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David K
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mcfez
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OUTSTANDING!
I can never get enough of these older photos. Just greats. Txs!
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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bajamedic
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Although I have posted these on another thread, just thought there might be some interest here also.
As I recall, they used to fill the back of the truck up with bystanders to keep the wheels on the ground. The counterbalance people were paid in fish
or cash, their choice.
This is me (yes, the good looking one), my father and uncle. Does anybody recognize any of the background landmarks or can you tie them to current
areas or campos? JH
[Edited on 3-5-2011 by bajamedic]
[Edited on 3-5-2011 by bajamedic]
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mcfez
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Wild guess....
You're about 5 miles or so past Campos Cristina's, yes?
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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David K
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San Felipe to Puertecitos from the 1970 Baja Guide by Cliff Cross...
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bajamedic
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
You're about 5 miles or so past Campos Cristina's, yes? |
McFez, these photos were taken on one of our trips to San Felipe and as a kid, I just enjoyed the time spent interacting with the local kids and I did
not really pay attention to my surroundings like I should have. My father and uncle were helping a local pastor to build a small church in somewhere
in San Felipe. My father was the manager of a lumber yard in San Jose, CA and the local builders would contribute from their supplies towards the
project. When they had a truck full of windows, doors, lumber, roofing, etc. off we would go.
One very vivid memory that I do have of San Felipe, was when the local pastor invited us to his house for dinner. They lived in a real tarpaper shack
with dirt floors and they were the happiest people that I had ever met. As a “rich gringo” watching their family operate as a single unit, their love
of others and their profound desire to help others in need had a very profound effect on me. One time the family invited us for dinner at their very
humble little home, they shared their fish head soup. They had very little, but was willing to share what they did have. We had everything that
money could buy, but they were enjoying living life, these trips changed my life and thus began my love of Baja. JH
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Wow, what great memories-------many thanks for posting these.
My first campout on the beaches of San Felipe was in 1952, just south of what was then the main town, in the dunes (you could walk into town). Camped
in the dunes many times after that, over about 10 years, and beyond.
Barry
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I haven't been over there since the mid-sixties. Only two bars in town then. I suppose there's been a few changes.
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Great post, bajamedic.
Yes, 3rd world exposure at a young age is very beneficial. It makes them less judgmental and understand that there are many ways to achieve happiness.
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Brings back a lot of memories to me as well. My first trip to Baja as a young man was Spring Break 1969 and that is exactly the way I remember it.
Totuava and Turtle were both on the menus then.
Thanks for posting!!!
Ken
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Great "bump" David!!!!!!!!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Ah yes San Felipe in the 60,s,many times on the way home from points south I and my buds would stop by for hot showers and cold beer,Moma and the
girls did not make these trips
More times than I can remember one or more of my friends would end up on their faces on a dusty street in the wee hours than we would retire
down some dusty road till morn and make a run for the border.
Wesson reminded me of those days a while back.
We never got any of the larger Totuava farther down the beach but would get the smaller models mixed in with the Corvina on many occasions and
WSB,miss those days!
Rob
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
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David K
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Thanks Bob... Dirty Diesel Dave was looking for some old San Felipe pics and while this set didn't show the vehicle he remembered, it was very timely!
I remember when Hwy. 5 ended there was only dirt streets and the La Puerta Pemex station on the corner at the end of the pavement.
After the chubasco wiped-out the town in 1967, part of the reconstruction was to pave the main street at the end of the highway. It was a mess... the
flash flood went right through the cemetery and there were caskets on the beach... That is when that shrimp boat got washed into the backbay near
Bahia Santa Maria/Shell Island.
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WOW!
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Thanks Bob... Dirty Diesel Dave was looking for some old San Felipe pics and while this set didn't show the vehicle he remembered, it was very timely!
I remember when Hwy. 5 ended there was only dirt streets and the La Puerta Pemex station on the corner at the end of the pavement.
After the chubasco wiped-out the town in 1967, part of the reconstruction was to pave the main street at the end of the highway. It was a mess... the
flash flood went right through the cemetery and there were caskets on the beach... That is when that shrimp boat got washed into the backbay near
Bahia Santa Maria/Shell Island. |
Got to say....havent new it was that bad in SF. Can you refer me to any websites on this account? Thanks David.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Thanks Bob... Dirty Diesel Dave was looking for some old San Felipe pics and while this set didn't show the vehicle he remembered, it was very timely!
I remember when Hwy. 5 ended there was only dirt streets and the La Puerta Pemex station on the corner at the end of the pavement.
After the chubasco wiped-out the town in 1967, part of the reconstruction was to pave the main street at the end of the highway. It was a mess... the
flash flood went right through the cemetery and there were caskets on the beach... That is when that shrimp boat got washed into the backbay near
Bahia Santa Maria/Shell Island. |
Got to say....havent new it was that bad in SF. Can you refer me to any websites on this account? Thanks David. |
Baja Nomad, right here...
Oh, another one? Doesn't the Official San Felipe.com site have a history page? I will see if I can find some stuff... We were there soon after... It
was a mess... and while I do not personally remember the caskets on the beach part (I was 9 or 10), I do remember my mom telling the story to her
friends, etc.
