Rancho Life 1: Sugar Cane Mill, