Pompano - 4-23-2007 at 05:38 AM
Last Saturday night was time to revisit the Serindad Pig Roast...a tradition that has been going on at Don & Nancy Johnson's fly-in motel for many
decades....the place is a real Baja legend.
Back in the 60's and 70's there was really only one place to go on a Saturday evening in southern Baja...the Serinadad Pig Roast. All the locals for
miles around would congregrate here for a great meal of date-fed pork and to visit with a couple hundred or so of their friends. Lots of dancing to
the mariachi band filled out the night. The airstrip would jam up with small planes starting Friday and by Sunday they were flying back to the US or
on down the peninsula.
This was THEE place where everyone got together for many years...thanks to the Johnsons. The list of former Serindad employees who are now
successful business owners in Mulege is very long indeed.
Still going strong after all these years, Don Johnson was there hosting as usual. We had a good nostalgic time talking about old times...in one of
Baja's oldtime places.
the landing strip fills up on Fridays...
Pompano - 4-23-2007 at 05:40 AM
Sorry, capt. mike...I couldn't get your Comanche in this photo...you're way down on the right.
the mariachi band still plays on...
Pompano - 4-23-2007 at 05:42 AM
Speaking of tradition...3 of these fellows were playing when I first heard them in 1973!
..and Guierrmo has been cooking the pork for 40 years.
Pompano - 4-23-2007 at 05:46 AM
That's a lot of date-fed pigs..and thousands of great dinners.
Hosts Don and Nancy Johnson
Pompano - 4-23-2007 at 05:57 AM
BajaWarrior - 4-23-2007 at 07:07 AM
As a young man of 23 years old, I ventured on a 4 month trip to Cabo and all points in between (1984). Driving a 66' Dodge crew cab longbed with a 11'
cabover camper (side door) while towing a street legal dunebuggy topped with a 12' aluminum boat I left San Diego on April 1st. Just me and my dog
Champ. Some friends would fly in for a week here and there and stay with me at several of my destinations.
Making my way to Mulege as one of my first stops, I was invited to go to the Serenidad for Saturday night pig roast by some fellow campers at
Santispac.
It was a great meal and a great time. Watching the planes land one by one for dinner, enjoying the company of others and filling up on fresh pork and
lots of deserts.
It's great to see this event still takes place, I really must get back down there sometime. We're planning a trip to Bahia Asuncion this summer and
maybe include the Serenidad for Saturday night dinner.
[Edited on 4-23-2007 by BajaWarrior]
capt. mike - 4-23-2007 at 07:48 AM
nice shots roger. are you home this afternoon? we might be on a road trip. later dude!
hey, pulpito fixed my dish. good guy.