Cincodemayo - 12-2-2005 at 01:24 PM
Back when you COULD bodysurf Cabo.
Marinero - 12-2-2005 at 01:58 PM
The first time I came to Cabo, and I don't remember the year exactly (maybe 1975), there were three hotels in Baja Sur, Palmilla, Hotel Cabo San
Lucas and the Hacienda. Then, poco a poco, more hotels more condos more tee shirt shops. I see the East Cape as Cabo was then. Unfortunately, I see
it will become as Cabo is now. By then, I hope to have migrated to La Paz, which is and should remain a Mexican (albeit large) City.
Ken Bondy - 12-2-2005 at 02:20 PM
Cinco
Am I fantasizing or can you barely see the original buildings of the Solmar Hotel in that photo?
++Ken++
Cincodemayo - 12-2-2005 at 02:33 PM
Ken...yep that was when the beach was beautiful with minimal building on that side of the rocks!
Grover... When I went in 86 we caught the tail end of the hurricane there and the next morning they were breaking perfect 10-12 footers, rollers that
would be about a 200 foot ride. I'd been bodysurfing the wedge at 12-15 feet at Newport and those are quick turnouts or you'd be pulverized on the
sand. These were perfect rollers. My now ex-wife said you aren't going out there and I pretty much said yeah, right. Grabbed my Churchill fins and did
a quick shooter and Corona and went out to catch the best rides in years! Then a 18-20 foot set came in and I was literally getting shot up the wave
face and 10 feet into the air. The energy out there was phenomenal and I was the only one out there. I've always been an excellent swimmer and my
first thing is respect for King Neptune...You could even see waterspouts way out in the Pacific. Wild weather to say the least.
Cabo
tehag - 12-2-2005 at 06:28 PM
Marinero.
Must have been earlier than '75.
This fuzzy pic was taken from the driveway of Hotel Finisterra in March of '73.
Very nice! Back then it was fun!
pangamadness - 12-2-2005 at 06:36 PM
I ment to post a photo, trying again
pangamadness - 12-2-2005 at 06:41 PM
I suck at this! just a wana be
pangamadness - 12-2-2005 at 06:42 PM
Another try, If it works this was twenty five years ago.
pangamadness - 12-2-2005 at 06:48 PM
Do you remember these chairs. This was when the Whale Watcher Bar was good! This girl was a keeper. Glad she thought the same of me.
25 years past
pangamadness - 12-2-2005 at 06:51 PM
See last post for info
Just when I thought I could do this I still suck! Sorry
pangamadness - 12-2-2005 at 06:54 PM
Here is another photo of the Bar
pangamadness - 12-2-2005 at 06:57 PM
When the harbor was being built
pangamadness - 12-2-2005 at 07:01 PM
bajajudy - 12-2-2005 at 07:02 PM
The bar is still there.
However the view has changed considerably. Although I am sure that your lovely lady has not.
I think that Tehag's pic is from a different view. Looking at Medano not the Pacific. ED-Ok the one above is the same as Tehag
I am totally impressed with the body surfing done there. No way Jose
Great shots!
AAAAAH those were the days. er daze
[Edited on 12-3-2005 by bajajudy]
Cardon - 12-2-2005 at 08:03 PM
Here is a picture(actually 4 pictures) that I took of Cabo about 20-25 years ago.
Marinero - 12-2-2005 at 10:55 PM
Thanks for the wake up call Tehag. Yes, Finisterra was not there then, nor was the Marina. We walked across the Marshy area behind Hacienda up to
the ridge where the hotel would someday be built and enjoyed sunsets.
The Finisterra Pacific bar is just as nice and a hell of a lot easier to get to.
bajajudy - 12-3-2005 at 07:09 AM
Good one, Cardon
Looks kind of like La Playita before Puertoloscabos. Argh
Cabo
tehag - 12-3-2005 at 07:19 AM
Googled up the Hotel Finisterra and found that it was opened in '70, so Marinero was there much earlier if he walked up there to see the sunset and
didn't see the hotel construction.
[Edited on 12-3-2005 by tehag]
Bob H - 12-3-2005 at 09:09 AM
These photos are amazing. Have things changed or what?
