Tomorrow, the local Progreso fishing cooperative celebrates 70 years existence ... there will be a band brought over form the mainland, there will be
a formal dinner, there will be a dance and all the retired and new members will be together- including a guy who now lives in Punta Abreojos who was
one of the original members.
It will be a zoo in town and on Friday they inaugurate the new abalone plant with the governor expected to show up.
Should be amazing and I will try to get some pictures if I can get away from the 20 folks expected to fill our B&B!
[Edited on 6-12-2014 by BajaBlanca]dtbushpilot - 6-11-2014 at 08:59 PM
What town?Bajaboy - 6-11-2014 at 09:17 PM
I thought you were talking about the start of Copa del Mundo...I'll be watchingFeathers - 6-11-2014 at 09:46 PM
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Originally posted by dtbushpilot
What town?
La Bocana.BajaLuna - 6-12-2014 at 12:45 AM
sounds like fun! Can't wait to see the pics, Blanca!shari - 6-12-2014 at 06:57 AM
Whoa...that's gonna be some fiesta! El Progresso must be one of the oldest cooperativas around...70!!!! Then father's day after that...gonna be a
bender!BajaBlanca - 6-12-2014 at 09:31 AM
kids fishing tournament and kids running competition on right now! Huge tarp to host 1,000 people dancing and dining. La Bocana is the place to be
!
Thanks, Feathers!BajaRat - 6-12-2014 at 09:49 AM
How fun is that !
Blanca, is the abalone operation just to raise starts or all the way to market product ?Feathers - 6-13-2014 at 04:15 PM
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How fun is that !
Blanca, is the abalone operation just to raise starts or all the way to market product ?
The plan is to raise them to market size… which takes approximately 4 years.Feathers - 6-13-2014 at 04:31 PM
Someone important (el gobernador?) is visiting!
For some reason, the sight of a stretch Limo in La Bocana just tickles me to no end! Udo - 6-13-2014 at 05:14 PM
A limo...in La Bocana?
Did it come from the BA side or the Punta Abreojos side, which has less dips?Feathers - 6-13-2014 at 07:42 PM
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A limo...in La Bocana?
Did it come from the BA side or the Punta Abreojos side, which has less dips?
I'm not sure, Udo. I'm guessing they drove in from Abreojos.rts551 - 6-13-2014 at 08:42 PM
wonder if they felt any of the pot holes?Feathers - 6-14-2014 at 02:25 PM
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wonder if they felt any of the pot holes?
I hope so! BajaBlanca - 6-14-2014 at 04:42 PM
The limo absolutely cracked me up too! I never met the person, they were on the lookout for the musicians who were staying at the hotel.
13 band members and the general manager for La Perla in La Paz were at the hotel. To say I am tired is putting it lightly! The group members were just
angels. Band called LABERINTO. They have been around for 27 years and they were excellent and extremely loud. The party went on til 4 ish and Les
and I danced til 11:30! We haven't done that in quite a while.
The night before, we did not go, but dinner was served to 1800 people. And everyone said it was delicious.
Pics later but how cool os the limo! Thanks Feathers!shari - 6-14-2014 at 05:02 PM
wow...1,800 people...now THATS a party! Look forward to the pics. People from here went to see the band too.BajaBlanca - 6-25-2014 at 10:42 AM
so, I have here are some of the promised photos of the band LABERINTO which came and played for the huge 70th anniversary celebration of the Progreso
La Bocana fishing cooperative. Turns out they have written and played songs for certain drug lords and the main fear here was that Vizcaino people
would come over and create some strife. Did not happen BUT, the cooperative hired a huge group of very well armed federal police to hang out in La
Bocana the whole while the group was in town, Scary stuff but we were totally unaware of the potential dangers...ignorance really is bliss.
They were just getting off the bus
the amazing concert that ha hundreds dancing away - they played romantic songs that everyone sang to:
DawnPatrol - 6-25-2014 at 12:30 PM
I visited the Abalone Plant north of town last year as they were finishing it up...
a really nice project
Is is up and running as yet?
They looked to have been puting a lot of money into the infrastructure
Alan from San Diegoshari - 6-25-2014 at 01:47 PM
wow that's pretty crazy about the feds guarding the dance...so did the governor show up or send one of his lackeys?BajaBlanca - 6-25-2014 at 03:32 PM
I forgot to ask if the gov showed up, I think not though.
alan - they did indeed inaugurate the new plant BUT, I hate to say,there was a snafu with that. Apparently the lead architect miscalculated the
concrete for the walls of the huge water tank. The first time they filled it, a couple weeks before the inauguration, it cracked! Can you believe it?
They fixed it and it is up and running but geez, I am sure they could have done without that scare. For a moment the whole project had to be put on
hold.
