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[*] posted on 10-22-2022 at 05:01 PM


Quote: Originally posted by John Harper  
Flew into there in 1973 with my dad, probably stayed in those same rooms. I recall we had turtle one night at the restaurant.

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Cruz ('Mama') Diaz was famous for her turtle steak dinners! Pilots would deviate their heading if word got out she was preparing turtle!

For a long time, Cruz was very unhappy to be living so far from civization. This is how I first remember her, from 1967... Later, she accepted her situation and was happy and even was okay with being called 'Mama', something she was insulted by previously.

Here is a post from 2011 with a nice, 2-part article from Mr. Hilton: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=55667

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Here is Sra. Diaz (she did not like being called 'mama') with Erle Stanley Gardner in Feb. of 1966.



She never smiled back then, my parents even commented on her sour disposition in '67. We would later learn she resented being dragged from the city to the wilderness by her husband... In later years, she relented to being called 'Mama Diaz' (it is hard to have a papa and not a mama, and Antero enjoyed being called 'Papa') and she even smiled!

After Papa (Antero) passed on, she moved to her daughter's home in Escondido, CA for the remainder of her life.



[Edited on 10-23-2022 by David K]




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