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Oggie
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San Felipe 1960's
I was going thru some of my Dad's slides and scanning them to my computer and found these old San Felipe pictures.
Our family camped on the beach south of town over Easter week. We would go south just past the sulphur mines and the take a wash to the beach. It
would take us longer to drive to our camp from San Felipe than it did from San Diego to San Felipe.
The wash to the beach
Our Camp on the bluff
My Dad and a Totuava
My Wife Diane and I on the left. We were so young! We met at this campfire in 1967
The harbor
Totuava on Dune buggy
Main Street North?
Main street South?
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woody with a view
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REALLY cool! and you WERE young....
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Riom
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Nice shots. San Felipe has changed a bit!
The last photo ("Main Street South") is actually pointing in the same direction as the previous one ("North") but is mirror-imaged (see Motel, GMC,
and the mountains). It's further along the street, but in the same direction -- the same "motel" sign is just visible next to the electric pole above
the hat on the North shot, two poles in front of the transformers.
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wessongroup
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Thanks a bunch, down there about the same time, and like Woody said "was young too".. man, good to see your still kicken..
The old dune buggy is really cool as are the shots of the guys just laying out on the beach, with all the cars/trucks and the rest behind.. ahhh
Nice, memories... thanks a lot.. 
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doradodan
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i live in san felipe, my wife is from here, couldyou send me all photos you have? i would pay you. u2u me please.
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LaTijereta
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Great times in SF..
My first trip there was 72'..
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capt. mike
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very cool.
that one slide is reversed.
i can't imagine taking that long to get to the beach from SF.
must have been magical times for you.
post more please.
i love baja history - fascinating.
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desertcpl
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this was taken in san felipe in the early 50,s this is me with the totuava me and my dad caught,, this is just north of town what is called rubens
camp,, there was nothing at all at this location, other than a small palapa bar on the beach
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Nice Pictures. I was in San Felipe for a while during 1968 when I worked at a restaurant there. At the time San Felipe only had dirt streets as I
recall.
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wessongroup
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| Quote: | Originally posted by desertcpl
this was taken in san felipe in the early 50,s this is me with the totuava me and my dad caught,, this is just north of town what is called rubens
camp,, there was nothing at all at this location, other than a small palapa bar on the beach |
That is great, good to have a picture like that one... thanks
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capt. mike
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what's the deal with Totuava? (not a Seinfeld quip...)
are they extinct? are they protected now?
are/were they good eatin'?
are they a grouper or bass family?
what's the lore?
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desertcpl
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no they are not extinct YET
and yes they are protected in Mexico and its illegal to posses them in the US.
they are one of the best tasting fish I have ever had
I cant remember what family they are from
roger(pampano) just did a post about them a few days ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totoaba
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desertcpl
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got it,,now I remember after reading about .. its a Croaker
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Pacifico
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Cool pics!!!! Keep em' coming............
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chernefitter
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i love San Felipe...great pics, what a treasure find that was. The good ol days, nothing but american cars and trucks as far as the eye can see. Did
look like your favorite camp spot was a bit crowded thou. Post more if you have em Thanks!!
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chernefitter
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Oh bye the way, whatever became of the blond at the campfire???
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Paulina
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Ken,
Thank you so much for posting your dad's photos. Seeing them sparked small memories of when I was a kid going to SF with my parents. Same old Chevy
trucks, campers, dirt streets which brought back memories of firework stands, a leather shop where my dad had riding chaps and sleeves made. A ceramic
stand where I bought a plaster bulldog, painted brown with pink sequins glued in for eyeballs. My mom tried so hard to talk me out of that being my
one souvenier (sp) for the trip, but I won. It must have been a sign of dogs to come...
Bravo!
P<*)))>{
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Bob H
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Wow, fantastic photos... love looking back at Baja history. In particular, I like seeing the old cars, campers, etc. Would love to see more.... Bob
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viabaja
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Oggie, thx for pics! I remember those days when my father would take us down.
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David K
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Yah great stuff... That's the way town looked to me too... the main street was still dirt when I first went. It got paved after the hurricane of 1967
messed up the place real bad.
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