...first time in Baja...1969 at age 1

Zac

baja Steve - 5-20-2005 at 09:36 PM

59 and been coming to Baja sence 1968

Ken Bondy - 5-20-2005 at 10:26 PM

65, first trip in 1968 to Rancho Buena Vista. More than 100 flying trips in private aircraft, 3 driving trips. Favorite flying destinations Punta San Francisquito, Punta Pescadero, La Paz. Driving destinations primarily chasing whales (Laguna San Ignacio) and whale sharks (Bahia de Los Angeles).

Sharksbaja - 5-20-2005 at 11:46 PM

52 and so much to do! First trip 1958 and many more just as far as Rosarito Beach. First grand slam solo was to Cabo on the old road in 1970. Still feels good on any road. Just resuming my passion and the family loves it too! OH, man, The Los Lonely Boys are on PBS so..........

rogerj1 - 5-21-2005 at 12:15 AM

47 today!

My Mexican love affair began when I went to school in Mazatlan during college. We stayed with a family there, and quickly picked up Spanish thanks to total immersion. Afterwards, my compadre and I set off on a grand adventure which eventually ended on the beautiful island of Isla Mujeres. I don't know if I could handle the 2nd class bus service at this advanced age. I got my first taste of Baja when we took the ferry from Mazatlan to what was then the sleepy little town of La Paz. It took twenty years to make it back to Mexico. I took my family down for a vacation in Baja Sur last year and have been stricken with the fever since in a big way.

[Edited on 5-21-2005 by rogerj1]

Sharksbaja - 5-21-2005 at 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rogerj1
47 today!

[Edited on 5-21-2005 by rogerj1]

What did you have to edit ol' boy?
:lol:

rogerj1 - 5-21-2005 at 12:39 AM

My Mexican story of course. My memory is bad, but I still remember how old I am.

mulege marv - 5-21-2005 at 03:00 AM

51 yrs young, visited Baja for 15 yrs, bought a house here last year, moved into it in January. Should have done it sooner !

academicanarchist - 5-21-2005 at 03:24 AM

49, and I have a great birth date: December 31. First trip to Baja south of TJ was in 1975.

Osprey - 5-21-2005 at 06:32 AM

I'm 68. First trip to Baja 1969 -- Beech Bonanza to strip at what is now Los Barriles. Retired just a few miles from that spot 10 years ago. I have not been back to the states since.

Santiago - 5-21-2005 at 06:46 AM

54 - born and raised in Bakersfield so when I first drove thru TJ many years later I felt right at home........

Let's have some fun here and guess the age of some Baja-Babes who seem to be avoiding this thread:

Jeans would be about 35.

TravelPearl must be, well,,,,, how old is dirt? Least that.

M: requires some math: add up the age of all the old parts plus the age of all the new parts and divide by the total number of parts - maybe 15?

Baja Nana: hay-sus kreesto - not only do you have new parts but she's been smoked a bit too - and you gotta take trblmkr and add 25 - so must be close to 100!

MAH: this is hard - being married to MH must age you in dog years - just vehicle hassles alone would do it. But then think of all those years and all those smooth stones - gotta count for something.

[Edited on 5-21-2005 by Santiago]

Age is in the mind!

Jack Swords - 5-21-2005 at 07:36 AM

Hard to avoid this thread without seeming to hide the age factor. Will turn 64 this October, ran the 12K Bay to Breakers last weekend (clothes on!). Do 20 miles a week here in the Nipomo sand dunes, do several 70-80 mile backpack trips in the high Sierra each summer. Sure happy to be able!

Did Baja in mid 50's with parents, spent summers after started teaching on mainland Mexico by car down to Yucatan, Belize, to Costa Rica. Many, many years spent summers on the mainland on both coasts, N to S and E to W. Started Baja in earnest in early 80's, had a home in Todos Santos for 11 years (when they spoke Spanish in that town), and now spend a month in the Baja dirt hiking and backpacking with buddies, then 6 months in La Paz and environs living aboard our small sailboat during the winter. Nice to be in the company of so many wonderful Baja folks on this board!.

Don Alley - 5-21-2005 at 07:41 AM

54

First trip to Baja, a fly in to Las Cruces, 1961.

Cyndarouh - 5-21-2005 at 07:48 AM

53 years young, First trip was to TJ with Grandpa and Faimly took first steps there. Been going all over Baja, Mexico on and off, most my life. Were blessed to live close to the border.

Santiago

Baja Bernie - 5-21-2005 at 09:12 AM

Boy! Do you have large ones. Now I understand why you do not even list the town you in which you live.

