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Bajahowodd
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Tigerdog-
Mike Grzanich is still the owner, but he moved the restaurant to a spot about two miles out of town, behind the power station. And now, you can go
back. KFC closed last year!
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makana.gabriel
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Wow! I'm getting a rush of memories from all these posts.
Like Bajahowodd, my first time driving to Cabo was in '86. We went down for the eclipse in '91 and moved there permanently a couple of months later.
My wife bought down the old Ensenada Sun, Mike Bircumshaw's paper, and was doing some writing and selling. I remember Senior Sushi well. It really
was THE place to be seen! lol
Once a month or so, we would drive up to La Paz for major grocery shopping. And let's not forget how everytime any of us drove up to the states, we
always carried a list of things to bring back for others.
Not knowing what Cabo was like in the '70s or before, we just thought it was great but for many oldtimers of the day, it was already ruined and many
were heading down to Costa Rica.
FAITH sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible!
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I know of and value so many as yet unspoiled places on Baja. But Cabo, before the assault, was as beautiful a place as one could ever hope to see.
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Always look on the bright side of life!
Look forward, young man, do not dwell in the past.
Manifest Destiny! (and what about Destiny's child?  )
Yes we can!
Peace out!
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Heather
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I didn't start my Cabo trips till the early 90's. My sister worked, still does, for Alaska Airlines and they must have started flying down at the end
of the 80's. I missed the eclipse, but she was there.
My hubby is from La Paz, but his dad shipped him off to the grandparents in Cabo, in his early teens. His grandparents lived on Playa Medano, at the
end of the Hacienda Hotel. I think the house is now gone, but it was there until a few years ago. It was a big place, to accomodate his 15 aunts and
uncles. His grandfather had his "taller" right on the beach, in front of the house. That is where he built the "Juanita" fishing fleet.
I don't know when they moved up to town, but ended up with a big plot of land, on the same street where Mocambo's is currently at. There is still an
aunt living there, and some other aunts and uncles around the corner.
His stories of growing up at the beach include sneaking over to the disco's on the beach (The Office, etc.), and then sleeping on the roof of the
house, and then having to get up early to go fishing! Guess they launched the boats from the sand out in front.
Although there have been many changes in Cabo, and I've witnessed a few since I started going in the early 90's, I still love the feel of the place.
When we go down there for the summer, we always have somewhere to go and someone to visit. There's always a quincinera, wedding, or baptism that
we're inivited to, and I always feel so welcome. Even though, my husband has been living up here for the past 10 years, he still gets hollered at at
every corner, and recognizes many people walking down the street. I guess it still feels like home!!
Enough of my reminiscence, let me get back to work! Saludos, Heather
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tigerdog
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cardon
Here's a picture that I took around 1980-82 |
Cardon, here's your wonderful picture slightly cleaned up. Hope you don't mind. I'll take it down if you want, but I admit I had fun doing it.  What a great shot!
\"You know Hobbes, sometimes even my lucky rocket-ship underpants don\'t help.\" - Calvin, from Calvin and Hobbes
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osoflojo
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Since many of you remember the Sr Sushi, you may be interested to know that Pedro Tocino aka Peter Bacon is back in town and plays regularly at Mike's
Lattitude 22 Roadhouse.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
Always look on the bright side of life!
Look forward, young man, do not dwell in the past.
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“My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there”
Charles F. Kettering
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
“My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there”
Charles F. Kettering |
I have hopes of visiting the future one day...
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tigerdog
| Quote: | Originally posted by Cardon
Here's a picture that I took around 1980-82 |
Cardon, here's your wonderful picture slightly cleaned up. Hope you don't mind. I'll take it down if you want, but I admit I had fun doing it. What a great shot!
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You're good tigerdog!
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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805gregg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Hasn't changed much... |
I went by there in Sept, there were countless boats, PWC's and people on the beach, it's changed alot. Looked like a zoo.
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estebanis
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by estebanis
I lived there from 1984-1985 then back from 1987-1991. We lived as one of the only american familys. I had kids in the El Camino school on the hill.
Cabo was a wonderful place then. I remember the day the Gigling Marlin caught fire from some dumb guy shooting a flare gun and catching the palapa
roof on fire.
My wife talks about how she had to go to many different stores to get supplies. When the Arambruro's opened an American Style Supermarket with air
conditioning and the Marina opened it all changed...
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Did you know the Crawfords? |
What were there first names and more importantly the name they used on channel 22 or 88 VHF? Where did they live and what was the name of their boat!
Esteban
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estebanis
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tigerdog
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I know of and value so many as yet unspoiled places on Baja. But Cabo, before the assault, was as beautiful a place as one could ever hope to see.
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Yes, it was beautiful indeed. Sigh.
