Barry- I sure do remember that '46 ambulance of Chips'. In fact we had one also and before that we had a WWII Recon car, like a command car, my dad
would take us down to northern Baja in. Great memories. One time he took us in the late '40's or early '50's to San Quentein, we towed a house
trailer and bythe time we arrived, it was beat to a pulp. We found some fresh water lakes and had great fun catching bass using frogs as bait. Never
did find those lakes again.
Vince-------those "lakes" you refer to are a mystery to me also. Back in those days the old Military vehicles were about the only 4x4's available,
that I know of. We sure had some great times with those old gas-burning beaters!! I remember your green jeep, also-----and the trip down to the "3
horrible grades" below PuerteCitos in the late 50's--------good times!! (tho crazy) Too bad we did not have a movie camera along. the diving was fun at the cove below the second grade (1st grade???)
Wow, what a trip that video is. That is from way before my time but it sure jogged alot of memories. I am almost positive that the second guy in the
beginning is Spence Rauber, one of the first people my family met when we came to Puertecitos in 1974 or so. He is still an avid pilot (last I heard)
and now has a place in Rancho buena Vista where he loves to windsurf. I thought the first guy in the video was a guy named Wally but that is going way
back and my memory is not accurate enough to recall names of all those great folks. Please correct me if anyone knows better but I spent a good deal
of time with the Raubers up until maybe 6 or 8 years ago, so I would put money on the second guy being Spence. Thanks for the video. Armand
Originally posted by radiobirdman32
Wow, what a trip that video is. That is from way before my time but it sure jogged alot of memories. I am almost positive that the second guy in the
beginning is Spence Rauber, one of the first people my family met when we came to Puertecitos in 1974 or so. He is still an avid pilot (last I heard)
and now has a place in Rancho buena Vista where he loves to windsurf. I thought the first guy in the video was a guy named Wally but that is going way
back and my memory is not accurate enough to recall names of all those great folks. Please correct me if anyone knows better but I spent a good deal
of time with the Raubers up until maybe 6 or 8 years ago, so I would put money on the second guy being Spence. Thanks for the video. Armand
Go up to DavidK's post about 4 post up, he identifies each man in the beginning of the film.
I loved seeing the movie again, I recognize the beach as Coyote Beach, right down from I built my place 20 years later. When we visited the same
beach by boat in the '60's, before the road, it took 2 hours for a truck to get from one end of the valley to the other (Rancho Coyote). Now it's
about 2 minutes!
Thanks Doug... the second one is a classic video showing the four guys who made the classic Baja book possible (shown at the start).
The second man in the video is Mike McMahan who created the famous Baja wall maps and wrote 'There It Is: Baja!'/ 'My Adventures in Baja' (hard back/
paper back). One of the best books on Baja travel and information about Baja... from the pre-pavement days.
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the diving was fun at the cove below the second grade (1st grade???)
