David K
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Ed Lusk of Baja's Best B&B in El Rosario
Sad news from El Rosario:
Ed Lusk, of Baja's Best Bed & Breakfast has passed away. He had been fighting cancer and was hospitalized.
I have no other details...
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24baja
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Quote: Originally posted by David K  | Sad news from El Rosario:
Ed Lusk, of Baja's Best Bed & Breakfast has passed away. He had been fighting cancer and was hospitalized.
I have no other details... |
So sorry to hear this, Ed was a great guy.
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Lee
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Always stopped when driving 1 for breakfast or lunch with Ed.
Good guy.
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F*ck it.
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Don Jorge
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Sad News DEP
Ed liked liked good coffee. He believed, and would tell everyone who asked about his coffee, that starbucks over roasted their beans. His beans were
not over roasted and he poured a fine cup of coffee.
He was a fisherman and had spent many hours on the sea fishing commercially. He loved to talk about that previous life and I loved to listen to his
recounting of times spent at sea back when California could make a fisherman quite a living. Oh those sea urchins back in the day made some people a
fine living.
He was a rockhound and held close the location of local minerals and fossil beds. But he loved talking about them. It was obvious after a few visits
Ed had gold fever. One meets such folk in the desert and he was one such folk.
He loved his partner and wife and loved sharing the latest jewelry he had made or had bought for her. She was from Guadalajara originally but here she
was with Ed in the middle of the Baja desert and they were happy together.
After our first time stopping there for coffee we always made it a point to stop on our way south for breakfast, coffee and a visit with Ed.
But the new and improved Hwy 5 made that stretch of Baja and our visits with Ed a fond memory. We never used 1 again on our trips to points further
south and I often wondered how Ed was doing? I am sorry I did not visit one last time.
Ed was one of us, one of the old guys who loved Baja and its people, its rawness, its juxtaposition of desert and sea. The last 50 years of traveling
the Baja peninsula has introduced me to quite a few Baja veterans, people who are in Baja for the same reasons that first drew me, drew them, drew us
to Baja. Ed was one of us.
Wish I had gone down Hwy I one last time and visited with Ed.
He never did tell us where his gold mine was!
�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
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thebajarunner
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We had dinner there several times
Coffee a few mornings traveling thru
Ed was a gracious host, and liked to sit in after dinner, hoist a few and generally chime in on all things Baja
Always loved the Starbucks logo on the outer wall, driving past
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bkbend
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Sad to hear. My wife and I would stay there and enjoyed the coffee and breakfast. We talked about his diving days but no gold... He also enjoyed
talking about baseball. We had an australian shepherd and his goats drove her crazy. Like Don, we eventually swapped Mex5 for Mex1 and haven't been
there in a while.
[Edited on 1-21-2025 by bkbend]
[Edited on 1-21-2025 by bkbend]
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Santiago
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Ed told me that a few years after putting up the logo a suburban went by, stopped, turned around and pulled into the place. The man walked in and
said he was a VP of marketing for SB and said Ed had to modify something as SB was pretty picky about their logo; they agreed to add "serving" to the
sign. Ed said the guy chuckled about it and drove off. I don't recall if Ed ever did add that.
He used to tell me the local cops considered his place the equivalent of a donut shop NOB.
Good guy.
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bajabound2005
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anyone know if Baja's Best is still operating?
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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dtbushpilot
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We stopped in there several times back in the day before highway 5 was completed to eat and spend the night. Ed had a few nice rooms. On one occasion
a local dog fell in love with my Yorkie Cacahuate. He hung around on the front porch hoping to spend some time with her. Apparently he decided to
leave a gift for her in front of the door. In the middle of the night Cacahuate needed to go out, I opened the door and stepped barefoot into a soft
pile of dog “gift”. Having that oozing up through your toes when you’re half asleep is something you don’t forget😅
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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