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Retired and staying in Baja for the winter... someone told me to check this site out... so I'm here and see some folks from another place..

Hello to all..

Welcome to the forum!

WESSONGROUP

Nice to see you amigo(s?)!



It is the wessonGROUP???

care to share about the name? Just wondering...
BajaNuts

Originally Posted by BajaNuts1

Nice to see you amigo(s?)!



It is the wessonGROUP???

care to share about the name? Just wondering...
BajaNuts

Wessongroup came from an outing with my Dad after getting out of the service.. we had not been down to Johnson Ranch in a long while, it was 1967.

I asked a few of my friends to come on down to the "Baja".. and they did

Well, durning that trip my Dad said he would never go anyplace with me and my friends again.. folks were walking in the fire, my wife's cousin almost cut his thumb off with a "Bowie Knife" .. was using it to open clams that he was holding between his thighs in his crotch.. my Dad had yelled at me to stopped him as he would probably kill him self.. I told him to stop about four times, it was 9 in the morning we were digging clams and he was drinking Tequila .. he was just out of the service too.. well, the knife slipped, and got his thumb.. I poured Tequila into the wound, and use a towel to apply direct pressure to stop the bleeding.. and went back out to digging clams.. my Dad thought he would bleed to death.. he didn't. .and when we got back to the camp in the sand dunes and pickle weed.. he was washing the Tequila down with beer...

But, the Wessongroup name came that evening when two Mexican Army soldiers came by, with weapons to "look us up"

Well, my Dad who had been coming down for a long time, took over ... told them to sit down, and have some clam chowder, fresh tortilla's and anything else they would like to eat and/or drink that we had..

They asked him for identification, and he explained that he Mr. Wesson and his two son's were down surf fishing and digging clams and had brought some friends too.. later in the evening, around the campfire.. the soldiers had put their rifles in our tent and were drinking Tequila and talking about the Vietnam war which was going on at that time.. and most folks in Mexico did not agree with the position the United States had taken.. we talked all night and the guys stayed the night with us... when the left in the morning, they told us the Wessongroup was OK "thumbs up" we were not like the politicians in the United States making policy, but were just folks out on the beach, surf fishing, clamming, eating good food and drinking (a lot at that time)

On the way out, we stopped at an old place once we got back to the main road.. had a camera it had a timer on it I put it on top of my 1957 VW and took a picture of all the guys and my Dad.. always like the memory of how the term "Wessongroup" was given and have keep the picture .... just wish I had taken a lot more.. was young and not thinking about that at the time... was not thinking about much of anything and did not want too either....

Bajanuts

Black Beans and Corn Salsa, your recipe was just great..

Great story...

I really love story time and yours was great! I even found that little cloud and used it!

I knew there had to be a story.....thanks for sharing it. That's a great story.

'Nuts