A trip down memory lane... Mr. tigerdog and I moved to Cabo around 1988, lived in Cabo Bello for a while-- which was considered waaaay out of town at
the time, lol. We didn't have to lock our doors or worry about crime at all, and friends were wont to make themselves comfortable when we weren't
home, raiding the refrigerator and leaving funny notes tacked to the door if we didn't arrive before they left. It was all A-OK. We hung around a few
years, left, came back, and left for good around 1994 or '95. The arrival of KFC was too depressing.
At that time Club Cascadas was the only resort on Medano Beach, and what a gem it was before it was surrounded by the BIG resorts that are there now.
The Aramburo plaza was not yet built, but there was a great little beer deposito right across the street that we used to frequent with some
regularity. Remember when the hotels in town used to pretty much shut down in the summer time? And horses wandered down Marina Blvd. without any
danger of being run down because the town was so empty? I remember a friend stopping his car on Marina Blvd. to say Hi to us, not another car in site
for miles; he got a ticket for "wild parking".
Remember when Cabo Mil first went on the air? Hot stuff! And the incredible solar eclipse of 1991? That was a whole body experience I'll never forget.
For a time I wrote a regular column (under a pseudonym) for one of the local rags-- it was published by Cliff Ferguson and Kaki Bassi. That was
pre-Gringo Gazette, which had just arrived in town a few issues before we left for good.
My favorite eateries were: El Pollo de Oro (best chicken and ribs in town, and very nice people who ran it); the Taqueria del Chef; the Trailer Park;
Senor Sushi (best place in town to watch the world go by); La Casa del Dorado (best breakfast in town); Mama's; Mi Casa; Romeo & Julieta's; and of
course Latitude 22, which famously advertised itself as being 1 block from the sewage pumping station. Is Mike Gryzanich (sp?) still around? For a
while, in those earlier days, there was a restaurant at the Marina Sol that served outstanding fried chicken and barbecued beef sandwiches; the Marina
Sol was quite the oasis at the time, AND they had a TV (which we lacked), so we would spend an evening there snacking, drinking Pacifico and watching
whatever was on the air. I remember watching a movie about a lifeguard starring a young Sam Elliott, possibly the worst movie he ever made. Do I
remember it because it was my introduction to Sam Elliott or because I hadn't seen TV in a couple of weeks?
When Plaza las Glorias was being built (now Tesoro del Cabo I believe), for entertainment we sometimes spent a lazy afternoon kicking back at the old
El Coral across the street (before they built that huge palapa), joking about OSHA and idly wondering what the building was going to be. Watching the
dredging of the harbor was another way to while away an hour or two.
When your options are limited, you take your pleasures where you can find them. 
I loved Cabo back then. Haven't been back in many many years.
If you've made it this far, thanks for listening to the nostalgia of this old broad. |
We were there at the same time for sure! My daughter did an ad on Cabo Mil. There was a gal that did an english news report daily. I lived in the
employee complex across the highway from Hotel Cabo San Lucas at Chileno next to the air strip. My wife Gail , Angie and Molly. I repaired the yachts
in the bay and went by the call sign "Esteban" on the VHF
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Don Alley
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I can visit Baja's past anytime I want, because I have a Time Machine to take me there.
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Bajahowodd
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Whenever one seems to encounter paradise, they tell others. And paradise becomes a parking lot. So in the future, cierra la boca.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Don Alley
I can visit Baja's past anytime I want, because I have a Time Machine to take me there. |
Be very careful---some people get stuck there.
Diane
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Don Alley
I can visit Baja's past anytime I want, because I have a Time Machine to take me there. |
And how cool is that 
CaboRon
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by estebanis
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
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I lived there from 1984-1985 then back from 1987-1991. We lived as one of the only american familys. I had kids in the El Camino school on the hill.
Cabo was a wonderful place then. I remember the day the Gigling Marlin caught fire from some dumb guy shooting a flare gun and catching the palapa
roof on fire.
My wife talks about how she had to go to many different stores to get supplies. When the Arambruro's opened an American Style Supermarket with air
conditioning and the Marina opened it all changed...
Esteban |
Did you know the Crawfords? |
What were there first names and more importantly the name they used on channel 22 or 88 VHF? Where did they live and what was the name of their boat!
Esteban |
They weren't yachties... they helped build the Finisterra... their son (Cornell) was born there... and sadly, he was killed there about 6 years ago...
He was a very friendly fellow we all met at BBBB4... went by the handle 'Chopy', and earlier as 'El Surfo Loco' or ESL. He was the legal owner of land
at Cabo Pulmo and had an endless struggle with squatters who apparently were friends with the government in La Paz. Chopy lost the battle, and his
killers are still free (as far as I know). Local authorities in San Jose del Cabo called the death an accident, I think?
Photo of Chopy with Michelle ('M') Sept., 2002:
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estebanis
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David,
Don't remember him,Sorry. Mike Parr was the owner of most the Parr property as he was born there also. He passed away in a tragic drug related death.
Esteban
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David K
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Sad stuff...
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dtbushpilot
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
“My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there”
Charles F. Kettering |
I have hopes of visiting the future one day...
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How about tomorrow?.....dt
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