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Martyman
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I always liked the shirts that the waiters wear at Hussongs but last time I was disappointed...They had a Bud Light emblem on the shirt!
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BajaTed
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I miss the old fish market in Ensenada the most, seeing and smelling fish frying in oil on the top of an old Shell oil drum with a fire underneath it.
The very first baja style fish tacos. All the structures were scrap and drfitwood back then. Used to sleep in our car right next to the tower in the
parking lot for free to go fishing for HUGE yellowtail. The "DD" was my favorite boat for years
My worst memory was the floods of 1969 and what happened in TJ, epic loss of life in the TJ river that was never documented. I will never forget what
I saw.
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rancho guillermo
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larryC...I have not had the pleasure of visiting Turtle Bay..sounds like I need to. Also Martyman...Love the Hussongs shirts also...I also saw the
BudLite emblems....Really? That is a huge change. Baja Ted I can smell the fish market now...
Loving this site more and more..Makes you remember good times.
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elgatoloco
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This view hasn't changed much at all since 1960. Except for the amount of sand.
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elgatoloco
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David K
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Matt, which photo is past or present? Is the Weber BBQ the 1960 photo, they sure haven't changed!? Sea Level visually unchanged, but the sand level
has! I love old vs. new photos. Thank you!!
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Ateo
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Incredible shift of sand! Surprised the point off int he distance doesn't have homes built on it. I seen that point break nice on huge swells Sure
you have too.......
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elgatoloco
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No sand = April 12 2004
Sand = October 28 2012
The fact is that the sand/rock is seasonal and changes depending on the surf/swell/current direction. Typically the sand would be all in by July / Aug
after spring south swells start and would be around for the summer then Nov / Dec the north swells would drag the sand off shore. In 1983 El Niño
there were back to back to back massive storms and surf and all the sand that was just offshore ended up down at La Fonda / La Mision area and it was
a solid 20 + years before the sand came back to its former glory in front of our place. During that same period a few of the houses on the cliff slid
into the sea.
In our family albums we have dozens and dozens of photos from over the years and Punta Mesquite, Calafia and the big rocks on the beach are virtually
unchanged. Kind of like me. Mostly. 
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elgatoloco
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Quote: Originally posted by Ateo  |
Incredible shift of sand! Surprised the point off int he distance doesn't have homes built on it. I seen that point break nice on huge swells Sure
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Over the years we have witnessed some yuuuuggee surf out that way. In younger days we even ventured out there for a surf. You cant tell from the
photos but there is a small 'bay' about 2/3rds of the way to the tip of that point that when the swell / tide / sand was just right had an amazing
wave. We used to walk down the beach and scamper up the point (goat trail washed out in the late 80's) and head over to the 'blowhole' that is just
south of Medio Camino. A few times (late 70's) when the summer doldrums meant no swell we actually walked the coast at low tide all the way around the
point and up to the beach at Medio and found little caves and lots of interesting stuff. It used to be that anyone could just drive out to the point
but some years ago the 'owners' of that property all along that area fenced the place off and restricted access. We figured at the time that they were
going to develop it but nothing has happened. Yet.
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DENNIS
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I was coming down here when the pavement ended just south of Maneadero.
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MexicoTed
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How about the Miramar Bar in San Felipe. Place is pretty much the same as when I first visited in the 80's.
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SFandH
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Always liked the Miramar clock that runs counter-clockwise. A real head scratcher, especially after a thousand beers. Still there?
[Edited on 7-14-2016 by SFandH]
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David K
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Ditto on the Bar Miramar with backwards clock and the urinal mural with a lady using it between two men... really gets you scratching your head, lol!
It was the first bar I legally had a drink in (at 18) back in 1975 after the Baja 1000 passed by (Score's first 1000).
The Clam Man was another local San Felipe character/ site in the late 70s and early 80s with his car and building advertising that his clams "make you
horny."
Clam Man and Miramar both shown on my map from 1978:
[Edited on 7-14-2016 by David K]
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StuckSucks
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I first drove to Cabo in '78, with lots exploring and racing in Baja since then. A few changes that I've noticed:
- Highway 1 was sparsely signed, there were many dangerous, unannounced curves - some have been straightened, made safer.