I agree that we need to hear from the gals--you can fudge a bit if you wish.

(I edited this because I re-read the guys post and doubt that he will reach 55)

[Edited on 5-21-2005 by Baja Bernie]

rpleger - 5-21-2005 at 09:22 AM

I`m 67, First trip to Baja was in 1953 on a booze run from Newport.
Been in Mulege (Full time) for 10 years and have owned a home here for the last 3years.
Retired and loving it.

BajaRob - 5-21-2005 at 09:35 AM

55, double nickel. First trip to Mx (Mazatlan ) in 1975 . I chartered my Tayana 52 ( Windstalker ) from 1988 to 1991 out of Marina de La Paz. I retired in 2002 and now spend 8-9 months a year @ Bahia Santa Maria. Life is good. Rob

Natalie Ann - 5-21-2005 at 09:37 AM

I'm 58 - and a relative newbie to Baja. First trip was to La Paz in 1992.

A-OK - 5-21-2005 at 10:33 AM

30

First trip was when I was a tiny frijole......... been in love ever since.
I was actually kidnaped in Baja when I was a few yrs old...kinda. :wow:

A woman grabbed me and ran off into an alley with my mother screaming behind us. The woman noticed I was turning green inside her shop and ran me out to get sick in the alley. Poor mom thought I was gonna be sold into slavery. :lol:

burro bob - 5-21-2005 at 10:37 AM

I'm 51, thats almost 20 in burro years. First time in Baja in 94 on a trip to San Felipe via Ensenada with my Mom to check out the piece of desert we had won in a National Pen Corp. promotion. We liked the wide open empty desert of San Felipe better than the crowds on the Pacific side.
Things change. Moved out of El Dorado about 4 years ago when the place got filled up with retired postal workers, you never know when one of them might loose it. :rolleyes:

Mom moved to the beach in town because she decided she liked crowds and crazy people. I moved into the ejido poblado. We bought a ranch in Valley Chico so I could fulfill my lifelong dream of being a hermit.
burro bob

Burro Bob

Barry A. - 5-21-2005 at 11:37 AM

Looking at the "Baja Almanac Atlas" I can find "El Dorado" and "Valle Chico", but I cannot find the ejido you refer to. Is that at the mouth of Canon Cajon in Valle Chico?

bajalera - 5-21-2005 at 11:41 AM

I'm older than anybody [and by one more year on Sunday].

First went to La Paz in 1963 with my archaeologist husband, lived there with my three children as an undocumented alien until 1968, made many trips after that, have lived in La Paz again for a couple of years.

comitan - 5-21-2005 at 12:14 PM

Bajalera your only old in years, they only count if you act old.

lindsay - 5-21-2005 at 12:59 PM

I'm 36 soon to be 37 in July and my first trip was in elementary school with my parents on a day trip from SD to TJ for lunch and exploring. I thought my dad was so cool when he whipped out his Spanish and told the taxi driver at the border to take us to Avenida Revolucion. I remember the taco tray at the restaurant and brought home my first pinata and ceramic piggy bank from the border line...big fun when you're 7

bajajudy - 5-21-2005 at 03:08 PM

Ok, never been afraid to say my age so why start now....57
First came down to San Jose in 1986 when a friend of mine was helping get the Tropicana Hotel kitchen set up so she could be their first chef. Stayed right on the square in her apartment and fell in love with the town.
My husband(we were not married then) and I continued to come down whenever we could get away for 5 or 6 years, then we missed a few.
We decided to buy some land in 96 and then built a small house in which we live today. Moved down permanently in 2000 and have never regretted it for a moment.
We enjoyed retired life until last year when my husband got bored and started our book business...Baja Books and Maps.
Now we get to travel Baja and write it off.....now that is cool!
Today is one of those picture perfect days that make you sigh and thank whoever you thank that you are here in this beautiful place....
Thank you!

