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bacquito
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It ain't changed much
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
1975--------BLM Chief Ranger (the first), El Centro, CA. Continued my many trips to the beaches below San Felipe to San Francisquito & El Barril
started in about 1954. Loved it all, even El Centro!!!
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I live in Yuma and do some traveling to El Centro. I much prefer Yuma!!
bacquito
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Barry A.
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I liked Yuma too, Bacquito, and went over there pretty often. Heck, I like everyplace I have lived, and they are all different.
1975 was a long time ago, and I think that El Centro has changed a lot (left in '86)-------in fact I get lost there now. 
barry
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paranewbi
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
i was 10. living 4 blocks from the beach in OB. spent summers riding those blue and yellow rafts you could rent on the beach for $1/day. sunburnt ears
led to scabs on the tops of my ears. i still have the ears, tho! |
OH YEA! Rented those rafts also in '63 (8 yrs old) before pier was built...loved riding on top of those little girls riding on their rented rafts.
Hey Woody, the sunburns were bad but I remember getting tit rash from those rafts so bad you could only ride every other day!
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woody with a view
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i forgot about the rash! thanks for that!!! i would always dig thru the stack of rafts and find the hardest one. they seemed to ride so much better
than those half full ones, duh!
anyone else ever had raft rash so bad your nipples scabbed over?
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Marc
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Racing Marathons and doing well in my age group. Later on raced Triathlons. Quit racing in 1991 and got my life back.
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beachbum1A
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Was Baja a part of your life in 1975?? |
I remember a weekend of duck hunting with (3) friends down at the Wister Reserve (near Niland). We had reservations for Saturday and hunted that day
OK but on Sunday it had to be "space available" as we had no reservations.
Up early Sunday morning & checking in we were told there were no openings! What to do? One guy suggested a drive to Algodones, MX for breakfast
and some shopping. That was my very first experience in a Mexico border town. Most memorable!
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J.P.
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Living in Houston Texas Helping build the Gallerea Shoping complex and bought my new Bayliner Victoria a very good year.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Marc
Racing Marathons and doing well in my age group. Later on raced Triathlons. Quit racing in 1991 and got my life back.
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Jeeeezo....it should be against the law to look that healthy.
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dtutko1
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In 1975 I had just graduated from Cal Poly and lived in San Luis Obispo. My first surfing trip to Baja was 1963. We would attend the friday night
dance at the Grand in Torrance and after the dance drive to TJ which was in full swing at about 1am. Have a few cold ones, then head to k-39,54, San
Miguel for the morning glassoff. After the am session we'd get some breakfast then head for the beer warehouse for a case. Good times and memories.
Dorado Don
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805gregg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
1975?
Surfing in Baja of course (K55) on a ditch day with the older guys from my neighborhood in Mission Bay San Diego... Where else?
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K-55 how cool, one of my Hawthorne High classmates's parents had a place at K-55 "Campo Lopez" His name was Bobby Gomen , they had a trailer right on
the water at the point. A trailer and a bunk house for the surfers. I started going there in about 1966 or 67, great right point , and a good left
off the rocks in the summer, plus good beach break all the time, if you could make it out, that place always had a swell, like La Mission. In 1975 I
was living in OB and surfing Northern Baja, 3 times a week, when there was a swell, (I had a friend with a Dr dad and a house at San Antonio), (Baja
Malibu). Great wave in the right conditions. And then carnitas at Las Flores De Michoacan after surfing best years ever, and best carnitas. Thanks for
brining me back.
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805gregg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
i was 10. living 4 blocks from the beach in OB. spent summers riding those blue and yellow rafts you could rent on the beach for $1/day. sunburnt ears
led to scabs on the tops of my ears. i still have the ears, tho! |
I rented those same rafts at El Porto in El Segundo about 10 years earlier, I loved those rafts, where did they go? Usually blue with the yellow
rubber ends, tougher than nails, I want one now. And I remember the tit rash too, but it didn't stop you, what fun.
[Edited on 10-21-2011 by 805gregg]
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wiltonh
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In 1975 I had just graduated from electrical engineering and was working for Tektronix in Portland Oregon. We had been doing a trip to Mexico every
other year since about 1958. My father was a doctor near Spokane Washington and we would pack up our stuff and drive either to the mainland or Baja.
1975 was our "stay up North year" but in 1974 we had driven a class "A" motor home pulling a car from Spokane to Lapaz and then took the car to Cabo.
While down there we went diving at Cabo Pulmo.
