BajaNomad

What is it? You love in Baja?

Von - 1-29-2008 at 10:16 PM

Dime; Tell me in one short way..............me..BOLA bound.....:P

Ken Bondy - 1-30-2008 at 09:19 AM

John Steinbeck said it this way in "Log From the Sea of Cortez", 1940:

"Trying to remember [Baja California] is like trying to recreate a dream. This is by no means a sentimental thing, it has little to do with beauty or even conscious liking...there is always in the backs of our minds the positive drive to go back again. If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why."


[Edited on 1-31-2008 by Ken Bondy]

tripledigitken - 1-30-2008 at 09:31 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Ken Bondy
John Steinbeck said it this way in "Log From the Sea of Cortez", 1940:

"Trying to remember [Baja California] is like trying to recreate a dream. This is by no means a sentimental thing, it has little to do with beauty or even conscious liking...there is alwasy in the backs of our minds the positive drive to go back again. If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why."



[Edited on 1-30-2008 by Ken Bondy]



That Steinbeck guy sure had a way with words.

:cool::cool::cool:

and spot on regarding the lure of Baja!

Sunman - 1-30-2008 at 09:37 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Ken Bondy
John Steinbeck said it this way in "Log From the Sea of Cortez", 1940:

"Trying to remember [Baja California] is like trying to recreate a dream. This is by no means a sentimental thing, it has little to do with beauty or even conscious liking...there is alwasy in the backs of our minds the positive drive to go back again. If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why."



[Edited on 1-30-2008 by Ken Bondy]



That quote says it all. Perfect.

MORNINGS LIKE THIS ONE'S

BAJACAT - 1-30-2008 at 09:37 AM

Gonzaga Sunrise

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BAJACAT - 1-30-2008 at 09:39 AM

LA GRINGA SUNRISE (BAHIA DE LOS ANGELES)..

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wilderone - 1-30-2008 at 09:45 AM

"That Steinbeck guy sure had a way with words."
Yeah, he should write a book.

BAJACAT - 1-30-2008 at 09:49 AM

LAGUNA SALADA AT DUSK,
YOU NEED ANY MORE REASONS VON..

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tripledigitken - 1-30-2008 at 09:55 AM

How about a view like this as you poke your head out of your tent at sunrise.


(Animas Bay)

Von - 1-30-2008 at 11:02 AM

Love those pictures!

TonyC - 1-30-2008 at 11:05 AM

The people, and learning their culture. Making great memories.

El Socorro...que bello.

The Magic !

djh - 1-30-2008 at 11:36 AM

The sun and the moon...

...and the magic light they shed...on the sea, the sand, the mountains, the islands, the desert, and on the smiling faces of my neighbors and friends.

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DanO - 1-30-2008 at 11:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by wilderone
"That Steinbeck guy sure had a way with words."
Yeah, he should write a book.


He ended up penning a few. I'm ashamed to admit I haven't even read half of them. Just finished The Wayward Bus. Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men and East of Eden are amazing, but I have to say my favorite so far is Cannery Row.

Cup of Gold : a Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History. 1929

The Pastures of Heaven. 1932

To a God Unknown. 1933

Tortilla Flat. 1935

In Dubious Battle. 1936

Of Mice and Men. 1937

The Red Pony. 1945

Their Blood Is Strong. 1938

The Long Valley. 1938

The Grapes of Wrath. 1939

Sea of Cortez : a Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research / by John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts. 1941

The Forgotten Village. 1941

Bombs Away : the Story of a Bomber Team. 1942

The Moon Is Down. 1942

Cannery Row. 1945

The Pearl. 1947

The Wayward Bus. 1947

A Russian Journal. 1948

Burning Bright : a Play in Story Form. 1950

East of Eden. 1952

Viva Zapata! 1952

Sweet Thursday. 1954

The Short Reign of Pippin IV : a Fabrication. 1957

Once There Was a War. 1958

The Winter of Our Discontent. 1961

Travels with Charley : In Search of America. 1962

America and Americans. 1966

ElGato - 1-30-2008 at 12:26 PM

BAJA FREEDOM! Not that we aren't free back in the States , Canada or wherever. But there is another kind of freedom to be found here, freedom of a higher magnitude. If you choose a spot away from urban centers to lead your law abiding Baja life, you will almost never "interface" with the government in any form or at any level. You will hardly ever experience those tiny, niggling ticky-tacky irritations caused by citizen/government confrontations which tipify and in some cases dominate our lives up North. Generally speaking, you don't have to check the rules&regs, the laws&ordinances, or posted limitations before everything you do down here. You are free to take almost any reasonable course of action without first making sure ther is no "dumb" law against it. Baja Sun 1985??:coolup:

DENNIS - 1-30-2008 at 01:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DanO

Tortilla Flat. 1935

Cannery Row. 1945



My favorites.

wilderone - 1-30-2008 at 02:36 PM

Duh. My favorite is The Wayward Bus. With some carefully chosen big star talent, it would be a great movie, especially as an art film.