burro bob - 5-21-2005 at 03:09 PM

Barry A
I am refering to the Ejido Plan National Agrario. It is the second largest Ejido in Mexico. It buts up against Ejido Saldana to the north (the land behind La Ventana is Ejido PNA land) to the south it goes down to Ejido Delicias (close to Campo El Vergel), to the west it goes to the Siera San Pedro Martir and the National Park.
The "Poblado" is the area of the Ejido that has been designated as a residential area. It is the area south of El Dorado, going a little bit beyond where the big water tank is on the hill. The east boundary is the highway ( for the entire Ejido as well as the poblado). The west boundary is the small range of hills known as the Sierra Abandonada.
If this isn't confusing enough the Ejido PNA is subdivided into Groupos. Each Groupo is in charge of one or two communal zones. I am in an area covered by Groupo Cajon and they control the access to the canyons north of Barroso and south of Provedencia. It is why David found the gate closed when he and Jide went to Canyon Cajon. Someone was trying to round up some stock.
Agua Caliente is a Groupo, part of Ejido PNA.
East Valley road is a state maintained road. All other roads described by the people that post here are private ejido roads.
All ranches, regardless of how "abandoned" looking they are, have someone that has been given the rights to that property by the Ejido.
Sorry to get so far off topic.
burro bob

what about those...

eetdrt88 - 5-21-2005 at 03:21 PM

with multiple personalities,should they state the age of each of their personalities or just their real age.......because my actual B-day was in '70 but after a day of work in the heat like today i'm feeling about 65 or 70,but sometimes after a few great days in baja i start feeling about 20 or 21....yea,i guess i like revisiting those moments sometimes :yes:

Sonora Wind - 5-21-2005 at 04:34 PM

I'm 55 at this writing, which I've been told is old enough to know better but to young to resist. First time in BAJA I was 10 or 11. Made a day trip to TJ. Got my first guitar, first picture on a stripped burro, first taco from a street vendor, and of course on the way back to El Monte my first case of the revenge. :cool:

jeans - 5-21-2005 at 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Santiago
Let's have some fun here and guess the age of some Baja-Babes who seem to be avoiding this thread:

Jeans would be about 35.

You're really trying for some points, aren't you?!!

You were at the party celebrating the 19th anniversary of my 30th birthday! That was four years ago.

In 20 days you can reverse those two numbers. :?:

comitan - 5-21-2005 at 06:20 PM

72 years young, first year 1982 only to mulege then every winter since, last 11 years home in La Paz.

TMW - 5-21-2005 at 08:39 PM

60, first time in TJ was 1961. Moved to San Diego in 1978 and been going down ever since even though I don't live so close anymore. It's that mystical draw that many will never understand.

Corky1 - 5-21-2005 at 09:12 PM

66 three days ago. :spingrin:

First trip to Baja, June 1971 to pre-run the Baja 500 on a motorcycle.

(Thats not counting the little sneak across trips during hi-school.)

Corky :lol:

Bob H - 5-21-2005 at 11:19 PM

55 - first time in Baja (not counting TJ) was in 1985 (south of Ensenada to San Quintin). Have traveled the entire Peninsula four times witrh many short trips in between. Favorite trip was through the Gonazaga Bay area from San Felipe. How can you beat Gonzaga Bay?

age

bajasmitty - 5-22-2005 at 12:02 AM

came to mexico jan 31 1961 , graduated boot camp in san diego ,ended up in RENE'S a little drunk . :tumble:

moved to LA barca in 1984. moved to san antonio del mar in 2004. love to fish up and down baja . originally from iowa.
love it here :cool:

dono - 5-22-2005 at 04:56 AM

age 61. 1st trip to baja 1950 camping near punta Banda

Ken Bondy - 5-22-2005 at 07:50 AM

As a constibuter to this board, I need to ask if anybody else likes that new word as much as I do? I am fixating on it, already used it several times in casual conversation in the last few days. It simply ROLLS off your tongue, KAHN-STIB-YOU-TER, and has so much potential: conspirator, contributor, con job, distributor, constant, whatever. The actual meaning is invenereal to me when a word sounds that good. Thanks for creating this Bernie, best new word I have seen in ages :biggrin:

++Ken++

Ken

Baja Bernie - 5-22-2005 at 08:11 AM

Woops. Color my face bright red. I really fildubbed that one.

Happy birthday Lera.

[Edited on 5-22-2005 by Baja Bernie]

Santiago - 5-22-2005 at 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ken Bondy
As a constibuter to this board, I need to ask if anybody else likes that new word as much as I do? I am fixating on it, already used it several times in casual conversation in the last few days. It simply ROLLS off your tongue, KAHN-STIB-YOU-TER, and has so much potential: conspirator, contributor, con job, distributor, constant, whatever. The actual meaning is invenereal to me when a word sounds that good. Thanks for creating this Bernie, best new word I have seen in ages :biggrin:

++Ken++

Ken: same here - love it. But which syllable gets the emphasis? maybe depending on the usage? I'm using it as kahn-sti-BU-ter. But once in a while it rolls off as KAHN-sti-bu-tor (as in one who constibutes). I've been playing around with the mexican version, kahn-STEE-bu-ter, and like that also. Lots of good nitches to use this one.

