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treuboff
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We call Percebu the Happiest Place on Earth. Totally kid friendly, educational and a lot of human bonding goes on. So many fun times there. Used to be
able to run the beach from SF to Percebu.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by treuboff
We call Percebu the Happiest Place on Earth. Totally kid friendly, educational and a lot of human bonding goes on. So many fun times there. Used to be
able to run the beach from SF to Percebu. |
Does anyone remember this as you entered Laguna Percebu over 30 years ago?
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Barry A.
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I sure do, David. We always got a laugh out of that----------somebody had a rare and unusual sense of humor.
Barry
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David K
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There was a bra hanging from the rudder and on the ground around the plane were tequila bottles and bones... I guess a no drinking and flying
message!?
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hayb
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I do remember seeing that several years ago and we always got a good laugh. However I don't remember seeing that on recent trips.
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David K
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It was removed long ago...
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Skipjack Joe
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The mystery fish is the pacific porgy -
http://www.mexfish.com/mexico/pacific-porgy/
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Skipjack Joe
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I've never seen a sand dollar that looks quite like this one.
Great find!
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Bob H
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Great trip report/photo essay. Really enjoyed it. You guys really battled the wind there. Good job.
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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hayb
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Skipjack Joe,
Thanks for the id of that fish. I have fished on the Pacific side and never caught them before.
Those baby sand dollar are pretty cool to look at up close, the outer edges move like hundreds of tiny legs.
Bob H,
I think some adversity is good for all of us. Trying to teach my kids not to panic but come up with solutions and make best of life.
Luckily for us the wind only lasted for a day.
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David K
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A look back at a great vacation trip report 
Hope Baja Nomads have many more in 2015!
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AKgringo
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D.K. I appreciate seeing trip reports like this from before I found the B.N. forum. I thought I would pass on a couple of tips that I use on the
beach.
For group camping, an ice fishing tent is the right size and shape for setting up a latrine. High enough to sit on a porta pot, and instead of a
floor, it has flaps that can be folded out and buried with sand.
A couple of carpet scraps take up no room in the truck, and can make a difference in how far you can move after digging out the tires.
Travel with a dog, they don't laugh when you get stuck.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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TMW
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["Travel with a dog, they don't laugh when you get stuck."]
And they'll usually help you dig.
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StuckSucks
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A couple photos from Percebu from 2004:
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David K
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2004? Wow, I haven't seen the plane monument since the 1980's. They must have moved it away from the entrance road? Thanks!
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rts551
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Quote: Originally posted by treuboff  | | We call Percebu the Happiest Place on Earth. Totally kid friendly, educational and a lot of human bonding goes on. So many fun times there. Used to be
able to run the beach from SF to Percebu. |
We used to visit Laguna Percebu as a family in the late 50's early 60's when the Campo was run by Joe. sandy road in but after getting stuck a
couple of times we would always make it to the camp grounds on top of the hill. Have lots of B&w pics, but they are personal family pics and
don't want them copied for other uses. great place to visit as I grew up.
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CortezBlue
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha | | Quote: | Originally posted by hayb
bajabuddha,
Thanks for the fish ID, never heard of them but very cool looking fish. We do catch and release and only keep ones that don't look good and eat them
fresh (ceviche).
Do you know if bone fish are in this area? We caught several of them (good fighters) thought they were bone fish but wasn't sure. No pictures.
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Errrm, i'm not too proud to say I don't even know where the hell 'Shell Island' is !! The nice thing about the ocean is, almost everything is edible.
Now, my totally favorite fish for eating is Trigger. I've learned a few tricks about filleting and preparing in many different ways (all-time best
is Cajun blackened) but it's good from plain-boiled to ceviche. Just don't get your fingers in the way!
Get a couple of books on Baja fish, and keep a small notebook in your tackle, and journal your catch. I'm over 40 species just in one location, and
haven't used anything but iron for the last 3 years. I'd say I've caught at least another dozen or so species not in the books; and like they say,
fish can't read anyway. So, GO RIP SOME LIPS !!
"the time a person spends fishing should not be deducted from their life". |
Actually, it is not an island, it is a beach.
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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David K
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It's both... a barrier island beach. Surrounded by water at the highest tides. There are many 'islands' that are never separated from the mainland by
land or bridge, but still called 'islands'... Just here in San Diego: Coronado Island, Harbor Island, Shelter Island, Fiesta Island.
Here is a National Geographic map, showing Shell Island as a true water surrounded island, which it indeed does become...
Baja already has a place called Shell Beach, where Russ lives at Punta Chivato, so this eliminates confusion, too... besides being geographically
correct.
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StuckSucks
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | 2004? Wow, I haven't seen the plane monument since the 1980's. They must have moved it away from the entrance road? Thanks! |
I'm positive about the 2004 date, and I'm positive about Percebu. Can't splain the 80s disappearance/reappearance thing. As I recall, it was located
near the church, no?
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David K
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LOL, I didn't know there was a church there... as I usually just look upon Percebu from across the lagoon on Shell Island! Back in the 70's and 80's,
I would sometimes get to Shell Island from the beach at Percebu, and would pass the plane monument. Made my friends laugh seeing that.
Once they built the highway in 1982, I usually would just pop to the island from it... sometimes going into Percebu with my kids for tacos if on a
holiday.
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