On the trailer for the new documentary about Harry Crosby, Los senderos de la peninsula, on minute 00:54, Harry is showing a very large map and is
saying that he knows of no other single piece of work that provides such a range of information. Do you know this map? Is it a map?
Excellent trailer! Any estimate when the documentary will be finished? I'm eager to see the whole thing. The final photograph of the three men is
so intriguing. All three look very Spanish. And Arce and Villavicencio are two of the oldest surnames in Baja.
Hi Ferna,
I see Doug has produced the folding map cover...
Yes, it is big, totally useless in the field. It is fun as it is so huge to open up for a short time on a big table or the floor. Maybe it is good for
some kind of wall decoration if torn from the cover... or a quick look.
The map is not very accurate showing the location of El Camino Real, just approximate.
The mission details and photos on the back side are wrong in many places.
When the book/map was officially introduced at the San Diego Presidio Museum, I was there as was Harry Crosby (who signed it as he was a contributing
author). Ed Vernon (author Las Misiones Antiguas) contributed some of his mission photos to it as well... We hoped it would be super cool.
This was in 2008, and I think both Ed and Harry were very disappointed at the time, as was I, that more care wasn't used in the data on the missions.
For what it's worth, this is not history. It is today. Yesterday at the Pemex South of Mulege who should be gassing up his old Toyota in front of me
but Felix Villavicencio. Still riding the back country West of Mulege in the Raymundo Canyon/Estanislau country but also bouncing into town for some
gas and groceries.
Pictures I have of him on horse back with traditional gear look just like ones from generations ago. Just in color.
He says that the reason there are so many Arces is that the coyotes never learned to eat them.
One of the most useful techie items I have learned to bring down here is a printer and some photo paper. When visiting with families I can take
pictures (digital of course) and then print and frame them before my next ride out there. Much appreciated by these working families.
I recommend it if you are going to be in an area for a while.
On the interview, Harry seemed to think very highly about it. Oh well. Tanks all.
The nomad reviewers special k and abc4 are just being grumpy,... It's a nice publication, enjoyable to read. Does it have "mistakes?" Who knows?
Does it matter? Probably not.
For what it's worth, this is not history. It is today. Yesterday at the Pemex South of Mulege who should be gassing up his old Toyota in front of me
but Felix Villavicencio. Still riding the back country West of Mulege in the Raymundo Canyon/Estanislau country but also bouncing into town for some
gas and groceries.
Pictures I have of him on horse back with traditional gear look just like ones from generations ago. Just in color.
He says that the reason there are so many Arces is that the coyotes never learned to eat them.
One of the most useful techie items I have learned to bring down here is a printer and some photo paper. When visiting with families I can take
pictures (digital of course) and then print and frame them before my next ride out there. Much appreciated by these working families.
I recommend it if you are going to be in an area for a while.
Shari and Juan, take notice. Any coyotes in and around Asuncion?
Teddi, the mule lady, is working on a family tree of most of the old families in the hills. Even getting DNA samples to help sort things out.
Her handle on Baja Nomad is "Baja Bucko"...
If you hang out on the Camino Real, the mission road through California that connects the missions and visitas and presidios back to Spain, then you
will cross paths with Baja Bucko... We enjoy her singing at the campfire at Mision Santa Maria de los Angeles, in May 2010:
Here is a cross table photo I took of Neal Johns and Baja Bucko, dinner at Ed's 'Baja's Best Restaurant and Bar', El Rosario, 2010...
Teddi (Baja Bucko) and I when I met her in April, 2001:
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