Ken Bondy - 5-22-2005 at 08:21 AM

Santiago: I would put the emphasis on the second syllable in both English and Spanish. I agree, the applications are endless, and I haven't even gotten around to fiddling with the Mexican version, thanks for reminding me of that.

Bernie: You've done it again, "fildubbed"!!!! Now I've got to go to work on that one. Keep 'em coming :light:

++Ken++

bajalou - 5-22-2005 at 08:36 AM

And here we thought Bruce Leech was the master of new words and their applications.

:yes:

backninedan - 5-22-2005 at 09:44 AM

62, but since moving to Loreto a year and a half ago, aging has taken on a much slower, mellower aspect, and the fish dont care how old I am.

pascuale - 5-22-2005 at 10:28 AM

23 first trip was to gonzaga when I was 6 in 1988. Ive been there about 100 times and driven to the tip 2 times. I love Baja. :lol:

Bob H - 5-22-2005 at 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by backninedan
... and the fish dont care how old I am.

That's fantastic! :lol:

Ken

Baja Bernie - 5-22-2005 at 12:06 PM

I can't wait for Neal to provide a definition for "fildubbed."

I must tell you that it was an 'intended' accident. So far you get an A+ in paper grading.

bajajudy - 5-22-2005 at 12:19 PM

When I first looked at the topic, I thought that it had something to do with bodily functions and shied away from it....you know the older you are the more constibuted you become.

But then the fish dont care about that either

backninedan - 5-22-2005 at 12:58 PM

Will a bowl of prunes cure constibution??

Santiago - 5-22-2005 at 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bajajudy
When I first looked at the topic, I thought that it had something to do with bodily functions and shied away from it....you know the older you are the more constibuted you become.

But then the fish dont care about that either

BJ: If I catch your drift, turns out the fish do care. In the late 90s (1990s, Neal) my two boys and I flew into La Paz, rented a pickup and drove to Las Arenas for a few days of fishing (if I recall, Las Arenas closed a few months after that). On our first day of panga fishing, we were into bull dodos real good - I'm talking 50 pounders here. My jr high kids were plum tuckered. Somewhere around noon the pangaro (sp) started looking very agitated, pointed to the front of the panga, yelling "banjo, banjo!" Now, I've been in quite a few pangas, even super ones, and never recall anything of the sort. After a strange few minutes of our guide getting more and more anxious, now practically screaming, "Banjo, Banjo" and pointing to the bow, it dawned on me that he needed to go numero dos and wanted us to face the front, away from him. We did, he did, and after the 'OK' was given, we returned to our posts, no one commenting on the trail of toilet paper behing our boat. The bite promply stopped, never to return.

jeans - 5-22-2005 at 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Santiago
"....we were into bull dodos real good...." -

************** Nope....nevermind...... :saint:

[edited by jeans ] :lol:

bajajudy - 5-22-2005 at 04:01 PM

Ah but Santiago if your pangero had been constibuted you would have never lost the bite.

jeans - 5-22-2005 at 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by whistler
Jeans,Bull dodos are male Dorado,normally means they were big.

I was just funnin' with him :bounce:

Looked too much like Bull Doo - Doo.....much like most of this thread!!!! :lol:

62 in November

vgabndo - 5-22-2005 at 06:50 PM

Started running around North Baja on dirt bikes in the early seventies. Started building a little place to hang-out in San Nicolas after I drove 8200 miles R/T to Belize on my honeymoon and decided was wasn't going to do that again for a long time. A month and a half a year now for the past dozen years. Not enough time, but at this point I can't start going when I was younger, and I ain't gettin' any. (younger) :lol:

rts551 - 5-22-2005 at 07:06 PM

54

first year bufadaora

then santo tomas - 1958

then Johnson Ranch 1959

then followed the road down

been in baja every year except for two years in 1977-1978

things have changed (as they allways will)

Braulio - 5-22-2005 at 07:29 PM

Age: 51

First trip to Baja: Same year I was born I think - I'll have to ask my mother.

Still don't know a 'am thing about the area. Might as well be a foreign freaking country.

The Sculpin - 5-22-2005 at 08:16 PM

48 last March....

