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bajaden
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Common Thread
Funny you should ask Sharky. I have thought about what brought me to baja for some time. Then I got to wondering if there was a common thread between
all of us. Some common peice of our soul that brings all of us together here.
I wondered if I was running away from something, or running to something. If someone had told me when I was 21 yr's old that I would be living in baja
now, I would have thought them crazy.
In my case, it was an accident. I was talked into coming down with friends, and accidently found myself. I found peace I had never felt before. I was
amazed how I could sit in the middle of the desert by myself, and not feel alone.
So how about the rest of you. Whats your story? Is it just the great fishing? Or is it more spiritual. Or both?
For those of you that are affected by the words soul and spiritual, I'll be doing some consulling tomorrow at noon.
At a feast of egos, everyone leave\'s hungry...
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Sharksbaja
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My first time all the way down
was etched in my life forever. 1969 and so fine! Took my first trip before the road was finished. When we finally reached Mulege after passing thru
the then very eerie town of Sta. Rosalia we were overwelmed with the sealife, the super friendly fisher folks and the awesome tropical feeling.
Ambiance!
Many years of work and raising kids has enabled us to take pause in the place I like to call our new "Casa'. It is only a part of the charm that the
peninsula offers our family. It is certainly a special place and I am very hopeful the changes will come slow. If not, oh well. were still gonna love
it and have fun down there. We'll try to minimize our impact and give something back. Thanks Den, good thought, what is that common thread anyway?
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Bedman
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Common Thread......Were all Adventurers.
It's not quite the adventure it was some years ago.
New places, lost missions, Pirate stories, wildlife, things you've never seen.
I'd even suspect we ALL like the "Swiss Family Robinson" story/movie?
Bedman
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Osprey
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Flew into what is now Los Barriles in 1969 and just fell in love with the place. There were just so many new and exotic things to discover. Still
are. Spent yesterday in the Laguna mountains splashing around in my favorite mountain streams -- had the place to myself. Magic lives in these
mountains and they are just 22 miles from my little casita.
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bajajudy
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It is Baja Magic, which is different for each of us. BUT we have all been sprinkled with the Magic Dust!
I dont know about the rest of you but I sure feel lucky to have found this place.
There is still lotsa Magic left, you just have to go a little bit farther to find it in some places now.
Sprinkle Sprinkle
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Bruce R Leech
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Mood: A lot cooler than Mulege
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for me it was mostly the people and the way of life that made me want to live here. it was adventure that originally brought me down.
Bruce R Leech
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jerry
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I feel that baja has choosen me. Yes i made the first move by exposing my self to baja. But she has continued to draw me to her over and over more
deeply each time. she has taken over my thought patterens, so that nearly every spare moment she creeps into my mind giving me a peacefull feeling of
my past trips and the excitment of the next. Soon i will imbrace her Not having to leave. Ill be" home"
have a good one jerry
jerry and judi
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vandenberg
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For me it started with fishing trips. Ensenada ( 2 guys ), San Quentin ( 4 guys ), San Felipe ( 6 guys ), La Paz ( 10 guys ). That trip with R/T
flight from TJ for $ 62.00 .Stayed at Los Arcos annex and had a blast. This was when the peso went from 300 to 650 if I remember right, and everything
was dirt cheap. Then several trips with the better half in a motorhome and we were hooked. Spend time with friends on a boat in Escondido and bought a
place in Tripui. Those days there was a waiting list and you had to put up $2000.00 to get on it Were there for 3 years and bought land in Nopolo.
Took almost 3 years to build a house, but was it ever worth it. Had this place and the beach for 10 years pretty much to ourselves. But progress is
coming. Still have some stuff in California that needs looking after, I hate to say. Every time I cross the border, my blood pressure goes up about 50
points and can't wait for the moment when we cross again coming south. Need I say "WE LOVE THIS PLACE AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GO WITH IT " La Paz is
the town we visit about 5 times a year ( El Moro ).Love the place and according to my wife ,the shopping is excellent. HAHA!!.
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bajaden
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Good replies all. Pompano, I think you summed it up the best. Not to be redundit, but yes I loved Swiss Familly Robinson and Peter Pan etc. when I was
young. I never out grew those stories. Adventure is such a broad stroke of the brush.. Adventurers are people in search. Many times they don't know
what thier searching for. Its the searching that matters, and perhaps not knowing what they'll find. We hope for a new vista we've never seen before.
A new playa with no apparent footprints on it.
We sink our line into the earth not knowing for sure what we will intice to our bait this time. I would have it no other way.
Someone said once, sometimes we get so caught up in the journey, that we forget where we were going and why. Its good to remember.........
At a feast of egos, everyone leave\'s hungry...
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Barry A.
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I was introduced to Baja CA 53 years ago, ---San Felipe first, and then the plateau of the San Pedro Martir. I was hooked. As a physical geographer it
was the wild, natural, relatively untouched, huge deserts and warm waters that appealed to me. I get the same feeling in remote parts of the SW USA,
of which there are millions of great places to still see. The Mexican folks in the remote enclaves, and out on the beaches, were neat iceing on the
cake, so to speak. The adventure and adrenilin rush of going off into real wilderness, relying only on yourself and a few friends, (and the rural
Mexican "fix anything" guys) certainly adds to it, as did the incredible fishing in the Sea of Cortez.
