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Cliffy
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Going through old books
Just leafing through my 1982 copy of Ton Miller's "Angler's Guide to Baja California"
Interesting to reflect on the long past!
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David K
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A great fishing guidebook!
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sancho
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I still carry a '83 AAA Baja Guide Book, small compact, full of
info, no advertising, just nuts and bolts, solid info on roads,
pavement/dirt, campgrounds
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vacaenbaja
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The Anglers Guide was a sparsly written book. However not many books were
wriiten back then with any kind of current information. I really enjoyed
Toms written works. Everything from his periodicals to books.
The Baja Books were my constant roadside companion when I first ventured out on the newly paved road back in the 70's.
Others have taken up from when Tom passed to do more Baja map books.
I really wish someone would do an update on Tom's eating yopur way through baja. The way so many places open and close though, it would be
better off as a Web based thing. I fondly remember the Clam man in San Felipe,
Ceasars in Loreto and of course Malarimo back when chef Achoy was there.
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Cliffy
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Eating your way thru baja, I forgot about that one. I have it too buried some where.
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chuckie
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Back Roads of Baja...Gullick and ???? Guide to Baja California....Baja Overland....Still have em all...somewhere...and Ray Cannon.....Fred Hoctors
Baja Haha is sitting in.. my Bathroom
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cliffy
Eating your way thru baja, I forgot about that one. I have it too buried some where. |
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Cliffy
Eating your way thru baja, I forgot about that one. I have it too buried some where. |
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I have that Eating Your Way Through Baja' Miller book in my library, too. An autographed one I got from Tom Miller when we met him at the Lake
Chapala lunch stop many years ago. He signed it, "May Montezuma's shadow never cross your path. Tom Miller." Never got the 'revenge', so maybe his
blessing helped!!
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
Back Roads of Baja...Gullick and ???? Guide to Baja California....Baja Overland....Still have em all...somewhere...and Ray Cannon.....Fred Hoctors
Baja Haha is sitting in.. my Bathroom |
Some of these...
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chuckie
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Yup...Them are....
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Cliffy
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OK so what happened to all the promotion and travel to Baja? Where did it go?
What happened?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cliffy
OK so what happened to all the promotion and travel to Baja? Where did it go?
What happened? |
The border hassle and the economy, not to mention a little crime spree.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cliffy
OK so what happened to all the promotion and travel to Baja? |
From '90 or so, for about 10 issues, was a magazine called
the 'Baja Explorer,' camping, fishing, articles. Was cleaning out the garage, but can't get myself to get rid of them
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
| Quote: | Originally posted by Cliffy
OK so what happened to all the promotion and travel to Baja? |
From '90 or so, for about 10 issues, was a magazine called
the 'Baja Explorer,' camping, fishing, articles. Was cleaning out the garage, but can't get myself to get rid of them |
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David K
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Before the Baja Explorer...
... was the Baja Traveler. Both magazines were the creation of Baja Topo Atlas and Baja California Almanac publisher Landon Crumpton:
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
Yup...Them are.... |
Here are the other two you mentioned...
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Ate at Caesars several times 1st trip by plane to Loreto around I think 1981 or so. Fantastic steak and lobster. wonderful crew. Did magic tricks at
our table. where we 1st learned about the after dinner drink called "Mexican coffee" with the full cart side presentation, carmelized sugar on the cup
rim with a torch and all the liquor. Those were the days. Was so sorry when it and El Nido both closed.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
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Thanks for the pics, DK! Baja Explorer got me headin south all over again. Don't forget The Flying Gargoyle by Jimmy Smith. And our Nomad brother
Greg Nieman's books. Go gettum David. Thanks for the post.  Tio
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Cliffy
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I've traveled all over the world so a little border hassle ain't no big deal to me, maybe to those not used to it?
Economy? Even not so rico Americans used to go down there, me included, but I guess that could be an issue now.
Crime spree? Maybe the bad publicity at the border towns and wild stories has more to do with it than anything else. Frankly I've never had a problem
either driving down (going 15-20 yrs past) or flying down all the way to the tip (more recently).
Anyone want to speculate?
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cliffy
Anyone want to speculate? |
I believe we here, at BN, since we all like Baja, tend to
wonder why more Tourists don't drive SOB. I'm not sure
it holds the attraction to the masses as it does to us.
Unless I'm going for 5-7 days, I don't go because of the
line coming back. From what I read, the fly down resort
areas are doing well, which is the vast % of the Mex
Tourism, it is not the guy who goes to Baja, sleeps in a tent
on a free beach with his 2 cases of Pacifico, not that I
haven't done my share of that. A question I have is, what % of Tourist vehicles that cross into Baja go past Ensenada?
My guess would be 1 out of 20, 5% maybe less?
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