1972..rudely woken up in the middle of the night by "federales" banging on the side of the VW van.....everyone out and the van searched at gunpoint...stack of Playboys gets us out of the jam.......

been going back ever since!!!!!!

bajapablo - 5-22-2005 at 09:11 PM

36 going on 37 June 18. First trip was a vanilla run to TJ for my mom, a puppet/marionette thingy for me and a ukelele for my bro after a family trip to the San Diego zoo in 75 or 76. Various TJ runs for blankets and vanilla every few years on family trips to SoCal. Took my own family to La Bufadora in 2000 and in 2003 and 2004 went on brotherhood trips to San Felipe, Gonzaga Bay, and San Quentin.

Mike Supino - 5-23-2005 at 10:35 AM

54 in September.

Baja traveler since 1969

David A. - 5-23-2005 at 11:00 AM

50 this July. :wow:

jerry - 5-23-2005 at 11:52 AM

54 yrs as of june 9 2005
other then the border crossing
first time in real baja was dec 1990 to punta colorado

yankeeirishman - 5-23-2005 at 11:59 AM

I wanna do this survey of old gents and broads! I am 51 with four kids?youngest being a 10-year-old Einstein! The oldest is a system engineer with Yahoo.com I have owned Night Clubs and Landscaping businesses in California. Been exploring Mexico for about 19 years, but not Baja. I discovery of Baja three years ago?and we all fell in love with the area. It?s primitive in a sort, undiscovered, and it?s not commercialized much. I will call this place home in the future.

What's a constibutor?

Hook - 5-23-2005 at 12:31 PM

A person who clogs up the board with unnecessary posts?

yankeeirishman - 5-23-2005 at 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pompano
3 years in Baja and you find it: Primitive? Undiscovered? Not commercialized much?

Are you 'positive' you made it to Baja?? :lol:

Sorry, couldn't help but laugh at those ideas. So much so, I had Julio bring another pina colada to our beach cabana here at the resort.

p.s. you WERE kidding, right? If not, more power to you..hope you enjoy your beginnings in Baja.

[Edited on 5-23-2005 by Pompano]

Me? Kid? You got to be kidding! :lol:

bajalera - 5-23-2005 at 05:58 PM

I used to suffer from constibution, too, Bernie, but then I started eating dried prunes.

[Edited on 5-24-2005 by bajalera]

zforbes - 5-23-2005 at 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Baja Bernie
As the only 'normal' Nomad around I thought it would be fun if everyone would post their age, if you are not afraid, and any other bull pucky that you want the rest of us to know--like how long you have been visiting OR living in Baja.

I'll start--68 years young--had a place in La Salina for over 25 years and just recently sold it (the worst thing I have ever done) so I could be closer to the VA hospital (joking). Still lovin' and wandering to Baja after over 45 years.
I even write poems and other junk about it.

Woops! Lurkers sure are welcome!!

[Edited on 5-21-2005 by Baja Bernie]

David K - 5-23-2005 at 06:10 PM

Yankee, that looks like it's right infront of Bahia Santa Maria! With drive up delivery service like that, does anyone still have a problem with beach driving in Baja??? :lol:

zforbes - 5-23-2005 at 06:57 PM

Hi, I have been reading the posts for a while to get the flavor of the board. I first went to Ensenada and the Rosarita & Estero beach areas-- camping & hoteling -- in the late fifties as a 16-year-old. Continued to visit, adding Tecate & San Felipe, until the late sixties. Then spent many years on the east coast; back now in northern CA. A few years ago I asked son Bajaboy to take me for a Mexico journey from SD. We ended up at the Half-Way House for lunch. I was taken aback by the changes to the coast.

Since then I have visited several times, going to Cabo & the Todos Santos areas, and to Barra de Navidad, Guadalajara, Ajijic, & Lake Chapala inland. By the way, I add my vote to the others for Hotel Mar de Cortez in Cabo, an affordable and congenial place in walking distance of most things, with a pool and good food and drinks.

I have enjoyed reading all the good information from the knowledgeable folks on board, and I'm using suggestions to put together my next visit, I think to La Paz or Loreto. I must say that I was quite relieved to finally hear from the women on the board, because at first when I tuned in, it seemed Very Male. Now that stuff goes to off topic (which I also read, but only in small doses)and the info and pictures are easier to access.Thank you to the poets, writers and artists among us for your lovely gifts.

