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lizard lips
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I have lived in Baja for the last 17 years and have been coming here since my folks had their place close to Estero Beach since I was 3. I tune into
this site to get information from all of you who travel to places in Baja that I have only heard about and hope that one day I will visit. The
information that David K. has related is well worth the read. He has not once put anyone down and always has a kind word. He is the first to help if
someone is having a problem and offers his polite wisdom to those in need. Is he an expert? Probably not, but he is more of an expert that anyone I
know, myself included. Keep it up David!
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Barry A.
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In support of David K
I have been camping in Baja since 1954 and I, for one, have learned more from David K's postings than any other person. He posts exactly the stuff
that I want to know, which is more on the historical and exploring aspects of back-country Baja, without getting too technical. So, he gets my vote
as the most interesting and knowledgable person on the board, and I would hate to see him change anything about the way he posts. I cannot immagine
why he would "annoy" anybody. Barry
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academicanarchist
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To TW
TW. There are no lost missions in Baja California, just stories and legends.
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bajalou
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I've lived full time in Baja Calif. for almost 10 years and was coming on several trips a year for a few years before that. (first trip about 1963).
I know without a doubt that David, Mike H, Mexitron, Taco de Baja, Neal Johns and any number more know more about the whole of Baja than I. Living
here only lets me know quite a bit about a little area, these others explore and report on a much larger portion of this land we love. I certainly
need their reports to keep me reaching out for new destinations - not seeing the same old ones all the time.
Thanks David - (and all the rest of you explorers) - keep the reports coming.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
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Sonora Wind
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I have learned so much !!!
From David K places in Baja I will never see but now feel a connection. From Jesse places I will never surf but I feel the VIBE. From JR more than I
ever wanted to know about bambo. Come to think of it, I still don't know thit about bambo. Come on JR give up the bambo info. See you all at the
signing of the books III. It's all good
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Packoderm
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About David K, I say leave him alone and let him do his thing. The kind of tourism that he espouses to benefit Baja and her people is the antithesis
of the Rockodile sort of developments that seem to have become the norm.
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rogerj1
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Baja Fever
When I got back from the trip that started it all for me with Baja, I was passionate to find people to talk about my new obsession with. I did all the
typical newbie mistakes, asking where to buy property, what's the best city, etc, etc. To the credit of this board, nobody slammed me. David responded
to my post with the description of my affliction. He said, my friend, you have "Baja Fever". Now I had an answer to why I was so obsessed about this
magical part of the world. I was elated to find you all, and David, in particular, helped me to feel welcome. For that, I am grateful. Thank you
David. Now everytime I get in my car, I can look at my "Baja Fever" sticker and get a little flashback.
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Diver
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Gee David,
People drop your name and there are a record number of posts today......
You're Famous ! Like Brad Pitt
Nice to hear you speaking about Elizabeth; that she's still part of your scene.
Offense at David ?? No way !!
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BornFisher
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Why does everyone think David gives out too much info?? Geeeeesh.......... he didn`t even mention the tortilla soup at Chela`s!!!
Dave is just doing his thing..... critics be dammed. He has no agenda except to inform. Unfortunately, some suffer from "BajaNomad Alpha Male"
syndrome so they b-tch, whine, snivel, complain and ....... well you know!!
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HotSchott
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David K is a big weenie!
Chevy's Rule!
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bajaandy
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David K is like the Baja Nomad version of Don Quixote, only David is doing battle against the Sacred Saints of the Secret Spots.
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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Bob H
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If it hadn't been for David K, Audrey and I would have never seen Matomi or Shell Island! And, also, met a great bunch of folks last President's day
weekend! David's love for Baja and his desire to share his knowledge is unsurpassed by anyone I've ever met.
And, he's repaired my sprinkler system and it still works.
Bob H
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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Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Wow, I am speechless (almost)! Thank you Nomads!
Yes, Elizabeth is still in my life (lucky me).
Hotschott is a weenie Chevy owner!
Don't worry Glenn, Steve (Hotscott) and I are good friends and tease each other about our choice of trucks.
Again, thank you all! Remember, if you want to do something nice for me, then post YOUR trip reports and travel stories... They are all very
interesting to the rest of us, even if you don't think so!!! Trip reports are
the best and most accurate news from the peninsula. Include place and people names whenever it would help describe your trip.
