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David K
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Perhaps?? Maybe a way to keep clam collecting in local hands as an income source?
I wonder if the Clam Man of San Felipe was legal???
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
I wonder if the Clam Man of San Felipe was legal??? |
David,
I think that guy is really Guru Bubba Clam Das Rajneesh Hasheesh and he is allowed to catch absolutely anything he can....he just isn't attached to it
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Don't believe everything you think....
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Wow...The Clam Man...brings back memories. I used to go see him when I first pulled into SF (early 80s?) and place my order, then pick up a potato
sack full a few days later (and yes it was more than I could eat). He would peddle his rickity old bike with a basket on the handle bars on down the
sandy road to a secret spot somewhere north of town. His name was actually David and he had something like 17 sons (never mentioned daughters), 50+
grandkids and a bunch of great grandkids. Lived in Texas and was a barber for many years before moving to SF...He invited me to his home north of
town in the slums one night for dinner. Rice, Beans, fish and clams of course. After dinner we sat around his camp fire and conversed as best as
possible in broken spanglish, very cool experience. I was amazed at how he could live like that and vice versa for him. He used to always ask for
exactly 1 cigerette and 1 beer, a treat that he couldnt afford and I guess 1 of each was enough for him.
Clams, crabs, oysters, shrimp, etc are part of the Baja experience and people who bring up the " Oh my gosh...they are illegal for gringos garbage
need to get a life.
Work is just something I do to keep me buzy between baja trips!
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David K
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Get Greg Niemann's book 'Baja Legends'... there is a chapter on the Clam Man!
Greg gives his true name as Pasqual "Cruz" Guerrero... he passed away in 1988... He had five daughters and three sons... much more detail on the
family in the book, pages 80-81.
http://www.gregniemann.com
[Edited on 5-16-2008 by David K]
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This is kind of off the subject, but then again maybe it's right on the original post.... Mike H. wrote a fun recollection of his family's stay at La
Gringa in "In the Shadow of the Volcano". What a great place it is, or was. Makes me want to pull the book from my collection and read it again.
Jeff
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David K
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Every Baja Nomad needs to have our late friend's book!
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