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pointsurfbaja
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New harbor at San Miguel Surf Spot?
I heard on the Surfermag discussion board that there are some big plans to destroy the world class wave at San Miguel just north of Ensenada. I did a
search here to see what you all might know about it, but came up empty handed. What do you know who are in the know?
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Dave
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There's a mega development planned for just South of the Coral at Papagayo. Is that near San Miguel?
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Baja Bernie
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DAve
No.
San Miguel is just after the Ensenada toll booths. And yes about a year ago Mateo posted something on a huge development being planned for
there............Check with him 'cause I have given up on trying to stay up with mega this and mega that in Baja...........
I know I'm living in the past but small and dirt were wonderful.
Ben Hunter the guy who wrote "The Baja Feeling" owned one of the first houses in San Miguel. He must have been a surfer because that was all there
was to do there for about a thousand years.
[Edited on 3-16-2007 by Baja Bernie]
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Mexitron
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Bernie--found this link on Ben Hunter's Baja house:
[url]http://www.ploung.com/ben's_house.htm[/url]
[Edited on 3-18-2007 by BajaNomad]
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David K
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Great lead Mexitron... they found JackSmith's house, too (Book: 'God and Mr. Gomez')
here's the direct link: [url=http://www.ploung.com/jack's_house.htm]Jack Smith's house[/url]
[Edited on 3-17-2007 by David K]
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pappy
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not sure about san miguel but word is new presidnet wants to go forth with the stalled escelara plan.i am told too, that paving of the road from san
ignacio to juanico may start soon...
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David K
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The 'end' is coming: pavement!
Once the road between San Ignacio and San Juanico/ La Purisima is paved, then all trucks, busses, travelers for La Paz & Cabo will be going that
way.
It saves 100 miles and two steep grades that Mex. 1 negotiates going to the gulf coast from Santa Rosalia to Ligui!
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Mexitron
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I saw the link for Jack's house too. My friends and I went to Santo Thomas for a weekend camping trip in 1988 or so...didn't get in til after dark
and camped in the first area we could find...woke up the next morning next to a house we didn't see when we drove in. Then a van pulled up and out
step the Gomez's and other people in Jack's book--turned out we were sleeping in the lot next to Jack's house and they were wondering if we were the
robbers that had broken into his house that night and stolen some appliances. Didn't look to good for us there...but we assured them that if we were
the thieves we wouldn't have camped out next to the house! They laughed and took off after being nice enough to talk about Jack's book for awhile.
Funny thing--a couple of years ago my girlfriend's son was looking to buy a house in LA and he wanted me to look at the hillside stability of the lot.
When we got there it turned out it was Jack Smith's old house that his son was selling after Jack's wife had passed away...go figure.
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Peloncito
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Oh man, San Miguel lost to development. That is a shame. That spot brings back lots of old and semi current memories. I have frequented San Miguel for
so many years (mostly while visiting buddies @ SDSU). Classic dirt lot, sand for the tents, and awesome right hand waves over a rubble reef.
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Hook
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I'm not a board surfer but I used to use the place in a pinch for a quick o'niter heading north or south.
Really used to like the little restaurant in there but havent been in years. They used to serve some real good WSB and BSB dishes.
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Halboo
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man, that place was ruined w/the pavement.
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yeah that and about a million other places
I had some good times and good waves at San Miguel back in the day.......
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Crusoe
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This is really to bad--if in fact it is true........In the late 1950s and all through the 60s and into the early 70s, this was the "meeting and
networking spot"for many, many surf bums, from all over California. Someone should write a book about the counter culture that the lifestyle here
fostered. Between Hussongs Cantina,and all the old surf rat characters that lived in both places, one could even write an award winning movie script.
Ensenada was a small and very inocent and wonderful town in that era. The likes never to be duplicated!!!
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Sallysouth
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Yeah, Like 3 M's and the Cannery(phew, but fun) back then, way back then........
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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pointsurfbaja
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thanks
Wow thanks for all the info and I agree with all's condolences. Yet I think we could all do a little more. WildCoast is fighting these types of
battles on many fronts. Lending them some support will bring down the pace of the rape on the peninsula. They are in the forefront of the fight
against the escalera nautica.
The road to La Laguna from San Ignacio is surveyed and was graded before the baja 1000. I just went down and came back that way last weekend. There
is no new development yet the south pavement from San Juanico to Las Barrancas is full speed ahead. The drama of some of the developing parties in
the town is over the top. And, the rate of development by others is astonishing.
