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Ll0 GRANDE r-. i ... q; ... .i j _ ~ THE ENSENADA CAPER Times are cbaapq for lIle ID&d-IIiaded faa dder. Cleaa-e:al dab _bers &ad &eatl._ oalddera are lielle by UWe erasiD& lIle oldfuldRed JaOcorc:ycle iu.le iD ptIb1ic . . . . or aUeasl are addlaC ••• l.pre88ioDL of tW1Dr that wtnntne band, .. De. 'I1Ie Cycle News-sponsored EDM-cle ~ El Tour Grande motOrcycle poker I'I1II Jut -and. November 4 &lid 5 cave ~ IIIlUl1 people a better lmprtlUlOII -ot U wbat the pleuure-rldlna motorcycle enthUIIMt Ia really Uke. ~ startInC at 9 a.m. SaIur~, 200 rider. G trom U tar away u WUIIlJIlrtOn drew their fir.t card at cheek one near tbe Baja CalUornia border town of Tijuana. From then on it wu 65 mUel of pure two- wheeled enjoyment .. the aeenlc old hlihway led the motorcycle butt. put beaches, tbroueh desert and over mountains Into the fishill& vI11ap of Ennnada. Belldes the deurht tIIeyexperlenced of bellllf a tourl.t In a tOl'eliD COUDtry, many tor tbe fir.t time, the chance. of drawlll& a wlnnlnl poker hand at 8IlCh of tbe five- cheek pointe a10III the route bellbtened the anUdpaUon at every turn. Tbi. was not a "aeeret" poker run. 'Ibe rlders ..w tbelr carda and so could .vor the thrW card. 'I1Ie t1Dal eIIlIc:k point 011 tM ~ IIIore wu al80 tM ClUlIPCrOUDd. HeR- - I --- ----- ~ .. , room. aDd Ibowvr. pl"O'flded by Sr. Manuel Arce of tM Marla Lui. . Traller Court _re welcome that aftlIrDOOll, U ~e tM laity met mIgDoo '\IIlIlIlri tbaI Sr. Arce'. kitchen served up. calUornIa'. Ace of Clubs M.C. aIlI1 manned and womanned the c:bec:k JlOlD&I, and ..w to It that tbe tour went .mooll(1Jr. 0nIJr one accident occurred Ill. till way down. A aandy beach lured on r Into attelllPtlni to Imitate J.N. R • Lacklll& J.N.'. taient, and further ...... capped by too much beer. the .010 racer hlchsldlld and broke btl motorcycle ad one rlb. 'Ibe only other accident 01. tbe run happened to the custom bike winner, luckllJr rllilt after the JudlIIl& was completed. He dlacovered that the turn .-r the wharf In EnHnada Ia often sUppery with fi. au. He waa not '-d1y burt In the .Udll-out. but bts prlze-wlnI1Inlr Har- DOW "cuatom-by-crub." What k1Ddoftown Ia Enaenada? Imaetne ley Ia 8<:_ It 10U took san Franc:laco'l Fl8herllUUl'l trom VUlGo11'apalDUIIlf', Wharf, a Uttle bit of tile wUd _ t and a lot 01. Soath El Monte and pIac:lId tbem In a m.IIIIature ba¥ llte a maDT-tacetec1 jawe1 In a plain b r _ aettInc and that would be Enaenada. The elty was sparkllnr wltb fiestas boDorlll& the 365th ann1ftl'1&1')' 01. Ita dlRovery by SPanlIh explorer S8"eetlan V1acalDO. Alter tile belt-look- InC motorcyclu&lld riders _re ae1ectlld by ED ll8'IIcIe Chlet of PoUc;e Camacho, a tapr_taUve of the Governor, and head of tbe DePt. of Tourlam Sr. EmeUo Mendez (apin ....sted by the Ace of Clubs), tbe riders spread out to enjoy the fieltas. 'I1Iere _re cocktlihta all satur~ nJabt, horn rae.. on the belich, Mezlcan rodeoa, mUllc, daDcIIl&, baHball pmas betweeo tbII Mulcana and the Americana, more • • -1nC than an eye could .tand In llII1y OIIe weekelld and tbII ~ and ....rtalnm8llta that annua1J7 attract tbouaDda 01. U.S. tour1m across tbII Baja border. At 10 a.m. 011 SlIIIc!B1, tbe Irand parade lined up downtown aDd, In charmtne Mezlcan tubIon, par a d e d leIlurely thrOUCb Enaenda. Held to a wa1kInC pace to accommodatethellor.... tlo_rdIIebd tIoata and &DUque carl (whlch ~ al80 bavlne a con'fllllUon In town) tile parade soon bored the cycle rlders and eo tIley turned ott at tbe main plaza and put on tbe1r own nuta. ~ rflIIrl dr. . ""r mtr.d .., Ace " CIl.I IIo'C. CIlecllpDhltI . . . . . . 5541la .. A c..... af . . . . . . .lIed Ace at C *IN TlIII "'.a •• te. II far tile t Z·",I rwta. CIlacllI - til cl ,I" a,nlr IlIlrIcMI rliMII...... la AMrIcI. LeoIlI ........ _ _" .t,.t•• '" "'t ........ ef lllarl . . .t1cla... It wltII , . , .... Ace ef C..... ..,........... perfIIIct ......