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carlosg
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...so we head to Mario's to say hi and grab something delicious to eat take some (more) pics...
    
...as we drive in town we see the "water tank"... just the night before someone jumped off to not a good ending... it was shown to us at San
Francisquito by one of the keepers as he was watching it live stream on facebook...
...and just before leaving its time for a quick bite...
... and THEN.... time to start our drive north ...
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carlosg
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We drive past the los pinos at Cataviña and keep on driving...we DON"T sponsor los pinos.
....beatiful desert sunset...
...we arrive in San Quintin after dark and its starting to drizzle, so we head to one of our favorite munching stations in Baja...
And after a satifying dinner we head to our hotel for the night: La Villa de San Quintin"... we enjoyed it....!!!!
 
 
In the morning we start our way to the border with a heavy drizzle at times and some thunder showers along the way...
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David K
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Thank you!
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carlosg
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By early afternoon we reach the grade at Santo Tomás and wait for our turn down the hill, there's lots of activity going on due to the road
improvement works taking place...
   
We stop in Maneadero for some "mariscos" at "El Pariente": good food and beer right nex door at the "six"...
We take off and continue our way thru Maneadero and the infamous "death trail" https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u...
Another pit stop in Ensenada: Tacos Fenix
...and off we go to our final destination: Tecate. We cross the border to a welcoming wave telling us: bienvenidos.....
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carlosg
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From the moment we arrived in Guerrero Negro until we drove past Ensenada there was great preparedness activity due to Hurricane María which was
expected to reach our neck of the woods (Northern Baja)
CFE, Red Cross, Protección Civil, Army, Federal, State and Local Police... everyone was deeply involved. As we waited for our turn to drive down the
grade to Santo Tomás a large contingent from the State Red Cross passed us on they're way south.
Some of the equipment we saw coming up the hill at Santo Tomás were these:
  
As well as a huge Command Center and many Red Cross 4x4's and other emergency vehicles, it sure was impressive to view the force with which they were
approaching the situation. Sorry... no pics: I was just totally amazed at what I was seeing.
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David K
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What is the next planned trip, Carlos?
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Quote: Originally posted by David K  | It is spectacular given the energy and people needed to build the huge church. Hard to imagine there were once well over 1,000 members of this mission
church. About 40 Native families lived at the mission while the others traveled to it from their rancherias (Indian villages) on rotation.
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yes! very impressive what can be done with slave labor. i didn't see a photo or the unmarked mass indian grave a few yards west of the main building.
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David K
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You should read what the padres wrote if you want to have a better understanding of the thinking they had.
There was a difference between the Jesuits, and the Franciscans and Dominicans. The Indians came freely to the missions. The food provided and
teaching new things in exchange for labor was an enticement. The Jesuits, when they had autonomy in California did not control the movement of the
Natives. They learned the local language, too. When the Spanish Government removed the Jesuits and put California under civil authority, that's when
life for the Natives changed for the worse. The Franciscans and Dominicans were instructed on how these Native subjects of the King were to be
utilized.
If you want to know, but don't want to buy or check out books, I can outline the differences further. I kind of think you like to believe in only the
negative version of the past? Diseases and occupation of California would have arrived if the Spanish never came to California... It was going to
happen sooner or later. If the Russians came first, they may have been worse to the Natives?
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