Originally posted by bajadock
Diane,
Thanks for photos. Baja stirs my 6 senses thanks to your sharing a piece of your paradise with others.
Cheers to more photos, trip reports, restaurant/lodging referrals, fishing/boating adventures, recipes and fun.
I took this from another thread----a very nice post.
When we have to leave Baja and I find myself quickly suffering from Baja Negative Overload that has recently flooded this board, I hang out in the
Photo Gallery---hard to be negative when looking at everyone's photos.
Now I hope we see more of what Bajadock cheers. JMHO
DianeBajaGringo - 7-23-2008 at 12:15 PM
Saturday we attended an event at the winery LA Cetto in the Guadalupe Valley, up above Ensenada. It was an incredible day with perfect weather, great
food, wine and the company of good friends with music and dance. Here is a photo I took at the event.
I love calling this place my home...
DianaT - 7-23-2008 at 02:34 PM
How come those people are all smiling and laughing? Oh, I know, that must be very clear bullet proof glass in those openings.
Thanks, it looks like it was a good time.
Diane
Grinning like a cheshire cat
Lee - 7-23-2008 at 02:49 PM
DianaT - 7-23-2008 at 02:53 PM
OH NO, another smile! This might be catching!
Some of my all time favorite photos can be found on THIS THREAD
They are the ones of Baja Nomad's son and FDTs daughter and speak for themselves. If you have never seen them, do look.
It is also a thread about a wonderful event.
Diane
[Edited on 7-23-2008 by jdtrotter]
Blessed are the children
Lee - 7-23-2008 at 03:23 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by jdtrotter
OH NO, another smile! This might be catching!
Kids are SO precious -- esp. these! Nice.Iflyfish - 7-23-2008 at 04:59 PM
BajaGringo "I love calling this place my home..."
If I lived in a winery I would love calling it home too. Can I visit? Don't really drink all that much.
Nice pic.
IflyfishBajagypsy - 7-23-2008 at 07:30 PM
Great idea Diane!!
This is Todd's favorite picture of the kids and I in baja
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[Edited on 7-24-2008 by Bajagypsy]
[Edited on 7-24-2008 by Bajagypsy]Don Alley - 7-23-2008 at 08:17 PM
Paula took this photo of a dorado with blue lipstick
Our daughter took this of a baby roosterfish
shari - 7-23-2008 at 08:55 PM
I just took this photo of a junior nomad who got his biggest fish he ever caught today in San Hipolito. It was great because we didn't plan to go
fishing but just got invited out by a neighbour of my family there...impromptu(sp?) fishing...love it...that was one happy kid!
shari - 7-23-2008 at 08:58 PM
The grandkids of a Nomad amigo had a terrific time playing baseball, boogie boarding, fishing, learning how to clean and scale fish, eating black sea
bass tacos, and making new friends...the photo is of our family and the nomad family and friends in san hipolito....THIS is what baja is all about!
DianaT - 7-23-2008 at 09:07 PM
Gypsy,
In that picture one does not need to see the faces to see the smiles---nice one.
Don,
I always wanted blue lipstick. I remember white and purple lipstick, but never wore blue.
Shari,
That boy is going to be spoiled and will need to come back and fish. Looks like they had a GREAT time. What a nice grandpa to take them to Baja.
Great experience for them.
Keep on smilin
Diane
[Edited on 7-24-2008 by jdtrotter]
The blending of young and old.
Pompano - 7-23-2008 at 09:24 PM
This easy togetherness is what endears me to family life in rural Baja...so much like the country people of my home state, USA. All generations
living in close harmony.
Now the fishing..well...that's a whole different passion!
DianaT - 7-23-2008 at 09:26 PM
Pompano,
I like that one A LOT.
Thanks
DianeSkipjack Joe - 7-24-2008 at 12:05 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by shari
I just took this photo of a junior nomad who got his biggest fish he ever caught today in San Hipolito. It was great because we didn't plan to go
fishing but just got invited out by a neighbour of my family there...impromptu(sp?) fishing...love it...that was one happy kid!
Wow! That's the biggest calico I've ever seen.
