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Paco Facullo
Super Nomad
Posts: 1301
Registered: 1-21-2017
Location: Here now
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Mood: Abiding ..........
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Only Mexican legend I've met was Don Javier Delgado Corona
owner of La Capilla in Tequila Mexico. One of the top 10 cool bars in the world....
I enjoyed one of his famous Batangas and a couple shots of Fortaleza tequila with a beers back.....
Here in the USA,
Henry Fonda ( in his house )
Marlon Brando ( in his house )
Tony Curtis ( in his house )
Carlo Ponte ( in his house ) unfortunately Sophia Loren wasn't there , DARN !!!
Ron Jeremy ( at a Howard Stern live broadcast ) Thankfully I didn't say "in his house" or his "bed"
Bill Walton ( at a dead show ) of course....
..Oh and Bill Roecker ( he filmed me catching a tuna on the Vagabond out of San Diego )
..Oh and again,,, 3 of the Z-Boys of DogTown,
Allen Sarlo ..( Met many times )
Chris Cahill....( he grew up one block over from me )
and met Jay Adams ,.. once
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[Edited on 8-26-2017 by Paco Facullo]
[Edited on 8-27-2017 by Paco Facullo]
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Marc
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2802
Registered: 5-15-2010
Location: San Francisco & Palm Springs
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Mood: Waiting
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I used to talk to this old guy sitting at the bar in Guillermo’s. He was always telling stories and was quite friendly. I didn’t know who he was.
A few years ago (2012) as I was looking through the library in the Museo this same old dude walks by and tells me that this one book is the best one
there and he wrote it. Well, I bought it and was able to look him up later for him to sign it for me. He died a while ago while driving north. Herman
was one of a kind for sure.
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StuckSucks
Super Nomad
Posts: 2325
Registered: 10-17-2013
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Does this guy count?
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chuckie
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6082
Registered: 2-20-2012
Location: Kansas Prairies
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Mood: Weary
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I know I am Iconic, and may have achieved Legend Status...Please don't add my name to your lists without getting permission from my people....
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chippy
Super Nomad
Posts: 1722
Registered: 2-2-2010
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And all this time I thought it was Gerardo Rivera
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bent-rim
Nomad
Posts: 294
Registered: 7-31-2007
Location: Marin County
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Mood: Living la vida mota
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Gotta Peso?
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DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
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Good one.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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LancairDriver
Super Nomad
Posts: 1593
Registered: 2-22-2008
Location: On the Road
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I think Gotta Peso was a fixture in Baja long enough to qualify as a legend. I
should have included him in my previous post.
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willardguy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6451
Registered: 9-19-2009
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must be the mustache, still looking for al capone's vaults!
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tiotomasbcs
Super Nomad
Posts: 1837
Registered: 7-30-2007
Location: El Pescadero
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A very Legendary Baja trip by mule, Donkay and Mike Younghusband. Remember reading and following his adventures here on Nomads especially riveting
when he was trapped along the coastline and a rescue mission was launched by other Nomads. Friends and I later hung out with Mike and crew here in
Peskys! He looked good last year when he visited again. Tomas
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shari
Select Nomad
Posts: 13048
Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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Oh geeze...yeah I am adding Gotta Peso and Mike Younghusband to my epic legend list....now while Gotta Peso spins an extraordinary yarn, I think Mike
has him beat....he told some of the funniest stories I have ever heard...he could easily do stand up comedy at the bar in Loreto!
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fishbuck
Banned
Posts: 5318
Registered: 8-31-2006
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I miss good ole Gotta Peso.
I met Baja Bernie once at the Pyramid Resort book signing. A very interesting man. He had a real connection to early baja. And he was a pretty good
storyteller too!
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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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GypsyJan
Nomad
Posts: 489
Registered: 10-29-2013
Location: Baja Coast
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Mood: "If a dog will not come to you after looking you in the face, examine your conscience." Woodrow W
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Correct Me if I Am Wrong
But I think no one has mentioned Don Jimmy Smith "The Grinning Gargoyle". His daughter Sara was a regular poster on Baja Nomad.
Also, Skeet from Loreto, a skilled pilot and a passionate advocate of the Baja fishermen and the Mexican culture.
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64864
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Very good Gypsy, yes, they both had great stories of Baja in the 60s and 70s.
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BigOly
Senior Nomad
Posts: 523
Registered: 10-1-2010
Location: Los Barriles, Bandon
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I posted that I met Jimmy Smith in L.B.
Met Bobby Van Wormer, Gene Kira and Jimmy Smith years ago. Without them, Ray Cannon and a few others there would be no Baja for me.
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GypsyJan
Nomad
Posts: 489
Registered: 10-29-2013
Location: Baja Coast
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Mood: "If a dog will not come to you after looking you in the face, examine your conscience." Woodrow W
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"Jimmy Smith; One of Baja's living Treasures"
http://www.mexfish.com/baja/baja/af021200/af021200.htm
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willardguy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6451
Registered: 9-19-2009
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nobody gonna mention Alfonsina a true baja legend? classic memorial day fiesta's!
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bajabuddha
Banned
Posts: 4024
Registered: 4-12-2013
Location: Baja New Mexico
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Mood: Always cranky unless medicated
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How about unsung heroes, like Jim Christopher of Mulege.... or Saul Davis of same.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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chuckie
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6082
Registered: 2-20-2012
Location: Kansas Prairies
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Mood: Weary
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YES YES, and Jorge Yee....
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Sr.vienes
Nomad
Posts: 151
Registered: 7-23-2017
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My Baja Legend (besides Jimmy Smith) was Don Juan Corona. His property abutted ours two or three KM Northish from La Ribera right next to the usually
dry lake. He functioned as our ATM as we could take almost any amount of dollars and he would disappear into the thorny bushes and come out with
pesos. He claimed to have drank a liter of Tequila everyday since the age of seventeen, the bottle pile by his old adobe ranch house along with Cocos'
fence can be seen from space. He never left his ranch and his many friends and relations were expected to bring him what he might need and any visitor
better bring the aforementioned liter of Tequila.
He's been gone for awhile now but I think people are still digging out in them bushes.
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