I still haven't quite figured how to get logged on as a member, but I am definitely in the wings and hovering around. Thanks once again for giving background, history & experience. I am very interested in tracking down information on the very large (3 inches) blue black wasp (I think) that was sucking nector from the white flowered shrub by our patio in the Cocina Pacifica area last October. I have not been able to find it identified on the net. (Smaller versions exist, but none of the size I saw.) Does any one know any good insect books for that area (southern Bajac oast)? Or online collections? Bye, Zoe

Lera

Baja Bernie - 5-23-2005 at 07:00 PM

I know where the edit button is and could have easily changed my goof---But I decided not to because I felt that Ken Bondy's post added a certain flair and zest to this thread. Well over 2000 hits makes it appear that it did just that.

Now it is someone else's turn to coin a new word, make fun of themselves and bring a bit more haha to our simple little lives.

It will also make me pay much more attention to the Preview Button.

Ken Bondy - 5-23-2005 at 07:13 PM

Bernie I hope you realize that my post was in jest and just for fun, albeit somewhat at your expense. Nothing personal, you know I consider you a good cyberfriend. Plus I have read both of your books several times

++Ken++

[Edited on 5-24-2005 by Ken Bondy]

Me No - 5-23-2005 at 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zforbes
Hi, I have been reading the posts for a while to get the flavor of the board. I first went to Ensenada and the Rosarita & Estero beach areas-- camping & hoteling -- in the late fifties as a 16-year-old. Continued to visit, adding Tecate & San Felipe, until the late sixties. Then spent many years on the east coast; back now in northern CA. A few years ago I asked son Bajaboy to take me for a Mexico journey from SD. We ended up at the Half-Way House for lunch. I was taken aback by the changes to the coast.

Since then I have visited several times, going to Cabo & the Todos Santos areas, and to Barra de Navidad, Guadalajara, Ajijic, & Lake Chapala inland. By the way, I add my vote to the others for Hotel Mar de Cortez in Cabo, an affordable and congenial place in walking distance of most things, with a pool and good food and drinks.

I have enjoyed reading all the good information from the knowledgeable folks on board, and I'm using suggestions to put together my next visit, I think to La Paz or Loreto. I must say that I was quite relieved to finally hear from the women on the board, because at first when I tuned in, it seemed Very Male. Now that stuff goes to off topic (which I also read, but only in small doses)and the info and pictures are easier to access.Thank you to the poets, writers and artists among us for your lovely gifts.

I still haven't quite figured how to get logged on as a member, but I am definitely in the wings and hovering around. Thanks once again for giving background, history & experience. I am very interested in tracking down information on the very large (3 inches) blue black wasp (I think) that was sucking nector from the white flowered shrub by our patio in the Cocina Pacifica area last October. I have not been able to find it identified on the net. (Smaller versions exist, but none of the size I saw.) Does any one know any good insect books for that area (southern Bajac oast)? Or online collections? Bye, Zoe

Eye, great post. You should copy and paste this to the who you are thread at Baja.net. Check out the photo gallery there. It is the best there is. If anyone needs a baja fix. The pictures there will at least get the monkey off your back. :lol:

Ken Bondy - 5-23-2005 at 07:20 PM

OK I confess. I spelled "friend" wrong in my last post and, unlike Bernie, chickened out and corrected it!
++Ken++

bajalera - 5-23-2005 at 08:51 PM

Bernie, there's no doubt you did the right thing--look at all those posts. Besides, why should Brews Leach have all the fun?

Lera

constubuted DAMN

mike odell - 5-23-2005 at 09:29 PM

I just ate 14 nopals,6 Japalenos,2 kilos of calamar,Washed down with I forget but I think 1/2 bottle of Porfidio tequila,.
and I am still CONSTUBED!! Me thinks I will get back to normal about 3AM???

Me No - 5-23-2005 at 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bajalera
why should Brews Leach have all the fun?

Lera

:moon:

constubuted DAMN

mike odell - 5-23-2005 at 09:35 PM

OOps, forgot what thish is alla bout, Am 57 yeers ole doday!
Pash me La tequillllla por favor!!!!

My Goodness Gracias

mike odell - 5-23-2005 at 09:42 PM

Hoelllly Maaaackerel I gust lovvvvvvvvvvvve theis brando
tekilla, wiiiish youu werrrre alll heree! Goodddy Nighe, Opps
thees es the fisst timme I eveer speel worts thann Bruece
Leach!! HHa Damn Happyyee Birtday to Meeeeee!

yankeeirishman - 5-23-2005 at 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by David K
Yankee, that looks like it's right infront of Bahia Santa Maria! With drive up delivery service like that, does anyone still have a problem with beach driving in Baja??? :lol:

Is there any damn place in Baja that you dont know, Mr Guru? :lol:

What a great place Bahia Santa Maria is!

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