It sure looks like a calico bass.Skip_Mac - 7-24-2008 at 06:29 AM
Thanks jdtrotter and Sheri...The info and experiences you post is the most important reason I read and comment here. My experiences in Baja have been
varied and exciting, not all positive but mostly so. I do not dwell on the negative, got enough of that in Estados Unidos. Good people, good times
and fish tacos. That's the formula for a better life. Lets keep these pages informative but not dogmatic. The families in Sheri's photos look
contented. Perhaps I should come down and learn to boogie board.
PS What lures do you use to catch fish tacos?k-rico - 7-24-2008 at 06:30 AM
Hmmm...................
What's more annoying, using the horizontal scroll bar, or flashing animated gifs?
There are so many positive things about baja, here's two:
[Edited on 7-24-2008 by k-rico]
shari - 7-24-2008 at 07:38 AM
Pompano is so right...what the family we brought to san hipolito was most impressed with was how wonderfully friendly all the people were and how they
let the little kids play ball with them too...how they all got along so well together...young and old/mexican & gringos(not derogatory)...how the
whole family gets together in the afternoon....how happy everyone was. They can't wait to come back.
And skipjack...that fish, the fisherman called it cabrilla pinta...and would have won any tournament around here probably! they were caught on a
little lime green sparkly scampi double tail...The kids are out fishing with Juan this morning....report to follow.
Bimbo reported that the fishermen got 4 tons of yellowtail about 10 miles offshore yesterday so they are on their way up!!!
[Edited on 7-24-2008 by shari]Iflyfish - 7-24-2008 at 07:47 AM
Great pics, I still have not mastered the posting of images and really appreciate the pics of ordinary life in Baja, brings me back!
Iflyfishtripledigitken - 7-24-2008 at 08:03 AM
One of the first things that impresed me about Baja (and Mexico in general for that matter), is their reverence for little children. I think that
baby was smiling at me.
Ken Tomol - 7-24-2008 at 04:57 PM
Great thread. I love to lurk here, particularly in the Photo Gallery. It's like a tiny vacation in the middle of a hectic day.
Here are a couple of Midriff pictures shot a awhile back. A horde of yellowtail and couple of local tough guys. (hope this works!)
Diver - 7-24-2008 at 05:03 PM
Nice photos !!
Makes my arms tired just looking at them !! DianaT - 7-24-2008 at 05:19 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Tomol
Great thread. I love to lurk here, particularly in the Photo Gallery. It's like a tiny vacation in the middle of a hectic day.
Here are a couple of Midriff pictures shot a awhile back. A horde of yellowtail and couple of local tough guys. (hope this works!)
Welcome and those are great pix. Keep posting!
DianeTomol - 7-24-2008 at 05:49 PM
Gee, do you think they're big enough?
Note to self: Make pics smaller before posting.shari - 7-24-2008 at 06:21 PM
Hey Tomal...great first post...gracias and welcome and we look forward to more posts from you. Seeing this grouper picture is appropriate today as
some nomads went fishing today and we think it was a monster grouper that just snapped his line in a second! Big Boy! The kids had a great time
fishing and what was truly wonderful is that yesterday Alec caught a nice big calico and today was his cousin's turn to catch a biggy....Oh how I love
it when kids get turned on to baja....these kids are definately baja hooked!
DianaT - 7-24-2008 at 06:33 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by shari
Hey Tomal...great first post...gracias and welcome and we look forward to more posts from you. Seeing this grouper picture is appropriate today as
some nomads went fishing today and we think it was a monster grouper that just snapped his line in a second! Big Boy! The kids had a great time
fishing and what was truly wonderful is that yesterday Alec caught a nice big calico and today was his cousin's turn to catch a biggy....Oh how I love
it when kids get turned on to baja....these kids are definately baja hooked!
Wonder if those kids are going to be able to leave Baja.
Bet the stories they tell their friends when they get home will not only be positive, but with those pix, they won't even need to exaggerate about the
fishing!.
DianeBajaGringo - 7-24-2008 at 07:39 PM
I took this picture on Saturday afternoon at the LA Cetto winery up above Ensenada. It is just another one of the Baja gems that I have come to
love...