Normally we got about 2 weeks off so that was a lot of miles to drive in two weeks. There was an issue with the carb on the motor home and it only
got about 4 miles to the gallon. Gas was a lot cheaper then but that trip cost a lot more than what we expected.
People in Washington really had no idea about where Baja was at that time. We would tell them that we had gone as far below the border as Spokane was
above the border. This seemed to put things into perspective.
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BajaDanD
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In 1975 I was 16 and where ever it was I was, I was in trouble. Thats about all I can remember.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaDanD
In 1975 I was 16 and where ever it was I was, I was in trouble. Thats about all I can remember. |
Kinda like the Haight in the sixties......if you can remember it, you weren't there. 
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sanquintinsince73
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I'm guessing this is around 1975 or maybe earlier. Excuse the photos, my scanner went t*ts up so I took a photo of the photos.
I am on the right on both photos. The old mare on the left was called "Satanas" by the locals, she would not let anyone ride her. The old boat on the
right was towed to San Quintin by my dad and his brothers in the mid-fifties. They actually use to take her out in San Quintin Bay. We still have the
old outboard engine at my dad's house in L.A. He had brought it back for repairs in the early sixties but it never made it back to San Quintin. Back
in the late 50's one of my uncles decided to move to San Quintin and he was appointed a "Comisario", kinda like a sheriff. He had no uniform but was
given a .38 to carry in his pocket.
Sorry about the size, I couldn't figure out how to re-size.
[Edited on 10-21-2011 by sanquintinsince73]
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The Sculpin
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1975 was spent surfing my home breaks - indicators, avalanche, wally's and K&G's - along with some extended forrays in Big Sur - sand dollar,
willow creek and fullers - and of course baja - but only the northern part. One memorable night we were sleeping at K-55's in a VW van when we were
violently awoken by large rifles and flashlights. A thorough search was performed but to no avail as all consumables had been consumed the night
before (but still raging through the bloodstream!). Unbeknownst to the rest of us, the owner of the bus reached into a "secret compartment" and pulled
out a stack of playboys - a deal was struck - and as we watched the glow of tailights dimming in the distance we realized that we were the only ones
on the bluff.....
[Edited on 10-21-2011 by The Sculpin]
[Edited on 10-21-2011 by The Sculpin]
Whoa there, Cowboy - pull back on those reins!
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BajaGeoff
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In diapers....living in San Diego.
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pappy
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senior year, living in ventura, making runs to baja with friends and/or family. first trip 1968 with family. first w/out parents, 1972. (what an
experience that was!)
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David K
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The 60's and 70's were great times to discover Baja. There were far fewer campos so more of us may have been at the same place on any given holiday.
Nuevo Mazatlan (formerly Agua de Chale) south of San Felipe was one of the few places to access the beach from the old Puertecitos road, and it was
always busy on the holidays. Even though it was over 25 dirt miles of driving from the pavement.
Nuevo Mazatlan, Labor Day, 1967
The beach near San Antonio del Mar, west of Colonet was also busy on the holidays. Both places we visited often... I wonder how many of you were also
there at the same time as us? Seems like a lot of you were born in the 1950's like me, so maybe your parents or you as a teen drove to those places
back then?
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sanquintinsince73
I'm guessing this is around 1975 or maybe earlier. Excuse the photos, my scanner went t*ts up so I took a photo of the photos.
I am on the right on both photos. The old mare on the left was called "Satanas" by the locals, she would not let anyone ride her. The old boat on the
right was towed to San Quintin by my dad and his brothers in the mid-fifties. They actually use to take her out in San Quintin Bay. We still have the
old outboard engine at my dad's house in L.A. He had brought it back for repairs in the early sixties but it never made it back to San Quintin. Back
in the late 50's one of my uncles decided to move to San Quintin and he was appointed a "Comisario", kinda like a sheriff. He had no uniform but was
given a .38 to carry in his pocket.
Sorry about the size, I couldn't figure out how to re-size.
[Edited on 10-21-2011 by sanquintinsince73] |
When you upload from your PC files to Photobucket... remember to click 'Customize your upload options' (link in blue at bottom of pop up you get when
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Then pick 640 x 480 (I recommend) for a large, but not full frame image here. I only use 800 x 600 for maps or satellite imgaes usually for max.
detail viewing.
Click SAVE... then upload your photos to Photobucket... Use the 'IMG' code and paste that link right here with your text/ captions... You can post
several photos but I think no more than a dozen per post is wise.
Here is the same image at different sizes, up to 800:
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The standard Photobucket upload size is over 1000 pixels wide, that is why you need to pre-select a smaller size before uploading photos that you want
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