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David K
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1967 to 2012 at the same spot in Baja (1966, and 1973 pics added)
Those photos I took at the 'lost mission' in 2009 and compared them to the same spot with photos taken in 1966 was really fun to see...
Well, here is me in 1967 at the Arroyo Calamajue viewpoint at the mill ruins (I was almost 10)...
Then me in 2012 (almost 55)...  
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Here again is the 1966 vs. 2009 photos near Las Animas:
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[Edited on 9-13-2012 by David K]
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tripledigitken
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It's interesting to see some of the same bushes and cactii all these years later.
Good stuff.
Ken
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bacquito
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Great photos, intresting. You have grown taller and wider-like me!! Thanks for the photos.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
It's interesting to see some of the same bushes and cactii all these years later.
Good stuff.
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Amazing how little they've grown too, in 40 years. I have a feeling some of the plants down there are a lot older than we think.
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David K
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I agree... Boojums and Cardons are ancient...
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David K
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Now, if I could only find THIS cardon cactus... photo from our 1966 summer trip from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas, by Jeep... I was 8 1/2! 
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Very cool photo's!! I would have thought those bush's would have grown more also!!
 you sure did!!LOL
Shouldn\'t one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check or Sec.8 housing?
........... I had to pass one to earn it for them!
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David K
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Don't we all?
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
It's interesting to see some of the same bushes and cactii all these years later.
Good stuff.
Ken |
Amazing how little they've grown too, in 40 years. I have a feeling some of the plants down there are a lot older than we think.
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that's why off roading is so destructive to desert. takes decades, even centuries to heal the destruction of vegetation and soil.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
It's interesting to see some of the same bushes and cactii all these years later.
Good stuff.
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Amazing how little they've grown too, in 40 years. I have a feeling some of the plants down there are a lot older than we think.
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that's why off roading is so destructive to desert. takes decades, even centuries to heal the destruction of vegetation and soil.
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Nope... the term 'off-roading' means off PAVED roads... there is no cross-country racing, as that would be ridiculously slow compared to using the
existing dirt roads.
In fact, it is the building of PAVED roads, like Hwy. 1 that DESTROYS millions of plants and kills or displaces creatures. The number of cardon and
cirio (boojums) killed in 1973 is beyond reasonable as the dozers not only cleared the roadbed, but several hundred feet on each side.
Unimproved Dirt roads, such as those used by SCORE and CODE are plant and animal friendly. Even the graded roads don't clear cut a wide path across
the desert the same way Hwy. 1 did.
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Bob H
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I love time warp photos like this. Great job!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Mexitron
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
It's interesting to see some of the same bushes and cactii all these years later.
Good stuff.
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Amazing how little they've grown too, in 40 years. I have a feeling some of the plants down there are a lot older than we think.
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that's why off roading is so destructive to desert. takes decades, even centuries to heal the destruction of vegetation and soil.
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Nope... the term 'off-roading' means off PAVED roads... there is no cross-country racing, as that would be ridiculously slow compared to using the
existing dirt roads.
In fact, it is the building of PAVED roads, like Hwy. 1 that DESTROYS millions of plants and kills or displaces creatures. The number of cardon and
cirio (boojums) killed in 1973 is beyond reasonable as the dozers not only cleared the roadbed, but several hundred feet on each side.
Unimproved Dirt roads, such as those used by SCORE and CODE are plant and animal friendly. Even the graded roads don't clear cut a wide path across
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Point taken, however I have seen wide swaths of terrain wiped out by racers that didn't stay on the roads...the valley behind Punta Blanca looked like
a war zone in the late 90s. But by and large the racers do stick to the roads.
Wish I'd had a few semis back in the early 70s when they were carving the road---I'd have been hauling the Boojums and Cardon back up here!
David, just thinking with all your photos old and new, it would be interesting to see if any botanists would want to pour over them to analyze plant
ages----I remember Humphrey was doing a little of that in his Boojum book.
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David K
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Just south of Laguna Chapala, July 1973
The highway roadbed was under construction... this is the view point El Portezuelo/ the peninsular divide... I can't find the photo a Nomad took at
this point recently to compare the two... but I did post them together once... That's my mom...
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David K
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Here I am (15) congratulating my dad on getting his 2WD station wagon through the many miles long Chapala dust bowl:
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Very thoughtful and considerate to go back and show how some things never seem to change, except we tend to get a little older and the land seems to
be almost "timeless".
Cheers!
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David K
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Thank you PanchoVanilla, and welcome to Baja Nomad!
I think it was Bajatripper (?) who posted a photo at the same location south of Laguna Chapala as my two 1973 photos... If I (or anyone else) locates
it, I would like to put it next to the ones above to compare.
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captkw
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Wow !! thanks
my father raced in baja in 69 and I now have a better understanding ..thur your pics..mas.mas..(when you get a chance)..Thanks DK.........K&T
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Senor David........................ thats a beautiful thing.
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Nice --- thanks
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Damn David !!
You have 1 or 2 posts here !! Good stuff !!
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