Here is the shrimp boat that was blown into the lagoon behind Shell Island... 1967 (it was locked tight in hopes they could get it back into the sea
at the next high tide... the sea never got high enough... even with global warming LOL). The boat slowly got dismantled. I last climbed on what was
left of it in 1978... The Franklin diesel engine was the only thing left last time I walked over to it... maybe 20 years ago.
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RE: S.F. SHRIMP BOAT
The engine block of the Shrimp Boat was still out there on the flats behind Bahia Santa Maria several years ago, but I think it finally disappeared.
Then again, maybe it's still out there.
Miguelamo   
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Good STUFF!!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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David K
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Here is that Shrimp Boat from the 1972 updated edition of Cliff Cross' Baja Guide on the chapter of driving the beach to Puertecitos...
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When was the light house built?
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David K
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Here is a great story ... and I knew Arnold, too... He is the person who told us about the oasis of Matomi back in 1967...
(from the San Felipe web site)
LOOKING BACK TO 1947
Greetings from Fullerton, CA.
I'm a former resident of San Felipe and I was pleasantly surprised to see that there is a web page that I can look up information and the latest news!
It's like being in touch with that wonderful community that I still feel part of. I want to thank and congratulate you for offering this opportunity
to the rest of us to discover or re-discover as in my case, the wonders and achievements of this thriving little town. Allow me to present myself: My
name is Alan Rene Camacho- Hellin, I'm presently a full time student at Fullerton College with an intended major in Environmental Analysis and Design.
This is my story:
My family settled in San Felipe in 1947: My grandmother Casey Hellin and my uncle Arnold Hellin (My mother's brother). They both raised my three
sisters: Cynthia, Adrianne and Lidiette and myself after the passing of my mother Olga Hellin in 1964, when we went to live with them in San Felipe.
Casey and Arnold were very hardworking and entrerprising people; They lived in North Hollywood were my grandfather worked for Universal Studios as a
graphic artist before settling in San Felipe. After the onset of the Korean War, my grandmother decided to leave the US to keep my uncle from being
drafted (A decision he always regretted, probably because he felt like a deserter) and after very humble beginnings with the opening of the first
"Tortilleria" which sold corn tortillas to a population of immigrants of the state of Sonora and the south of Baja that were accustomed to the flour
variety of tortillas.
Since they were trendsetters, they continued with the business until it picked up with new arrivals from the state of Sinaloa, where they consumed
corn tortillas. In the meantime, Arnold was given a female piglet which he named "Ursula" and that pig grew so big with all the unsold tortillas, that
on one morning, when (The low season called "Piojillo") was approaching, my grandmother announced thriumphally: "I got the solution for our economic
problems, we're opening a restaurant!". When Arnold asked how she proposed to finance that venture since they didn't have the money, she told Arnold
that she had seen in a dream the face of "Ursula" the pig, framed by a spoon and a fork.
Ursula had to be sold, to the dismay of Arnold because she followed him like a dog and recognized his whistle. But a good son as he was, raised within
the strict catholic doctrine, he abided his mother's wishes. [I was told that he cried all the way to Mexicali (He was 19 years old)] where Ursula had
to be sold. When they got to the place of sale, she refused to got off the truck and worker hit her on the snout with a shovel, breaking her front
teeth and sending a gush of blood. Arnold seeing this had to be contained by the two friends that accompanied him from smothering the man!) This were
the beginnings of a successful business enterprise: Arnold's Del Mar motel & cafe that for over 24 operated in which nowadays is the site of
another successful business: The Rockodile!
Part 2
At the begining grandma Casey Hellin didn't know anything about the restaurant business, but being the entrepenur she was she went around this small
pitfall as follows; everytime an american customer asked for a dish she didn't know how to prepare she would tell them " I'm sorry Sir/Madam, our cook
is ill today and I don't know how to prepare your order, if you would be so kind as to step into the kitchen and show me how I'll be glad to do so!"
the customer would look around at the three or four rickety tables in the place, knowing that she couldn't afford to pay a cook and with a knowing
smile would follow grandma to the kitchen and so she would stand right next to the customer and learned the dishes the customer liked!(Pretty savy,
don't you think? You can corroborate this story and many more if you vist George Limon at "GEORGE'S",he used to work for grandma's, also ask him for
the whereabouts of Mike, another long time colaborator who owns a "campo" just north of town). As a matter of fact, George used "ARNOLD'S CAFE" logo
on his menu wich is a Marlin being pulled out of the water and also printed on it a saying my mother Olga Hellin used :"A MEAL WITHOUT WINE IS LIKE A
DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE". Casey Hellin was a great asset for San Felipe, she was in very good standing in the political and business scene both in
Mexicali (Where she also had another restaurant called "Los Pericos" on Zaragoza Ave. and "I" street during the 50's to offset the low season in San
Felipe, but this story will come later!) She advocated and lobbied for the introduction of potable water in town, also for recognition and better
services for the tourist industry by the municipal government, another person you may want to contact for more details about Casey's persona is Tavo
Garcia's mother,"Dona Maria" at "Botica Sagrado Corazon" who knew her very well (You can ask Tavo to translate).
It is a shame that very few people recall her name nowadays, mostly because none of her family members have gone to the task to preserve her memory
alive,until now. I would really like to see those memories brought to the fore, since they represent a valuable part of San Felipe's history.
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