I hope to be going to Tijuana today and see Antonio and bring back the stickers... As soon as I reach him by phone...
David
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Bajaboy
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This is kind of sounding like a retirement party...
Seriously, I have known DK for a few years now. About the only thing I don't like about the man are his politics.
Keep up the good work David.
Zac
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BajaVida
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Location: Motown, Califas
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Sorry Paulina (and others)
went off on I tangent
[Edited on 2-8-2005 by BajaVida]
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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Paulina
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Is this what's called "morphing a thread" ?
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaVida
How can a true baja lover be a Republican? seems they would want to pave and develop the whole place
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I figured this would happen. Too bad.
P><*)))><
[Edited on 7-2-2005 by Paulina]
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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academicanarchist
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David K.
David K. is a good guy, despite his politics.
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bajapablo
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David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaandy
David K is like the Baja Nomad version of Don Quixote, only David is doing battle against the Sacred Saints of the Secret Spots.
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To me, DK is the Baja Nomad version of Marlin Perkins (Let's see if that name triggers any fond memories.) Anyway, when planning trips or asking
questions, DK and everyone else on this board have been nothing but polite. The only time I encountered any hooliganism (myself as chief hooligan,
and it was my fault for going there) was when I ventured into the off-topic area and tried to dabble in politics. It was fun to battle with the
darkside but it wasn't worth hurting feelings (or me getting bent out of shape) over something that really wasn't worth arguing over. DK is da Man!
and I appreciate his knowledge and his desire to share. Keep it up and thanks for the stickers!
\"changes it lattitudes, changes in attitudes\"
J.Buffet
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65207
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Yes, remember if we were all the same, things would not be very interesting!
I don't even go to the Off Topic board anymore... Politics and religion need to stay in one's own mind... nobody is going to change their beliefs when
people argue or are nasty to each other, right?
BAJA is what brings us together here... not political arguing... so, let's stick to Baja and give the politics a rest for 4 more years (even on the
Off Topic Forum!).
Now, about the new batch of stickers... I was going to pick up in Tijuana today when we visited with Antonio and Lorenia...
I got a sad email from Lorenia (Antonio's wife)... Antonio had an emergency in El Rosario and had to rush there to help... The home of one of his
employess burned to the ground and she lost everything... there was also a death in the family of another employee. I am telling you all this to show
you what great character this man has... The bumper stickers will be delayed, and you can understand why.
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Pompano
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Registered: 11-14-2004
Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
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David K likened to Marlin Perkins?.......
Hoo-boy, that's a wild comparison. First place, Marlin is dead. Second place, Marlin was as clumsy as could be..hopefully David is not as accident
prone as Marlin Perkins was on the famous TV special, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom of the sixties and seventies.
In 1970 I was visiting a good friend who was working as a game biologist for Montana Game&Fish Dept. at Red Rock Refuge in southwestern Montana. The
Wild Kingdom TV show with Marlin Perkins and Jim Fowler were doing a show there on swans. Now if you have ever seen any of the old shows, you will
remember that Marlin was kind of a modern day Huckleberry Finn and got into all kinds of predicaments with wild animals...it was a real fiasco at
times keeping him in one piece but made for great entertainment.
It was a very ecological-minded series on wildlife throughout the world. Anyway, on this particular show the migrating trumpeter and whistling swans
which flocked to the Red Rock Refuge every fall were the subjects of that week's TV series.
My friend, Roger, ran the airboat carrying Marlin around the sloughs to photograph and narrate the story of trumpeters in their natural habitat.
Marlin being Marlin, he fell off the airboat quite a few times during the movie-shoot and my friend's laughing would be cut out of the film. Later,
we realized the film editor had dubbed in someone else's voice for my friend's voice...guess his own voice would have given away the hilarity of the
moment. Rog, airboat skipper and Marlin's pilot, was going very fast and making some hairpin turns to stay close to the flapping swans when all of a
sudden Marlin was airborne himself and landed on a muskrat lodge covered in mud. They must have edited that scene out because we never saw it later
that month on national televison. It was hilarious!
Now.. I hope David K has not shown himself to be Marlin's counterpart in the 'accident-on-location' while on his Baja expeditions?
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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