Skipjack Joe - 1-30-2008 at 04:59 PM

I've spent a lifetime trying to emulate Mack and the boys.

castaway$ - 1-30-2008 at 05:21 PM

I have to go with Sunrises, sunsets, beaches, desert, food, fishing, cactus, roadrunners, cerveza, whales, the people, well I guess it would just be everything in between the border to Cabo, cause it would just take too long to name everything.

Bajagypsy - 1-30-2008 at 05:34 PM

I would have to say the fact that it isn't -50 in Baja:spingrin::spingrin::spingrin:

TKT - 1-30-2008 at 07:06 PM

I like the lawlessness and the way people keep their noses out of each others business. Way too many laws and busy bodies up north.

************ I heard that garbage cans are bar coded in San Diego and if you don't separate trash into the correct can your breaking some kind of new freaking law. What, can the garbage man issue fines??

And no drinking beer on the beach?? Huh? What's wrong with those folks anyway?

Next they'll want to do a chemical analysis of your urine to see what you consume before they'll let you work. Wait, I guess they already do that.

Anyway, I like the live and let live attitude and the absence of laws governing behavior.

[Edited on 1-31-2008 by BajaNomad]

DENNIS - 1-30-2008 at 07:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TKT
And no drinking beer on the beach?? Huh? What's wrong with those folks anyway?



What folks are you talking about? The folks who make the laws or th* **o*es who go to a public beach, get drunk, then proceed to show the world how they morphed into human garbage in front of peoples kids?
Is that who you defend?
*************. Go to the river where ****** are baptizing each other.

[Edited on 1-31-2008 by BajaNomad]

TKT - 1-30-2008 at 07:33 PM

I'm talking about the folks that pass the no drinking laws. The prohibitionists. There are already laws against public intoxication.

"Go to the river where ****** are baptizing each other." - huh?

[Edited on 1-31-2008 by TKT]

[Edited on 1-31-2008 by BajaNomad]

bajaguy - 1-30-2008 at 07:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TKT
I like the lawlessness .......And no drinking beer on the beach?? Huh? What's wrong with those folks anyway?.....I like the live and let live attitude and the absence of laws governing behavior.



"Those folks".......who are they, TKT???
Your post says a lot about you, your attitude and behavior.
You and your ilk give the rest of us who try and live here among the locals a black eye. Why don't you try Honduras???

TKT - 1-30-2008 at 07:58 PM

Boy, another mean person. Dennis calls me a jerkoff and bajaguy thinks my post says much about my attitude and it appears he doesn't like it. Oh well, I'm a tolerant person and you guys can certainly think as you like. I think you're swell guys.

I've never been to Honduras, I bet there are some beautiful places there.

Anyway, the point I was trying to make is that Mexico has fewer laws, and I like that.

Let's stay on topic.

gibson - 1-30-2008 at 08:58 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
What folks are you talking about? The folks who make the laws or the aholes who go to a public beach, get drunk, then proceed to show the world how they morphed into human garbage in front of peoples kids?
Is that who you defend?
*****************. Go to the river where ****** are baptizing each other.


********************

Baja ... the people ... the wave as we drive past each other ... the general OPPOSITE attitude of the *********** quoted above!

[Edited on 1-31-2008 by BajaNomad]

BornFisher - 1-30-2008 at 09:11 PM

TKT`s post is right on! I talked to a friend who recently pushed a guy off the dock into the water (La Salina). He was fined $30 and had to apologize and that was the end of it! Here (Calif) it would go on for as long as the lawyers could drag it! $30???? More like thousands!!! And I could rant right along with TKT about laws taking away out freedoms, our access, our rights to choose!

DENNIS - 1-30-2008 at 09:24 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BornFisher
TKT`s post is right on! I talked to a friend who recently pushed a guy off the dock into the water (La Salina). He was fined $30 and had to apologize and that was the end of it! Here (Calif) it would go on for as long as the lawyers could drag it! $30???? More like thousands!!! And I could rant right along with TKT about laws taking away out freedoms, our access, our rights to choose!


I don't understand your point. Are you saying that it's better to push a person off a dock in Mexico because the laws are less complicated or that it's a bad decision to push a person off a dock in the US because the law is more complicated?
I'm confused.
I should probably be more confused as to why your friend pushed his friend off a dock but, now I'm tired if thinking about all of it.
Good night.

