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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
1) Baja Cactus Pemex has honest pumps.
2) Baja Cactus Pemex is owned by a Baja Nomad who provides travel assistance and is bi-lingual and goes out of his way to help those in need, even if
they are not customers.
3) Baja Cactus Pemex remains the final Pemex station before a nearly 200 mile 'dry' stretch to the next Pemex at Villa Jesus Maria or Bahia de los
Angeles.
4) While competitive newbies to Pemex are adding stations south of San Quintin, it is still over 20 miles to El Rosario, and that is 1-2 gallons for
most of us... and Antonio's family has been selling gasoline in El Rosario for decades, so I am in favor of some loyalty to the pioneers of Baja
travel service providers.
'Baja Cactus' Gasoline in 1956 (Mama Espinoza's is down the road, as it is today, but without the gasoline station anymore):
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Thanks David. I wasn't casting aspersions on this gas station. When I came back in March and stopped there it was probably the nicest Pemex I've been
in. Even my travel companion commented on the luxurious restrooms.
I remember the attendants and they were very polite and definitely honest. Let's hope this is mixup is just an honest mistake.
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Thank you for the reply, and nice report on the Baja Cactus experience MOST of us have in El Rosario. There are always exceptions, and until a bad
attendant is replaced, not every Pemex can be 100%.
The same man owns the motel next door, and if you want an inexpensive bit of luxury for your accommodations, stay in one of the newer rooms.
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acadist
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The old rooms aren't too bad in a pinch either!
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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ligui
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Have stayed there many times and love the break from driving from the border to here . Next morning up early and head out for a sunrise drive into
empty baja with my free coffee from Baja Cactus .
Puts a smile on my face everytime ! 
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dtutko1
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An Update:
I got Antonio s phone # from David K. I finally got through to him. He was very accommodating and polite. He asked that I email him with the details
and that he would see what he could do to straighten it out. I emailed the info and will keep you posted on the results. Thanks David and fellow
Nomads.
Dorado Don
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David K
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That's how Antonio is... I only wish he would find time to post here like he used to. Glad I could help make the connection for you!
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Bajahowodd
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Very Tempting
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Bought gas there last Monday. Antonio was stocking the snack machine.
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Why don't you give us a trip report and stick around for a while?
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Inasmuch as I've been doing the drive back and forth to Cabo for 25 years, I and we don't do any photos. But if you want to read a trip report, sans
photos, I'll give it a go soon.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
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Bought gas there last Monday. Antonio was stocking the snack machine.
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Why don't you give us a trip report and stick around for a while?
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Inasmuch as I've been doing the drive back and forth to Cabo for 25 years, I and we don't do any photos. But if you want to read a trip report, sans
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Good to see you hanging around once again.
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brewer
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
1) Baja Cactus Pemex has honest pumps.
2) Baja Cactus Pemex is owned by a Baja Nomad who provides travel assistance and is bi-lingual and goes out of his way to help those in need, even if
they are not customers.
3) Baja Cactus Pemex remains the final Pemex station before a nearly 200 mile 'dry' stretch to the next Pemex at Villa Jesus Maria or Bahia de los
Angeles.
4) While competitive newbies to Pemex are adding stations south of San Quintin, it is still over 20 miles to El Rosario, and that is 1-2 gallons for
most of us... and Antonio's family has been selling gasoline in El Rosario for decades, so I am in favor of some loyalty to the pioneers of Baja
travel service providers.
'Baja Cactus' Gasoline in 1956 (Mama Espinoza's is down the road, as it is today, but without the gasoline station anymore):
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brewer
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| Quote: | Originally posted by brewer
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
1) Baja Cactus Pemex has honest pumps.
2) Baja Cactus Pemex is owned by a Baja Nomad who provides travel assistance and is bi-lingual and goes out of his way to help those in need, even if
they are not customers.
3) Baja Cactus Pemex remains the final Pemex station before a nearly 200 mile 'dry' stretch to the next Pemex at Villa Jesus Maria or Bahia de los
Angeles.
4) While competitive newbies to Pemex are adding stations south of San Quintin, it is still over 20 miles to El Rosario, and that is 1-2 gallons for
most of us... and Antonio's family has been selling gasoline in El Rosario for decades, so I am in favor of some loyalty to the pioneers of Baja
travel service providers.