Bob H
capt. mike - 12-4-2005 at 05:30 AM
Cardon - thx for that. our 1st trip to cabo was in a rented cherokee 180 in 1980 - the town looked just like your pic! not a single paved street in
town. we had a blast. actually landed at the old Hotel cabo san lucas' private dirt strip about 4 miles up the road towards los cabos. we thought that
was the cabo strip!! ha. it was actually out of town the other way. no biggie, a cab was there in minutes to take us to the Mar de Cortez, stayed 5
nights for $30 a night!!
Ken Bondy - 12-4-2005 at 07:39 PM
Here's roughly the same image taken in 1976:
Ken Bondy - 12-4-2005 at 07:45 PM
Another view of Finesterra from circa 1976:
Ken Bondy - 12-4-2005 at 07:46 PM
Getting inspired now. Here's what Palmilla looked like in 1975, 30 years ago. It looks a little different now.
Ken Bondy - 12-4-2005 at 07:47 PM
Bahia de Los Angeles in 1978:
Ken Bondy - 12-4-2005 at 07:48 PM
Abreojos 1976:
capt. mike - 12-5-2005 at 07:04 AM
man, Ken....i miss the old airstrip at Palmilla...Now its a golf course.
we hear Los Frailes is back up with a new operating permit. good neews for the east cape flyers. we'll go there in the next few weeks.
Bondy's avatar
Skipjack Joe - 12-11-2005 at 08:48 AM
Ken,
Whenever you're in the mood to change your avatar. I offer you this one. And no, my nose isn't really that big.
[Edited on 12-11-2005 by Skipjack Joe]
Ken Bondy - 12-11-2005 at 04:34 PM
Skipjack that is a really cute kid!! Nice photo.
++Ken++
tigerdog - 12-31-2005 at 05:06 PM
Cardon, having some time on my hands this afternoon I copied your picture and spiffed it up a bit. Hope you don't mind-- it reminded me so much of how
things looked when I was first in Cabo and I felt like playing today. Anyway, here it is. (hope this works- I published it on my own website and
linked to it...) Happy New Year everyone!
Great touch-up!
Juan del Rio - 12-31-2005 at 05:48 PM
Tigerdog, excellent work! Really nice job.
Here's a photo of Cabo in 1951 I thought the board would get a kick from. From the Howard Gulick collection
A quite little fish camp...Cabo 1957
Juan del Rio - 12-31-2005 at 05:54 PM
From the Howard Gulick collection.
Juan-----those are-------
Barry A. - 12-31-2005 at 06:01 PM
fantastic shots. How is it that you have access to the Gulick collection??? I bet there are some beauties in that collection.
Thanks so much for posting them.
Cabo back when.
djh - 12-31-2005 at 08:52 PM
Anyone ever eat at the little "Broken Surfboard" Cafe in the mid 80's? It was about 2 blocks from the early inner harbor... It seems the harbor was
expanded again after my last extended stay back then??? Last time through I was amazed at how "Monte Carlo-ized" the harbor seemed...
The Broken Surfboard had the best breakfasts, yummmmm... and a very sweet young woman who was great for biz there.... I'd nearly convinced myself she
only flirted with me...
And whatever happened to the "Pirates Cove" little hideout... they had a small apartment they rented and a hostel type bunk room.... American man,
divorced from his Mexican ex-wife. They had a son and a daughter that I remember was also beautiful... Seems they were about crowded out by the high
rises by about 1990....
I have only done day trips into CSL since the late 80's, while staying at friends' places near Ranchos Los Amigos, and while visiting La Paz.
Many fine memories.
tigerdog - 1-1-2006 at 02:53 AM
The Broken Surfboard survived a long time. Don't know if it's still there, but here's a pic from around 1995- '96. I haven't been back to CSL since
about that time but I have many happy memories of its earlier days (later days for those of you who were there before the early 80s). When I first
arrived horses and cows still wandered up and down what is now Marina Blvd. and I once got a ticket for "wild parking" (stopped in the middle of the
totally empty street to say hi to a friend). There was no Aramburos, no Plaza less Glorias, and for entertainment we watched them dredging the marina.
There was a magic there then. Is there still?
djh - 1-1-2006 at 10:34 AM
Thanks for the photo and mutual reminiscing, Tigerdog. It is about a 2300 mile drive (and 23 years back in time) from here in freezing N. Idaho....
but I'd sure love to sit at the Broken Surfboard and have some huevos rancheros y cafe and wink at that sweet little waitress again 
.
djh
Cabo 1951
Juan del Rio - 1-1-2006 at 02:51 PM
Barry A...I contacted the UCSD Library/Mandeville Special Collections Department. They gave permission to post as long as it was for non-commercial
purposes and always have to mentioned that it was from the Howard Gulick collection.
