bajadogs
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San Diego Reader Article - Fishing Cieto Lindo
Some of you may find this "secret" interesting -
https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2023/jul/12/cover-half-day-south/?fbclid=IwAR0IIosTS6BA_qP4iciF_yU4tcJh9oh4rZg0aM6m72iZscUXe9AFRKK08RE
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BajaBruno
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That was a fun article. Thanks, Dogs.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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When I started making Baja surf trips, I would spend the first night in my truck camper at Cielto Lindo. It's an easy drive from San Diego, and I
always enjoyed driving through the tunnel of trees after the Los Pinos turn off and just before the entrance. I always drank a few beers at the bar.
It's an interesting community of gringos that live there full and part-time. It's a funky, unique place. I like it. Get up at dawn, drive 10 minutes
to the Los Pinos Pemex, buy some coffee and snacks, gas up, and start a day of serious driving to my favorite break.
[Edited on 7-14-2023 by SFandH]
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Santiago
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Good read, brought back a lot of mammories.
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pappy
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For years my stop over spot , usually on way home from a trip along locations further south.after camping out for extended period of time it’s nice
to get a shower a meal and bed. Makes the drive to boarder a little nicer and seemingly easier.
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David K
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LOL, yes!
Many of us met there, at M's BBBB (Boojum Buddies Baja Bash) fiestas:
#4 was in Sept. 2002: https://vivabaja.com/bbbb4/
#1 was in July 2001: https://vivabaja.com/van1/ (the first few photos).
El Camote made a 22-min. video of the July 2001 Viva Baja Van trip and it begins at Cielito Lindo plus includes our group trip to Las Pintas then back
for the night's fiesta. Santiago was there!: https://vimeo.com/389613694
(#2 was Nov, 2001, at Guadalupe Canyon https://vivabaja.com/bbbb2/ and #3 was at Gonzaga Bay... which M did not attend and neither did I)
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Don Jorge
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Quote: Originally posted by pappy  | | For years my stop over spot , usually on way home from a trip along locations further south.after camping out for extended period of time it’s nice
to get a shower a meal and bed. Makes the drive to boarder a little nicer and seemingly easier. |
Likewise. Always stopped there on our way home from south points. Crab legs, booze and sometimes electrifying hot water showers. Thanks Guillermo!
Nothing like being a wet ground to wake you up.
It was a grizzled fisherman drinking crowd back then and the place had it's own peculiar stank to it also. Must, rust, mildew and do do too.
Glad we were a part of that old Baja feeling and equally glad there are places like Jardines nowadays to rest the aging and weary bones.
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." George E.P. Box
"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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AKgringo
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I have only been on that stretch of highway a couple of times since Y2k, maybe it is time to re-visit the NW corner.
I prefer the wide open spaces of hwy 5, even after it was ruined with all that new pavement!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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