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Porky Pig
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Location: Cielito Lindo, Baja
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How long have you been visiting Baja?
Been visiting Baja quite a while. Here is photo proff of since 1959. I am in the center. What ever happened to the "zebras"?
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Mike Humfreville
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Great Picture P. Pig
I used to go down in the late '40's with my mom. In the '50's (I guess) we camped on the open beaches south of Rosarito. We stayed at Estero Beach
Resort shortly after they were built, I go back there today and the resort is just as it was.
In the '60's I started exploring south, bought a Toyota FJ-40 and got as far as Malarrimo, La Paz and other destinations. In the early '70's I
discovered Bahia de Los Angeles and that's been pretty much our main hangout ever since. We look forward to retiring and having time to seek out side
road as yet untraveled.
Oink!
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Ken Bondy
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First trip (Tijuana) was in 1957....
married in Ensenada in 1962. Numerous camping trips by RV to Ensenada area when kids started arriving in 1965. First trip to BCS (Rancho Buena
Vista) in 1965. First flying trip 1974 (Palmilla). Over 100 flying trips (private aircraft) all over the peninsula (kept locker at Punta San
Francisquito) between 1974 and 1989. Three major driving trips in Hummer H1 since 2001.
Forgot to say I loved the picture also P.Pig.
[Edited on 2-27-2005 by Ken Bondy]
[Edited on 2-27-2005 by Ken Bondy]
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Porky Pig
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tortillas
I remember when mom & dad took us down to Baja and we used to see thewomen making tortillas by pulling up their skirts and pounding out tortillas on
their thighs. That was the way to make tortillas back then!
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Baja Bernie
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Porky
Are you sure that you havn't got this confused with making thigh tile for roofs. Done the same way but not nearly as tasty????
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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Mike Humfreville
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P. Pig
Suggest that you submit photos to support this thigh tortillas process. Some improvised methods deserve closer investigation.
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yankeeirishman
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Whoa! I was looking too!
So.....you were the kid that budded in line for the photoshot!
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surfer jim
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since 1969....and I have never had my photo with the ZEBRA.....
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tim40
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Location: Manhattan Beach
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Since 62
When searching for the end of your rainbow you only have until dusk....
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djh
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Location: Earth mostly. Loreto, N. ID, Big Island
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1974.... Geeze, I feel like such a kid ! !
and btw... I appreciate being able to call someone else my "elder" :moon:
Its all just stuff and some numbers.
A day spent sailing isn\'t deducted from one\'s life.
Peace, Love, and Music
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BajaVida
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since the early 60's
one vivid memory I have is going to a Chinese restaurant in Mexicali when I was about 10
I wish I had a picture of my face when I first heard Chinese people speaking Spanish
I did not know it was possible
We also used to camp at El Faro Beach near Estero Beach
I remember riding in the back of a pickup, sitting on the wheel well and going up to San Carlos Hot Springs, crossing the stream bed maybe 10 times,
was my butt sore
and of course the firecrackers, cherry bombs and bottle rockets
[Edited on 2-28-2005 by BajaVida]
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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bajalou
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First, of course Tijuana, 1952. A much enforced requirement of service men in San Diego in those days.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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pappy
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first trip was with folks in '68-camped out at estero bay.i'll never forget my first impressions from that trip-the cardboard (and whatever else)
houses in TJ-the dirt streets everywhere, smiling faces and the friendliest, most sincere people i ever met.remember walking down one sidestreet (dirt
of course)in ensenada in am, looking for a place to eat.ended up eating at some familly's house.as i recall it was like a canvas tent covered area,
with tables and chairs, along with a goat and some chickens roaming around.they person waiting on us kept going through a slit at the back of this
"tent".i was finally able to see that it was there house and we were eating in their front yard! they were so friendly , and the best breakfast i
think i ever had!that was it for me.got that "Baja fever" right then and there.heck, i wanted to move there right away!even though i was still just a
kid, i felt very comfortable there....
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Hook
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1969
Beach camping at Cantamar area.
Drove the unpaved route from Ensenada to San Felipe in 1975 in a Datsun station wagon.
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DanO
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Wow, you guys are old.
Christmas 1969, with my dad and evil stepmother in a cabover camper. We spent the first freezing night at La Bufadora, eating spicy rolled tacos
cooked on a pot bellied stove at the old place across the road from what is now Gordo's. So many singular experiences. A red fox loping down a levee
road. A desert oasis surrounded by empty beer cans and wrecked cars. A yellowtail boil on a panga out of Mulege. Steaming bowls of cioppino under
the stars at Playa Coyote. Hammocks. Butter clams like little topes just under the surface of the sand at Playa Requeson. Creamy avocados the size
of canteloupes. Hot bolillos and those pink cookies that coat the roof of your mouth with lard and sugar. Excuse me, but I gotta go get something to
eat now.
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tim40
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Do you know what the greatest thing is though? Each time I visit, I still feel like a kid seeing it for the first time...It is my passion..
When searching for the end of your rainbow you only have until dusk....
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woody with a view
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guess i'm justa pup
75? a friends parents had a place at gaviotas. spent the weekend. the next time was 79, ditching 8th grade to ride with my buddies to surf at popotla
when you could park near the monument and not have your windows broke and stuff stolen.
best times were the summers between 83 and 85 when we'd meet up at the jobsite at 3:30 and head south for the L.E.G.O. (late evening glass-off). be at
rosarito or calafia an hour later and surf alone for 2 hours and be home by dark, sunburned and ready for bed...
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Sharksbaja
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MCMLIX
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capn.sharky
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Since 1951 TJ and Ensenada
If there is no fishing in heaven, I am not going
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eetdrt88
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not long enough
hit the crazy streets of TJ at 17 for the first time,got hammered and had a blast(barely avoided going to jail)...went on a few surf trips and got to
ride waves with dolphins just south of rosarito....then went with a church group to work on an orphanage(i forget where)-later on after at least a
10 year absence from baja,a buddy and I in a drunken, heat(middle of july) induced stupor rolled into gonzaga bay.....this being my first glimpse of
the sea of cortez,it was love at first sight and have been back to visit her many times,oh btw this all started about 1988 or maybe 89
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