Short Biography of Howard Gulick:
Howard Gulick was born in Visalia, California, on August 25, 1911. In 1920 he moved with his parents to Los Angeles and later, in 1922, to Glendale,
California. Gulick graduated from Glendale High School in 1929 and from the California Institute of Technology in 1934 with a bachelor's degree in
engineering.
From 1935 to 1972 Gulick worked for the Public Service Department of the City of Glendale as a civil engineer in the water and electrical utility
department. During World War II (September 1942-January 1946), he served in the Air Force and was stationed at Yuma, Arizona. Apart from his duties as
post engineer and purchasing officer, Gulick spent his free time practicing Spanish, exploring the border and developed an interest in the desert.
In 1950, he made his first long trip into Baja California, traveling as far south as Loreto in a new Jeep station wagon. Gulick continued to spend his
vacations traveling the peninsula (except 1958) until 1961. In 1964, he recalled, "besides merely covering roads, I studied and looked for old trails,
missions, ranches, etc. Along with all this, detailed notes of road mileages enabled me to plot the roads on a base map. During this period most long
weekends were spent down there [often in the company of Faustino Perez of Ensenada], and frequently two-day weekends also."
Peter Gerhard, a historian, proposed that they collaborate on a guidebook to Baja California which would incorporate Gulick's notes for the road log
portion. In 1956, the first printing of the LOWER CALIFORNIA GUIDEBOOK appeared at a time when popular interest in the peninsula was increasing.
Gulick conceived of this guidebook "as a volume which would not only help the traveler find his way to hitherto unmapped roads, but would describe,
from personal observation, the area and points of interest." Popular among peninsular travelers, the LOWER CALIFORNIA GUIDEBOOK was reissued in three
updated editions before a fifth revised edition, entitled the BAJA CALIFORNIA GUIDEBOOK (1975) was published. Walt Wheelock replaced Peter Gerhard as
co-author.
Cincodemayo - 1-3-2006 at 11:48 AM
DJH...Oh yeah what breakfast memories the Broken Surfboard bring back with the bomberos station just down the road. The Corona factory on the main
road with cases of Corona for $3.00 and the deposit on the bottles was $5.00.
djh - 1-3-2006 at 06:38 PM
Yup.... I thought it a wonderful twist that the Corona Beer cost less than the Corona Bottles!!
I remember that often when I think about so many Corona bottles (and the millions of others) being thrown away here in Idaho and Washington, where
recycling is neither common nor encouraged by industry or government.
We'll have to tip one together and toast to the BS (Broken Surfboard).
Djh
Cincodemayo - 1-3-2006 at 07:06 PM
djh..
Here in the PNW recycling is mandatory and has been for years. Now in Seattle if you have over 10% cans and bottles in the TRASH can they won't pick
up and they will cite you....Oregon has had a nickle on every bottle and can for awhile now.
djh - 1-3-2006 at 07:49 PM
I am glad to hear Seattle is on it...
Seattle is ahead of E. Wa., and smaller communities and rural areas. Here in N. Idaho there is no glass recycling, unfortunately.
Geeze.... maybe I could collect Corona bottles and take them to Baja and return them for deposit ? ?
I bet either the old warm beer smell, or the state patrol (open container), the border guards, a MHP (mental health professional) or MY WIFE would
have some issue with that idea....
Let's just tip a cold (full) one instead - and then recycle it in Loreto, eh?!
djh.
Mandatory recycling in Redding, CA------(northern CA)
Barry A. - 1-3-2006 at 09:05 PM
We have three separate bins at every house-----one for trash (garbage), one for "green" vegetation, and one for: tin cans, glass, plastic, alum,
paper, and cardboard (all in the same bin). The recycle bin contents are then sorted out by a state-of-art facility on the edge of town.
Redding is a town of about 80,000.
It works great, from what I understand. We have very little trash going into landfills.
I thought all cities were doing this???????
djh - 1-3-2006 at 09:09 PM
Well.... Seattle, Redding, lots of places with better recycling than we have here, for sure.... I'll sure give you that! I've tried to encourage our
city council people to get with it.... but seems the only response I got was from one who accused me of "talkin trash" ! ! 