'Baja Cactus' Gasoline in 1956 (Mama Espinoza's is down the road, as it is today, but without the gasoline station anymore):
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Thanks for the CLASSIC picture. I would have loved to be going down in that era!
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Marc
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An old scam; the clerk keeps the cash.
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David K
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Hi Brewer, yes indeed... a Willys Wagon and south into the wild west! This is one of the photos from Howard Gulick (author/ map maker) for the Lower
California Guidebook (1956-1970 editions).
See the entire collection at the link, on my home page: http://vivabaja.com There is a link for Howard's maps from the guidebook 1962 edition, as well as a link to Harry Crosby's photos and maps of the
El Camino Real in Baja California.
Enjoy! Baja of the 1960's is how I first saw the peninsula (in a Kaiser-Jeep Wagoneer)... the pavement just ended, between 72 miles south of Ensenada
(between San Vicente and Colonet)... and as my dad would say: "Now the adventure begins!"
We wouldn't see pavement again for several days, about 100 miles north of La Paz to 10 miles south of La Paz.
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Skipjack Joe
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Priceless image. And in color, too.
Mama Espinoza has seen it all.
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David K
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Antonio's family were Standard Oil (Chevron) distributors and Mama Espinoza's was a Union Oil (76) distributor... even though the Mexican government
with Pemex had nationalized all foreign gasoline sales... in the 50's and 60's the American brand signs were still up.
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dtutko1
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An Update:
I got Antonio s phone # from David K. I finally got through to him. He was very accommodating and polite. He asked that I email him with the details
and that he would see what he could do to straighten it out. I emailed the info and will keep you posted on the results. Thanks David and fellow
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Happy Endings
Thanks to David K for giving me Antonios phone number. As I mentioned Antonio was very accommodating, but was unable to reverse the charge himself, B
of A wanted me to produce a cash receipt that I did not have. I emailed Antonio told him the problem. He emailed me a receipt for the amount of the
transaction. I submitted it to B of A and they credited my account. Yah!
Dorado Don
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desertcpl
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great, nice ending
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Bajatripper
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So, David, you gonna give us some background on the photo, or just leave some of us wondering? I know you didn't beat me to Baja, so what gives?
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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elgatoloco
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http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/baja/gulick/index.html
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
So, David, you gonna give us some background on the photo, or just leave some of us wondering? I know you didn't beat me to Baja, so what gives?
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Steve... look up on this thread and you will see this:
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posted on 4-23-2013 at 06:14 PM
Hi Brewer, yes indeed... a Willys Wagon and south into the wild west! This is one of the photos from Howard Gulick (author/ map maker) for the Lower
California Guidebook (1956-1970 editions).
See the entire collection at the link, on my home page: http://vivabaja.com There is a link for Howard's maps from the guidebook 1962 edition, as well as a link to Harry Crosby's photos and maps of the
El Camino Real in Baja California.
Enjoy! Baja of the 1960's is how I first saw the peninsula (in a Kaiser-Jeep Wagoneer)... the pavement just ended, between 72 miles south of Ensenada
(between San Vicente and Colonet)... and as my dad would say: "Now the adventure begins!"
We wouldn't see pavement again for several days, about 100 miles north of La Paz to 10 miles south of La Paz.
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Thanks to elgatoloco who produced the direct link, which is one of many you can find to help explore Baja, at http://vivabaja.com
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Bajahowodd
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However..
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Antonio's family were Standard Oil (Chevron) distributors and Mama Espinoza's was a Union Oil (76) distributor... even though the Mexican government
with Pemex had nationalized all foreign gasoline sales... in the 50's and 60's the American brand signs were still up. |
With ever diminishing production, it does appear that the Mexican government will be actively seeking to bring back foreign companies with the
knowledge and technology to extract crude from the Gulf of Mexico.
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mulegemichael
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ahh yes....i had a '51 willys wagon that would go ANYWHERE...why i ever got rid of that rig, i'll never know....we land in el rosario tomorrow night
and have decided to try Bajas Best as we've heard good things...our last few trips at cactus were really disappointing...more to follow.
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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