It is a fine line to discover how to experience and interact in Baja with a mild footprint on so many levels. I hope that by choosing good
programming for my head, ie. read environmentally conscious news, turn off the TV, participate in and support positive activist groups that will help
keep Baja mellow, will help my decisions in my Bajaquest.
Thanks again
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Tomas Tierra
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stables
| Quote: | Originally posted by soulpatch
Peloncito's comments make me think back to the good ol' days when the point in Ventura was a dirt parking lot and stables was a walk to get to.....
man, that place was ruined w/the pavement. |
The ocean is trying to re-claim that area. The pavement is being undermined, and erosion is in control. THe wave doesn't seem to be affected..Those
were the good ol days.
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woody with a view
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get em while they're hot!
1-7-06
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bajaguy
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Puerto Hussong
Maybe this is what pointsurfbaja was referring to:
Porto Hussong Plans Unveiled
John Freeman - thelog.com
More Than Fish Tacos - A new resort and marina is coming to Ensenada. Porto Hussong's marina will be designed to accommodate mega-yachs up to 200 feet
long. Up to 250 spaces are planned for the end-tie-style docks. Construction is scheduled to begin in November, with an estimated completion date of
early 2009.
The Baja resort, scheduled for completion in 2009, will include a 250-slip mega-yacht marina.
Ensenada - When Doug Bowers was in college, going to Baja meant camping, surfing, scarfing down fish tacos and downing more than a few beers at
Hussong's raucous cantina in Ensenada.
Times have changed.
"Now that I'm older, my tastes have become more refined and expensive," said Bowers, director of marketing for Merida Development Group, developer of
Porto Hussong, a $350 million planned resort and marina just north of Ensenada along the toll road. "These days, I can't imagine a better Baja
experience than what this resort is going to be - a world-class, five-star luxury destination, on par with some of the world's best resorts."
The grandiose plans for Porto Hussong were recently unveiled by the developer. They include 200 oceanfront condominiums, a five-star boutique-style
hotel, six high-end private villas, a collection of upscale shops and spa services, several cafes and restaurants and a first-class, 250-slip marina
(end-tie-style docks) and yacht club designed to accommodate yachts up to 200 feet in length.
Land for the project has been cleared, with construction expe-cted to start in November. Completion is scheduled for early 2009. The chief architect
is Arthur Valdes, whose past projects include the Palmilla Resort in Cabo San Lucas and Las Hadas Resort in Manzanillo, as well as resorts in Puerto
Vallarta and along the Italian Riviera in Portofino. He's also aligned with current design projects at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
For now, the official name for the project's marina and yacht club is undecided, but Bowers said its target is clear: Southern California boaters and
sailors.
"This is fast becoming a baby-boomer's paradise," he said. "Ensenada is the next phase for those of us who have enjoyed the Baja experience and now
have the means and desire to live the good life."
Porto Hussong will be located next to Hotel Coral and Marina, which has become a prominent Ensenada stop for boaters heading both north and south.
Until just recently, the site was occupied by Hotel Quintas Papagayo, owned and operated by the Hussong family.
"The demand for large-yacht slips has been so great that we've just increased the number from 10 to 20 and maybe more," Bowers said. "With the yacht
club, we intend to form guest alliances with all the finest yacht clubs up and down the West Coast."
The developers are banking on the cachet of the Hussong name, the Baja-based family that founded Hussong's Cantina in downtown Ensenada, the
legendary, peanut-shells-on-the-floor bar that dates back to 1892.
"They have a highly favorable multiple-generation recognition for anyone who's ever gone to Baja," Bowers said. "The family has been waiting for the
right time and the right opportunity for years. They felt this was the first concept worthy of going into a deal."
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bancoduo
****** ****** ***** ******
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Besides being a business partner Doug is also a friend.
And a nice guy.
Please keep your uninformed, misspelled opinions to yourself.
[Edited on 3-25-2007 by Hose A]
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Sallysouth
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HUH????
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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bancoduo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by bancoduo
****** ****** ***** ******
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Besides being a business partner Doug is also a friend.
And a nice guy.
Please keep your uninformed, misspelled opinions to yourself.
[Edited on 3-25-2007 by Hose A] |
Is **** ***** acceptable?
[Edited on 3-25-2007 by Hose A]
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