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tripledigitken
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Merry Christmas Nomads
To all Nomads:
Whether you're in the good ole USA or in Baja, have a Merry Christmas.
I also want to thank you all for feeding my love of Baja with your shared enthusiasm.
Ken
Hotel Del Coronado (San Diego) dressed for the Holidays!
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David K
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Feliz Navidad back at ya Ken!
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tripledigitken
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Thanks David.
To all Nomads maybe spending a night in the San Diego area on your way south..................Drive over to Coronado Island at night and see this
beautiful old hotel we all love here, while it is decorated for the holidays.
Ken
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Barry A.
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Merry Christmas, Ken.
And you are right, the Hotel del Coronado is beautiful this time of year----------in fact, it is worth taking an hour just to walk around, and thru
it, any time of the year-----it is really a one-of-a-kind hotel, and well worth the visit. VERY EXPENSIVE to stay there, tho.
As a kid in Coronado, I used to play in the then abandoned Hotel del Coronado, expecially in the HUGE basement catacombs-------it is an incredible
place!!
barry
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rpleger
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Roger that.... Merry Holidays
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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Skipjack Joe
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Well, Merry Christmas to you too, Ken!
You haven't been posting much on the gallery board recently. Hope to see more of your black-and-whites once again.
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Cypress
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Thanks! Merry Christmas to you and yours Ken.
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Wingnut
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Feliz Navidad!
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Well, Merry Christmas to you too, Ken!
You haven't been posting much on the gallery board recently. Hope to see more of your black-and-whites once again. |
Thanks Skipjack. Reason for no new B and W's from our recent trip is my Nikon D70s with telephoto lense got knocked off our coffee table and landed
on the tile floor. The lense broke off the camera body ruining both pieces.
Then our home computer crashed. I have just had it restored with my external harddrive and I should be back in business.
I have just replaced the Nikon camera, the lens will be awhile.
So next trip in February I'll have a camera.
Ken
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Skipjack Joe
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Oy Vey!
I hope your camera and lens were under warranty. I lost a point-and-click camera in Alaska and was bummed about it. Losing an SLR must hurt much more.
I suppose you could think of this as an opportunity to buy another brand or model if you didn't like the Nikon. I was told you could buy a Nikon SLR
for under $600 now at Costco.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
As a kid in Coronado, I used to play in the then abandoned Hotel del Coronado, expecially in the HUGE basement catacombs-------it is an incredible
place!!
barry |
Barry... I didn't know that the Hotel Del was ever abandoned. You've gotta be kidding me. Please tell us more!
And, a Merry Christams and Happy Holidays to all!
Bob H
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
As a kid in Coronado, I used to play in the then abandoned Hotel del Coronado, expecially in the HUGE basement catacombs-------it is an incredible
place!!
barry |
Barry... I didn't know that the Hotel Del was ever abandoned. You've gotta be kidding me. Please tell us more!
And, a Merry Christams and Happy Holidays to all!
Bob H |
Oh boy, now I have stepped in it. OK, I will tell you what I think I know------(which ain't much)
------along about 1946 (?) to about 1950 (?) the hotel was "not being used", but there was a "crew" there sorta taking care of the place. My friends
and I used to sneak into the hotel, and played cat and mouse with the security folks, and made the hotel our favorite place to play in----we
discovered all the secret ways of getting in. I don't remember the history of why this was happening. I believe that a muy rico Mexicano (John
Allesio ?) bought the place, and started to renovate it------from there it was up, up and away, becoming eventually what it is today. There were
several owners over the years, but I don't remember who they were. You would think I would know more since I lived for years right across the street
from the place, less than 500 yards away-----but I don't. I left Coronado after living there for 30 years in 1967 when they built "the bridge", which
all true Coronado'ans hated, including me. 
We could probably Google it and find out tho------ I think I will do that right now. 
barry
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capt. mike
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ken what are your dates to return in feb?
maybe we'll be there too.
excepting feb 13-23rd when i have to be in phx for meetings.
we'll target 1st 2 weeks in feb.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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bajabird
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Happy hoho and jeje to all
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Natalie Ann
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Wishing a most wondrous Christmas to you, Ken, and to all the rest of you Nomads too! Felize Navidad y Prospero Ano Neuvo.
My offering to y'all... an end-of-the-year delphinium from my garden.
Nena
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
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BajaGeoff
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Happy Holidays from the Baja Bound team!
[Edited on 12-18-2007 by BajaGeoff]
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Gadget
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Thanks to all of you Nomads that made our year a great one indeed.
Merry Christmas and Happy (safe) New Year!
"Mankind will not be judged by their faults, but by the direction of their lives." Leo Giovinetti
See you in Baja
http://www.LocosMocos.com
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docsmom
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Merry Christmas to all my friends on Baja Nomad. It has been so nice to have found you all on this site this year. I find myself logging on every
day to share experinces with you. I wish you all the most joyous of seasons!
Feliz Navidad!!!
With Love
Docsmom
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Gypsy Jan
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Many Thanks, TDK
...for the beautiful picture.
I was just wishing the other day that I could travel to the Hotel Del to see the lights and decorations.
Happy Holidays to All!
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Bajagypsy
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Happy Holidays from MR & MRS Gypsy
[Edited on 12-19-2007 by Bajagypsy]
[Edited on 12-19-2007 by Bajagypsy]
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