Our first "home" in Baja

We had just acquired the lot a few months earlier. Construction was to start soon, so I bought this tin box to have as temporary quarters. This "microwave box" as we later called it.....was home for two years. No showers inside...so we would have to drive down to Pete's Camp.

So I call this our "first Baja home".


What was yours ?

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I could not even stay in the box during May! Sleeping on the beach was my cool answer. The old trailer was given to our Aussie neighbor...when in turn took camping....further down the road. He loved it!

The house took forever to get done. Issues with getting the power hooked up (almost 18 months). We love the place. Intentionally kept small, very dense landscaping, outdoor kitchen, and a campsite!

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Older pics

These are 3-4 years old. I can find my 2010 CD :-(

What I call a "John Wayne" campsite. it has water, power, surrounded by dense foliage, the sandy lot is hardly visible now!. One thinks he is in the desolated desert.

The house, I designed that too. A simple to use / clean unit. Outdoor wash and kitchen. The layout of this house allows future add on s of three bedrooms if we wish. House is surrounded by shade trees as well as 24 trees surrounding the lot.

Will update a newer photo when the wife gets home tomorrow.

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I don't see a Taco Bell sign anywhere???

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Originally posted by David K I don't see a Taco Bell sign anywhere???

This is our first and only house in Baja. We are so blessed to be able to go here for vacations.

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Originally posted by 24baja This is our first and only house in Baja. We are so blessed to be able to go here for vacations.

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Originally posted by mcfez Quote: Originally posted by 24baja This is our first and only house in Baja. We are so blessed to be able to go here for vacations. You dog! You have A BOAT RAMP! Great looking place.....and I love your "hood" as we go there often. Thanks for sharing!

Oh...we get breezes for sure. There is however very strong winds at times. Most folks build their outdoor sitting area on the south side of there house, so that the house itself offers some relief.

I however, have densely lined our property (240 x 600 'something") with Palo Verde trees and a few other species. These trees will keep the wind out, dust, and afternoon sun. The house has it's own set of surround trees for cooling. The interior of the lot is planted with over 100 of Cactus, Elephant trees and various other shrubs. I expect the house and the surrounding land to be 20% cooler in the summer.

We are on the grid now, and recently our Campos acquired water from the city's main. Before that.....limited options to cool down. Plant a few large trees surround your house (if you have someone to water twice a week), paint your house white (best sunlight reflection), foam the roof. The trees around a house is priceless! Good ref books on energy ideas for desert homes are avail at any decent on line book store.

Swap coolers....I may be dead wrong now....I dont think they work very well where there is high humility such as the Sea of Cortez.

You are most welcomed to visted our home down there to grab some ideas. On landscaping.....contact me and I be happy to draw out a design for your house....piped in water or not. Oh...and I'll charge you one bottle of Coke for these fine services



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Originally posted by soulpatch I have a pic of our first and only, so far, place in Bahia de Los Angeles but I can't upload from Picasa to here due to my limited brain capacity. Got it! It is the trailer on the left behind the tent.....ghetto, I know, but it is our little ghetto..... I would like to say it is a work in progress but, in actuality, it is very Mexican......completely stalled due to this crappy economy. We love it, though. Ghetto....buddy you are on the beach, make it what you want and enjoy your relaxation space!! I would live in a tent, box, under the stars, whatever ti takes to be in BOLA. It is so comforting and relaxing. When you break over the top and see the sea with the Ochre colored islands in the dynamic blue....well it still brings tears to my eyes every time I see it. I am so excited we will be there 26 days for a 10 day stay.....woot woot! Where is your home located? Connie [Edited on 1-28-2011 by soulpatch]

Go for it!

Here are the two methods:

There are two methods... One is direct onto Nomad from your PC files, using the 'Browse' button under the normal posting box... In that case you can only post one photo per post AND it MUST be UNDER 50 kb. in file size. Since this is smaller than most all photos you have on you PC, you need to make a duplicate file with the photo size REDUCED to under 50 kb.

*The BETTER way to show your photos is to hot link to them stored on another website... such as Photobucket.com. It is free (to a certain limit) and has an automatic resizing service... In this case, Nomad requests photos to not exceed 800 pixels in width.

On Photobucket, to upload from your PC,

1) click the red button 'Upload now'.

2) In the next window you see, at the bottom of the big box, in small blue letters, click: Customize your upload options

3) In the pop up see these choices (and more to resize to):
100x75
160x120
320x240
640x480
800x600
1024x768 ...
>>Pick 640x480 for most photos... this is the selection refered to as 'Large'.
>>Pick 800x600 for maps or max. detail images max. size to fit on 15" screens.

[note: this doesn't affect your photos on your PC, just sizes them for perfect message board viewing on any PC]

4) Select photos (press Select Photos button) from your PC to resize and store on Photobucket. You can have multiple files on Photobucket to organize them.

Now, to put on Nomad!

1) Place your mouse arrow over the photo (in your Photobucket album) you want and get a small pop up with some codes for linking them to various media.

See the one called 'IMG code'? Click your mouse on it to copy it... It will confirm 'copied'.

2) On the Nomad posting box, paste that code.

You can have text above or below the image link... have several images perhaps a dozen max... and then do a reply post to add more... so as to not have too many on a single frame.

The photo url begins with http:// and ends with .jpg (usually) and the IMG code puts your photos url between the tags [img] and [/img]

If your photo is already on a web site, you can click this icon located above where you type onto Nomad (not quick reply):
and just put in the image url, and the tags are automatically added on to show your photo here.

Cosa Sf by Jim C5, on Flickr



Woking Hard by Jim C5, on Flickr


Casa sf1 by Jim C5, on Flickr



[Still under construction. I have yet to finish the interior, the walls are in. The fixtures, kitchen and bathroom and solar have to be finished.





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Oh Yeah! Jim/Liisa

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