Packoderm - 1-30-2008 at 09:27 PM

I'm inclined to side with TKT. It is probably better to giver the beer drinker the benefit of the doubt that he or she can relax while drinking a few brews and deal with the problems if and when the occur. Here in the states, I think I have a much, much bigger problem with aggressive drivers on the highway than people getting a bit silly on a beach. And as always, I am inclined to err on the side of freedom rather than restriction. Now a non-drinking section on a beach would be no problem as long as it doesn't monopolize the entire length of the beach.

Packoderm - 1-30-2008 at 09:30 PM

We're hijacking - aren't we? Maybe we should knock it off or they will move this to the Hijacking thread.

BAJACAT - 1-30-2008 at 11:50 PM

QUE PASA

Lorito - 1-31-2008 at 08:16 AM

Crystal clear blue water & cactus.

David K - 1-31-2008 at 08:52 AM

Bad roads and good people make Baja the best!:yes:

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Osprey - 1-31-2008 at 09:38 AM

As to the lawlessness: We have been very busy in the U.S. making laws and hiring lawyers. Take an out-of-work tree trimmer in Florida who decides to drive his old pickup to Calfornia. He has a pocketknife, some old 22 bullets in the glove box, some paint thinner and fertilizer in the back of the truck. His insurance has lapsed. As he drives from town to town, state to state he is changing legal jurisdiction with every mile, some times he's legal, one more mile he's breaking a dozen laws. He is likewise being protected by those same laws from those who would harm him including all the road builders, sign makers, drunks and speeders, etc. etc. He drives along totally uninformed and unconcerned about the thousands of laws that imping upon his person and his truck. If and when he stops, gets out of the vehicle a whole new legion of laws await him to either protect him or make him a sudden local felon.

We don't feel any of that in Baja California. From what I have read on this forum in the last 3 or 4 years most Nomads are responsible travelers -- not reckless, nor scofflaws -- usually ready to help those who might need help along the way and putting no one in danger. It's the kind of feeling I still have down here, the kind I enjoyed while traveling, fishing lakes and streams all around the noman's land we call The Great Basin.

Tony C

Baja Bernie - 1-31-2008 at 10:28 AM

Welcome to the board..............with that picture you have shown this old guy that you understand the heart of Baja........and it ain't us!

No rules

bajapablo - 1-31-2008 at 10:54 AM

I asked my kids what they loved about baja and they said they loved the fact that there are no rules (They were referring to the fact that their mom stays home and dad is a little more relaxed). They also love the food, the beach, the tequila festival that they snuck into, the people, sliding down the sand dunes, the vados on the way to puertocitos, fishing, and the chance to bond and spend time with dad without their sisters and mom being around. They are a little peeved that the girls are coming on our trip down in March but I think they will have just as many good memories when it is al said and done.

Von - 1-31-2008 at 11:21 AM

Man sure going through a rough patch in life right now...Feel like selling everything I have and heading wayyyyyyyyyy south to baja. My girls would kill me there 11 and 10 they love San Diego and there school. the wife has a good job me, I have good job too but its too much right now,guess I better just take it all in ha?


Baja I need some Help with my life any suggestions? thank you guys this web site is my little sanctuary from all the BS here around me....:(

BAJACAT - 1-31-2008 at 12:24 PM

Von , just take some time off,maybe a weekend,if possible a week.Thats the beauty of living so close to the border,you can always do the quick trips.Right now Laguna Hanson is full of water,Guadalupe canyon is coming back to life,they are so manny options, Von that you can do.With little money and little time.

i prefer the crowds....

woody with a view - 1-31-2008 at 01:43 PM

er, lack of them. get it whilst you still can boys n girls.... like the talking heads once sang, "we're on the road to nowhere".....:lol:

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Cypress - 1-31-2008 at 02:06 PM

Still trying to make up my mind!:tumble:

gibson - 1-31-2008 at 03:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by woody in ob
er, lack of them. get it whilst you still can boys n girls.... like the talking heads once sang, "we're on the road to nowhere".....:lol:


that 'surfer' looks like he's on the road to some club down on Castro in SF!! :lol::lol:

bancoduo - 1-31-2008 at 03:51 PM

Yep, that's the "brokeback" surfer.:lol:

BornFisher - 1-31-2008 at 09:20 PM

I love sitting in the warn desert air, at sunset, looking out at the SOC, feeling my beer buzz!!

durrelllrobert - 2-1-2008 at 10:09 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by TKT
And no drinking beer on the beach?? Huh? What's wrong with those folks anyway?