- Cabo had no marina and was a really cool, quiet, sleepy town. Was.
- We camped on the beach about one km east of Cabo, below the cemetery. No one around.
- Once you passed the banyan tree in San Jose del Cabo, the dirt east cape road only passed thru a handful of small farms - nothing was east of town.
- The only place to find ice in Baja was where they made it in bigger towns.
- There were more Pemex stations than now - closed stations include Cataviña, Punta Prieta, etc.
- At Pescadero, we zig-zagged thru farmers' fields to get to the coast where we camped and surfed for days at a time. No one else in sight.
- Todos Santos was a quiet, honest town, with no immigrants. Was.
- Highway 1 south of Cataviña had many potholes.
- Once you cleared Ensenada on Highway 1, there was little-to-no traffic going south.
- San Felipe didn't have an arch. Pavement stopped at the airport. To head south, you took the "Old Puertecitos Rd" (not "Old" at the time). San
Felipe didn't have a malecón and the traffic light didn't work.
- The road from Puertecitos to Gonzaga was particularly hellish; south of Gonzaga was fairly fast.
- No Coco at his corner. Tony Reyes taught everyone about fishing in San Felipe. Mike Leon dined with his guests at the Sky Ranch; the Clam Man walked
the beaches of San Felipe. Old lady Meling blocked the Baja 1000 course next to her ranch with a Cat.
- You bought a case of Coronas, then swapped the empty bottles for full ones somewhere else on the peninsula.
- In 1986 I loaded me and my Toyota on the ferry in Cabo and went to Puerto Vallarta - an 18-hour trip. Once in PV, I was in the Central Time Zone.
- Very few topes on Highway 1.
- Highway 19 had just been paved (two lanes), but many of the bridges were missing which required driving down into the wash, then back up to rejoin
the highway.
- The La Paz airport was all by itself out of town. There was nothing west of the airport.
- The first trip down, we camped on a beach south of Loreto called Nopolo. There was greenery on a wash at the south end, then a mile of beautiful
sand. It was a spectacular beach. Was.
- Not that far back, the road to San Xavier was dirt the second you left Highway 1. Most of the road was not graded.
I am getting depressed.
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JZ
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| Quote: Originally posted by Ateo | | Quote: Originally posted by MMc | The beach access north of Ensenada has really changed. there are many place that we can not surf anymore.
I will not talk about the places that haven't changed as I am hoping they stay that way. |
Agreed. The last and final nail in the coffin for that stretch was the closing of Salsipuedes. That was the last place that felt far away, yet
wasn't. A perfect spot to go on a quick weekend get away that felt like you were 300 miles south. I won't camp anywhere north of Ensenada anymore.
Beach access sucks everywhere except the crappy spots. |
Take a boat down from SD. I took my surfer buddies a couple years back. Then we rolled into Marina Coral for the night. Hit Todos Santos the next
day.
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MexicoTed
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Hey StuckSucks, this one is still the same:
- You bought a case of Coronas, then swapped the empty bottles for full ones somewhere else on the peninsula.
I just did that except with Pacificos. Still doable but you have to find the spots that have Pacifico bottles.
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DENNIS
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First went to the Miramar in the mid 60s. There were only two bars in town then.
I've told this story before, but it's been a while. We....a half dozen of us or so, went down to SF with three Honda Scramblers and I guess we got a
little rowdy for the sleepy little town, although we really weren't ...it was just a bit too noisy for those days....so the police took our bikes and
locked them in a jail cell until we were ready to leave town, at which time they released the prisoners and returned them. No fine...just a hearty
adios. It was a different world fer sure.
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rancho guillermo
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San Felipe mid 70's we would ride our bikes and drive buggies into town. Besides beers and other supplies you could purchase Tortillas for 5 cents a
dozen if my memory serves me correctly. Sadly, not sure of the year maybe late 80's early 90's a buggy was driving thru town and struck a young local
boy and killed him. The town stopped the buggies, bikes for quite awhile driving down the main drag.
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David K
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Nice list Stuck!
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