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Oh, dont be sorry. I met her at the same time I met her father at the lodge. I'd been there a couple of days before they flew in and stayed for a
couple of weeks more. I spent a lot of time with Nancy and kept in touch with her when she returned to San Francisco. I was living in San Juan
Capistrano at the time. Sorry I didn't pursue the relationship. She was a hell of a lady.
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David K
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Do you know what happened to Ed...? Last I read he was in San Diego doing travel agent stuff.
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No idea. If he is working in SD, he would have to be the oldest worker in town. One of them anyway.
Capt Mike mentioned that he may have augered in at some time.
His picture, which you posted, showed him as a man of age in the sixties.
What do you think?
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DENNIS
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David ---
A point on which you may be able to shed some light........
That same trip to Loreto, Flying Sportsmen Lodge, I had a conversation with the bartender, Tito. He mentioned that during the summer, due to the
repressive heat, many businesses in the small town would close and he and some of the fishermen would go to La Paz and dive for pearls.
This was early seventies and I thought the pearl industry died with Steinbecks last breath. Is it still alive in a quiet way?
By the way........ during my stay there, mentioned above, I met everybody staying there. Drank with them, fished with them, talked with them
extensivly. Gene Kira wasn't one of them. He wasn't there. I was.
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David K
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Understood... Gene put together a great book compiled from many sources... not his personal knowledge. He just had an admiration for the colorful Ray
Cannon... Also he is writing the Western Outdoor News article that Cannon started and Tom Miller and Fred Hoctor continued...
I also would guess that Ed has passed away...
No pearls (officially) in the gulf for a long time... like 60+ years.
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thx DK - i stand corrected - cool pic too! and the guy "meme" Chavez is currently flying C. Caravans for the Guerrero Negro Aero Servicios line, i
talk to him air to air all the time, we met at laguna SI last year he was chartering to there so now we're 1st name buds. He knew Jimmy well and also
flew years for Munoz.
great stuff!!
I printed the picture and am going to drop in at G. Negro and leave it for him at his office.
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That's great Mike...
Gene's book is great if you like Baja recent history. It covers from 1947 to 1977...
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Gene's book is also hard to get. It's out of print and the used book search through Barnes And Noble shows one available - $687.50. Wow.
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Gee, do I need to put bars and a lock on my bookcase?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Gene's book is also hard to get. It's out of print and the used book search through Barnes And Noble shows one available - $687.50. Wow.
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Wow, I have a copy of that book also----------I will have to rethink my security also. 
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David ----
There is, or was, a used book store downtown San Diego, on Broadway, near the college trolley stop. It used to have the largest selection of
Mexico/Baja books imaginable. Signed, unsigned, you name it. Are you familiar with this place? Cant remember the name.
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By the way ---
That high-dollar price was for a signed copy.
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Mine is autographed and dated by Gene...
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I have been into a bookstore in Hillcrest and in La Jolla and purchase Baja books there... Not one on Broadway...
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Catch 22 Runway location
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
don't know about a DC 3 but doubt it for his operation, took costly to run unless full seats each trip.
He ran mostly Beech 18s. When Johnny Tequila was the bartender/pilot. |
Mike, Ed Tabor ran an airline on the east coast before his Baja days and he owned several DC-3s, a PBY, and even a B-25 which he sold to the makers of
the film 'Catch 22' (filmed near Guaymas)... My dad told me about riding on Ed's DC-3, but the details above and the photo below are from Gene Kira's
excellent book 'The Unforgettable Sea of Cortez' in the chapter 'Airline for Loreto', pg. 145. Gene's book is a must buy for Baja enthusiasts http://www.mexfish.com/apgs/ufsc/ufsc.htm
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So where is this place geographically? I would love to hike in there \.
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I love the way you captured the height and depth of the canyons Don Alley. Beautiful canyon wall colors and those Palo Blancos!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by castaway$
So where is this place geographically? I would love to hike in there \. |
First, go south of Loreto a few miles to the Puerto Escondido/ Tripui entrance paved road... but look west to the mountain.
Looking west...
Up close...
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Did that help Castaway$ ?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Oh, dont be sorry. I met her at the same time I met her father at the lodge. I'd been there a couple of days before they flew in and stayed for a
couple of weeks more. I spent a lot of time with Nancy and kept in touch with her when she returned to San Francisco. I was living in San Juan
Capistrano at the time. Sorry I didn't pursue the relationship. She was a hell of a lady. |
could this be her?
Nancy María Grande Tabor appreciates the fact that she has been able to experience both Mexican and American cultures. After growing up in Loreto,
Mexico, Tabor went on to earn her master's degree in education at Lesley College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After working as a teacher for a number
of year, Tabor began to pursue her interest in writing and illustration, and has gone on to produce the children's book Celebrations: Holidays of the
United States of America and Mexico, as well as several bilingual volumes.
Read more: Nancy María Grande Tabor (1949–) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Writings, Sidelights http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1695/Tabor-Nancy-Mar-Grande...
[Edited on 10-2-2010 by durrelllrobert]
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