Can anyone tell me the current status of the La Gringa camp at BOLA? The last time I was there in 2005 the camp was wired off with signs posted
saying" LA GRINGA PROPIEDAD DE HOLDING REFISA". I'm planning on going down in October with my son, it's been 5 long years and I can't stand it any
more!! Oh, and by the way, did they ever get the road paved to La Gringa?
TomSunman - 7-31-2010 at 10:33 AM
As of yesterday the road was not paved the whole way, we did not drive all the way out so i cannot comment on the status.DavidE - 7-31-2010 at 11:44 AM
When you're there, pop a chela, bob it at the ocean and toast Mike Humphreyville's spirit. He may have connections and bend an ear to make for superb
fishing, and mild weather :-)David K - 7-31-2010 at 11:48 AM
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Originally posted by DavidE
When you're there, pop a chela, bob it at the ocean and toast Mike Humphreyville's spirit. He may have connections and bend an ear to make for superb
fishing, and mild weather :-)
Mike Humfreville 9-02 BBBB-4, Cielito Lindo, BC
(photo by Bedman)
[Edited on 7-31-2010 by David K]mojo_norte - 7-31-2010 at 12:00 PM
I was out there for a couple weeks in March. A guy living in the white house comes round and collects $5 / day. The roads paved for a bit but there's
still a few miles of bad washboard. There was only one other camper out there the whole time- occasional day trippers. It's a great spot!Von - 7-31-2010 at 02:33 PM
My kids and wife were there two weeks ago so awesome the paved road ends at the military camp. La gringa is wide open. We were never asked to pay the
4dys we came and went to La Gringa we stayed with Ruben and Amanda Daggett. The weather was marvelous :-) have and awesome time im heading back in a
few weeks again oh yeah! Do some Dorado searchin~stevelaubly - 7-31-2010 at 03:39 PM
Where is La Gringa?woody with a view - 7-31-2010 at 04:30 PM
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Originally posted by stevelaubly
Where is La Gringa?
aqui....
woody with a view - 7-31-2010 at 04:32 PM
p.s. in may there was no charge, or people. we only spent the day(s) there and camped at Campo Amigos...... just drive thru the gate, like someone
said.Marc - 7-31-2010 at 05:51 PM
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Originally posted by DavidE
When you're there, pop a chela, bob it at the ocean and toast Mike Humphreyville's spirit. He may have connections and bend an ear to make for superb
fishing, and mild weather :-)
I never met the guy but I miss him.wilderone - 8-1-2010 at 08:39 AM
En route to La Gringa, there's a little sign on the road to a campo called Los Pinos. It was abandoned when I was there about 3 yrs. ago, but was a
very nice camp.
tommyc - 8-1-2010 at 09:15 AM
It's good to see things haven’t changed there that much. In a selfish kind of way I'm almost glad that the drug problem and the slow economy have
slowed things down there.
Anywhere else, a beautiful spot like BOLA would have been developed a long time ago.
Thanks for the heads up!
Tom
Some Maps
David K - 8-1-2010 at 09:24 AM
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Originally posted by stevelaubly
Where is La Gringa?
The point that is the northern opening of Bahia de los Angeles...
1975
1962
1930mojo_norte - 8-1-2010 at 10:12 AM
Where did Mike Humfreville live when he was at La Gringa? Was it the ruin in the middle of the gravel spit?woody with a view - 8-1-2010 at 10:17 AM
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Originally posted by wilderone
En route to La Gringa, there's a little sign on the road to a campo called Los Pinos. It was abandoned when I was there about 3 yrs. ago, but was a
very nice camp.
Ahhh, wilderone. great minds think alike!
woody with a view - 8-1-2010 at 10:20 AM
when you are here looking at the water, turn right and the first shack you see is the home "el payaso". great guy and a fishing captain who'll find
you fish, cheap!
David K - 8-1-2010 at 01:13 PM
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Originally posted by mojo_norte
Where did Mike Humfreville live when he was at La Gringa? Was it the ruin in the middle of the gravel spit?
Mike, Mary Ann and the boys (Mike Jr. and Kevin) built their beach shack at La Cuevitas, a couple miles north of La Gringa... We went there in 2001 in
the Viva Baja Van, with Mike and Mary Ann and their son Miguelito... The GPS waypoint for the road to Las Cuevitas is on the GPS web page at
VivaBaja.com
Great story... Get the book!
BajaBlanca - 8-8-2010 at 07:02 PM
why the name LA GRINGA ? and does the Humfreville house still exist ?David K - 8-8-2010 at 08:57 PM
Just the stairway stones remained when we all visited the site in July, 2001.
La Gringa... why it was named after an American woman, naturally!BajaBlanca - 8-9-2010 at 08:26 AM
but who ????David K - 8-9-2010 at 09:18 AM
Good question... I did some searching through my books and the oldest mention of 'La Gringa' I found (so far) was from the first edition of Howard
Gulick and Peter Gerhard's 'Lower California Guidebook' c1956. I also checked Peterson's 'The Baja Adventure Book' c1998 which usually has good
history tidbits... nada.BajaBlanca - 8-9-2010 at 10:58 AM
maybe the woman who runs the BOLA museum might know, I will try to find her email ... I see it is on the maps as Punta La Gringa/Campo Juarez.David K - 8-9-2010 at 05:54 PM
Campo Juarez (was active in the 1980's) is gone... La Gringa dates back to pre-1956.
Yes, she may know... or have a good 'made-up' answer... but, it will need to be from the 1950's or before.BajaBlanca - 8-10-2010 at 11:44 AM
Ahhhhh this question seems to rise up every 10 years or so.....new curiosity. there are about 3-4 versions of why its called La Gringa, most loosely
based on the " La Llarona" theme of woman wailing for her children or lost love. I have never gathered any concrete evidence in oral histories so
far. SENT TO ME BY CAROLINA FROM THE BOLA MUSEUM.David K - 8-10-2010 at 04:46 PM
Remember that in the 1950's, this was a pretty remote place. Antero (Papa) Diaz turned Bahia de L.A. into a fisherman's resort with most of his trade
coming in by small plane... starting after WWII.
The tiny village there may have had 50 people (tops) who were either turtle fishermen or worked for Papa Diaz. The people who would have known the
story first hand are gone (Papa Diaz, Dick Daggett, Francisco Muñoz)... but perhaps their relatives or another old timer who was there in the 1950's
would know.
I almost recall hearing the story when I was a kid (first trip to L.A. Bay was in 1967)... but am not certain... An American woman lived there... or
was killed there (boat accident?)?
The El Toro Copper Mine brought their ore down to La Gringa for shipment out... a few piles of copper ore remain near the bay marking that spot... 7
miles from the mine... that was way back in time, too!BajaBlanca - 8-11-2010 at 04:35 PM
Baja has so many mysteries ....David K - 8-11-2010 at 05:29 PM
Itis one of the reasons I keep going back... Sort of like 'Murder on the Orient Express'!