DianaT - 7-24-2008 at 07:57 PM
Love all the photos---can't belive I started the thread and posted no photos---yet.
Hey, are we going fishing?
Can we chase what you just threw out there?
Ah, heck, lets just check out the tide pools.
We just can't get serious about fishing.
Keep the smiles coming.
Diane
[Edited on 7-25-2008 by jdtrotter]Paula - 7-24-2008 at 09:35 PM
Tomal, your pictures are beeee-autiful, and just the right size. They just fill the screen of my little laptop with room for the ID column (or
whatever you call it). I think I'd like that yellowtail picture to fill one wall of my house, or maybe 4 so we could live inside of it!beachbum1A - 7-24-2008 at 09:42 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by tripledigitken
One of the first things that impresed me about Baja (and Mexico in general for that matter), is their reverence for little children. I think that
baby was smiling at me.
Ken
Reverence for little children AND OLDER PEOPLE!Bajaboy - 7-24-2008 at 09:50 PM
Well, I met Nomad Von this evening. Last week, on the post regarding what we did for a living, we realized that we both like to trail run. Tonight,
he joined a few of us for a great 10 mile run. Thanks to Baja Nomad that I met a running partner and friend.
Zaccabobaja - 7-24-2008 at 10:52 PM
Zac, So that was where you were when I called. What, you do not run with your cell phone?jeans - 7-24-2008 at 11:00 PM
"There is a simplicity to Mexico and its people that is difficult to find in Southern California. The U.S. is so full of itself and has so many rules.
Mexico is wild and free in a sense the U.S. has lost. There are so many people living in the States in close proximity that we need to have rules for
that environment. But sometimes they are just too much. Sometimes I just need Mexico."
From In the Shadow of the Volcano, by Michael Humfreville
This is turning into a first class thread
Skipjack Joe - 7-24-2008 at 11:22 PM
Shari:
Alec's cousin is holding an ocean whitefish by the looks of it. And to the right of him must be Juan's exercise bike.
Tomol:
That image of schooling yellowtails is stunning. It's in the Ken Bondy quality of underwater shoot. Please keep posting.
Diane:
I love the feel that your pictures convey about life at Asuncion. Casting barefoot into the surf and tidepooling. Both are favorite ways of spending
time.vivaloha - 7-24-2008 at 11:57 PM
Ahhhh...thank you for such a beautiful thread...Unwinding with pleasant posts and virtual friends looking
at photos of a beautiful countryside, fish, friends, family, winding winery green grape filled hills...
Shari - your friends from Hipolito..classic photo..we got stuck in the sand down in that region on my first
trip to the tip and back and I'll never forget the warmth and open-ness of the fisherman...that was 1986 and the folks in the photo look like family
to the fishermen who pulled us out and then proceeded to cook fish, blast the radio from their trucks, share beers, and share good vibes in a free and
easy way...
pompano- love the blending of the young and old...country living vibe...home cooking!
so many good photos, a sampling of the yummy baja we all know and love!
muchismas gracias - all baja lovers on this thread!
vivaloha!CaboRon - 7-25-2008 at 07:29 AM
Beautiful images .....
I enjoy these, especially in the morning, it sets my day straight.
CaboRonDianaT - 7-25-2008 at 09:01 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Shari:
Alec's cousin is holding an ocean whitefish by the looks of it. And to the right of him must be Juan's exercise bike.
Tomol:
That image of schooling yellowtails is stunning. It's in the Ken Bondy quality of underwater shoot. Please keep posting.
Diane:
I love the feel that your pictures convey about life at Asuncion. Casting barefoot into the surf and tidepooling. Both are favorite ways of spending
time.
A fun and interesting thread for sure, IMHO. It has not been grounded in only one direction or theme---more like several clips of tiny pieces of Baja
Lovers' thoughts in photos and words.
Without something over which to disagree, or a way to hijack it, some might file it under fluff, but IMHO, fluff is OK if it brings smiles to people.
Skipjack, you notice everything! I never would have noticed Juan's exercise bike in the background.