But the uncertainty of a foriegn land, and all the problems that my Mom had with her house at Punta Banda, (which they finally sold after 10 years, or
so) always discouraged me from wanting to actually "live" there.
I love living in the USA, and especially California, but I will always be returning to Baja California for those very special adventures that we all
crave. Being there is a wonderful feeling, but so is living up here in Alta California. No where that I have ever seen is there as much geographical
variety as in Alta California-----it cannot be beat!!!!!
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jrbaja
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I think a few of you
have watched a few too many episodes of "Lost".
Or not!!
There are a few places in the states that used to bring on the same feelings, Death Valley for one, but the tacos there just didn't compare!
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vandenberg
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To each his own. But Barry ,I think we beat the hell out of it !!   
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eetdrt88
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Owens Valley...
definitely rivals baja as far as awesome spots....situated between the Sierra mts. and the White mts.,Owens river runs thru it and a whole ton of
streams that are full of big bass and trout,and some of the best tasting water in the world comes right out of the tap just outside
of Bishop is a great place to take your kids and camp right on the river for free,oh yeah dont forget the hot springs with 5 different naturally
heated pools just down the way...i'd be heading there soon except everytime i leave town nowadays i only head one direction....south guess i cant help it,Baja fever has taken hold,i'm wondering if it will ever
subside
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Barry A.
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Jr---I sure agree on the tacos------
I am continually disappointed in the quality of tacos at Mexican restaurants in the USA------they are so "Americanised"-----but occasionally you do
find some good ones------but not in Death Valley, for sure, but in Lone Pine???? Yes!!! El Centro???? Yes!!!! etc.
Amazons??????? I like that!! In Baja???? I will keep looking---an excuse to go back.
Vandenberg------we (the hordes) sure seem to be trying to beat Alta CA to death (as well as Baja), but we are still constantly finding places that are
relatively untouched---you have to look hard, and go places where nobody else thinks to go----but they are there. We have been spending about a month
in Anza-Borrego in Feb. for about 10 years, and we still find great places to go to in that huge Park that we have never been to before------you just
have to look really hard, and take the unlikely looking jeep trails, and walk some.
We also spend considerable winter time in Owens Valley, Death Valley, Panamint Valley and Saline Valley-------great places!!!!!!
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Barry A.
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By the way----JR----
My son has worked for the Native American Paiutes in Owens Valley for years, as well as other tribes in California, and the South Pacific Islands, and
he shares some of your feelings and thoughts on the pre-history of the Native peoples------I guess when you are constantly around them, and talk daily
to them, and get really involved with them, they do tell you some really interesting stories. The truth about pre-history probably lies somewhere in
between what you and I are saying.
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Barry A.
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Pomp------you live in Bora-Bora???? Wow!!!!!
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bajaden
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Well Barry, my business is in Meadow Vista, so Im pretty familiar with Alta. I have to get on 80 along with thousands of other people to go the 20 or
so miles to your place. Don't get me wrong. I'd rather live there than in SF. Just give me the wide open spaces of baja.
As far as the Owens valley, my X father in law owns half the town of Bishop, and a chunk of Mamonth Mt. His name is Bill Woolston. Tell him hi for me
if you happen to know him. I love the Owens valley and did a lot of fishing there. Love the catch and release section above Crowley.
What I didn't love was the 20,000 plus people that were there every week-end. That they closed the road to the devils post pile because of too many
people. I think you get my point.
As Hank Fonda said in the movie " How The West Was Won ", " I'm going west to the mountains, where their ain't no people......... YET!
[Edited on 10-13-2005 by bajaden]
At a feast of egos, everyone leave\'s hungry...
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jrbaja
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Sorry EE
It doesn't go away!
Barry, the show was about Amazons. The evidence of them was found in the wilds of Russia. Great show done by professionals. But, the rural folks down
here do believe in a giant race of people, pre-Injun.
Anybody seen the cold spring or cave homes in Saline Valley?
Way back when, our thing was to explore all the mines in the Panamints. Come to find out, there are better ones in Baja. Both places are awesome
though!
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Sharksbaja
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Interesting..
.....how many of us have experienced the same places and felt the same awe.
Like, for instance, the Owens valley and Gorge, Kersarge Pass, Independence etc. These places are forever imprinted in my mind along with a thousand
others. It is so cool that we share this, especially when, so many years ago in so many far off places I/we felt totally alone and special. I really
didn't realize that on the other side of the mountain were some of you guys. Probably just kids with their folks on a backpack trip sometime in the
60s.
Nice to finally meet you! Sorta!
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Barry A.
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Sharks-----
My son owns a house and lives in Independence.
I spent every summer for 9 years, while growing up, on a ranch just above (west of) the Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery, 4 miles outside Independence. My
relatives still live on that ranch. My aunt was born and raised on a ranch just south of Bishop.
My wife and I spend a total of at least a month, on and off, in Independence each year, staying at my son's house right on the highway 395 main drag
thru Inde.
It is amazing that many of us gravitate towards the same country, Baja included.
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