bonanza bucko - 2-24-2009 at 08:48 AM
Papa's for lunch
Here are pictures of one of life's major pleasures..... a trip to Papa Fernandez's Cantina for lunch with a detour to the outback for a Pacifico.
Papa's cantina is in Papa's town. He founded it 60-70 (?) years ago while hunting sea turtles in a panga on a trip from La Paz. Papa was a very,
very fine man. He died in 2001 when he was well over 100....nobody knows.... and his shrine and grave are just up the hill from the town.
Clara Fernandez is Gonio's wife. (Gorgonio Fernandez; Papa's son). She cooks very good comidas in the cantina. Oscar is a local kid who doesn't
like his picture taken but he does a good job of taking orders for food and a cerveza. He smiles a lot....you would too if you lived at Papa
Fernandez.
John Wayne came to Papa's in the early 1970s looking for a place for a fish camp. The pictures of him and Papa were taken then. He was a little
taller than Papa!
Hope you like the trip.
Papa's for lunch
bonanza bucko - 2-24-2009 at 08:52 AM
FORGOT TO TELL YOU TO CLICK ON "SLIDESHOW" IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF THE BLACK THUMBNAIL SCREEN TO SEE FULL SIZE SHOTS. SORRY
desertcpl - 2-24-2009 at 08:58 AM
we stopped there about 3 years ago,, had a great time,, real baja
shari - 2-24-2009 at 08:58 AM
LOVED the photo of Papa and the Duke...this was a wonderful baja story thank you.
Von - 2-24-2009 at 09:02 AM
What beautiful pictures you have im happy u share your love for baja im always showing all my friends here at work your pictures and everyones too i
have your high tide picture as my screen saver. One of my top 100 favorites. 
Bajaboy - 2-24-2009 at 09:14 AM
I have so many good memories there. We like to camp on the beach just over the hill. I also have some friends that have a place there. The family
is wonderful....thanks for sharing...we need to plan a trip soon.
Diver - 2-24-2009 at 09:32 AM
http://www.papafernandez.com/index.html
Click on the webcam and then click on the picture.
You can watch a sunset and sunrise from Papa's.
It looks very peaceful there this morning ....... ahh ......
Thank you for the memory
Skipjack Joe - 2-24-2009 at 10:13 AM
A month ago we sat at that corner table in the cantina and ate quesadillas. It was windy that day.
David K - 2-24-2009 at 10:21 AM
Great photos Bonanza Bucko!
Here is our own Texas Nomad 'Desert Rat' with Papa Fernandez in 1994:
Desert Rat was following Graham Mackintosh's route ('Into a Desert Place'), walking around Baja...
More of Desert Rat's '94 walk from San Felipe to Gonzaga Bay is here: http://www.vivabaja.com/desert_rat/index.html
baitcast - 2-24-2009 at 01:27 PM
Turtle taco,s at PaPa,s in the mid 60,s,the first cantina,the campo and the tree we hauled down and planted.
The tree made for a great celebration,died the same year
Rob
BajaNuts - 2-24-2009 at 04:36 PM
great pics of the place and people, missed the food pics.........
I made a mistake
bonanza bucko - 2-24-2009 at 05:56 PM
Gonio's wife...the cook in Papa's Cantina, is Claudia....not Clara as I put in my post with the pictures.
She's a very pretty lady and a fine person and she deserves to have her name right here....sorry about the mistake :-(
Bob H - 2-24-2009 at 07:51 PM
We camped there several years ago and also enjoyed the cantina a lot!
Loved the slide show photos!
Bob H
capt. mike - 2-25-2009 at 08:02 AM
www.bajadreams.com also has some great PF pix and stuff.