What folks are you talking about? The folks who make the laws or th* **o*es who go to a public beach, get drunk, then proceed to show the world how they morphed into human garbage in front of peoples kids?
Is that who you defend?
But not as bad as public urination on the streets in Ensenada during Carnaval
*************. Go to the river where ****** are baptizing each other.

[Edited on 1-31-2008 by BajaNomad]

durrelllrobert - 2-1-2008 at 10:18 AM

Million $ views on a Social Security budget.

I couldnt afford to live on that anywhere in SoCal

woody with a view - 2-1-2008 at 11:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by gibson
Quote:
Originally posted by woody in ob
er, lack of them. get it whilst you still can boys n girls.... like the talking heads once sang, "we're on the road to nowhere".....:lol:


that 'surfer' looks like he's on the road to some club down on Castro in SF!! :lol::lol:



:lol: yeah, weak attempt at humor i suppose....if you've ever paddled out you'd recognize it as style, or maybe not!:?:

gibson - 2-1-2008 at 11:53 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by woody in ob
Quote:
Originally posted by gibson
Quote:
Originally posted by woody in ob
er, lack of them. get it whilst you still can boys n girls.... like the talking heads once sang, "we're on the road to nowhere".....:lol:


that 'surfer' looks like he's on the road to some club down on Castro in SF!! :lol::lol:



:lol: yeah, weak attempt at humor i suppose....if you've ever paddled out you'd recognize it as style, or maybe not!:?:


ok ....... 'woody' :lol::lol::lol::lol:

BornFisher - 2-1-2008 at 12:01 PM

It`s styling and ripping!!! But you still should been on the one behind you!! ;)

Gadget - 2-1-2008 at 12:32 PM

Back to the question of the thread... IT'S MAJESTIC

woody with a view - 2-1-2008 at 12:42 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BornFisher
It`s styling and ripping!!! But you still should been on the one behind you!! ;)


about 30 seconds before the foto was snapped this one looked the same. being the farthest out (of me and my buddy) i took the first good one that stood up..... if only you could ESP with the fotog as to when to shoot.

Cap - 2-1-2008 at 01:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Osprey
As to the lawlessness: We have been very busy in the U.S. making laws and hiring lawyers. Take an out-of-work tree trimmer in Florida who decides to drive his old pickup to Calfornia. He has a pocketknife, some old 22 bullets in the glove box, some paint thinner and fertilizer in the back of the truck.


Just out of curiosity, are you reffering to anyone in particular?

bajarich - 2-1-2008 at 03:10 PM

What I love about Baja is the adventure. As soon as I cross the border, it becomes a whole different world: different people; different culture; different language; different landscape; different rules of the road. You never know what to expect. The people are so friendly if you treat them with respect, and learning to speak spanish has been an ongoing challenge for years now. I finally know enough to generally get along on my own. I have made many friends just because I try to talk to them in espanol. And, I'll never forget the little girl who came out to greet us at a fish camp 10 miles down a lonely dirt road. I love Baja!

Tomas Tierra - 2-1-2008 at 04:06 PM

What I love about Baja.....being invited in to someones house just because you drove by on a dirt road....

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David K - 2-1-2008 at 04:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
What I love about Baja.....being invited in to someones house just because you drove by on a dirt road....


Awesome answer!!! So true, too!!!

woody with a view - 2-1-2008 at 10:01 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajarich
What I love about Baja is the adventure. As soon as I cross the border, it becomes a whole different world: different people; different culture; different language; different landscape; different rules of the road. You never know what to expect. The people are so friendly if you treat them with respect, and learning to speak spanish has been an ongoing challenge for years now. I finally know enough to generally get along on my own. I have made many friends just because I try to talk to them in espanol. And, I'll never forget the little girl who came out to greet us at a fish camp 10 miles down a lonely dirt road. I love Baja!


YES...and TT, we gotta get in a trip this year!!!!

but i LOVE the DRY river crossings when you were expecting water.....
"the squeeze" on the road to "nowhere".:saint:

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Bob H - 2-1-2008 at 10:31 PM

Uh...... Pacifico's.... ????????? Bob H

Von - 2-2-2008 at 02:06 PM

Wish I was there right this second working away here at work:(

The scenery.....

vgabndo - 2-2-2008 at 03:19 PM



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coffee @ Verdugos

pangamadness - 2-2-2008 at 04:19 PM

coffee @ Verdugos

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Pacifico @ the East Cape

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Tacos

pangamadness - 2-2-2008 at 04:28 PM



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Surf!

pangamadness - 2-2-2008 at 04:38 PM



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Fish

pangamadness - 2-2-2008 at 04:40 PM

Wahoo for the dog. I like yellow fin

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Fishing with my wife

pangamadness - 2-2-2008 at 04:49 PM

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fishing for wahoo , I cheat

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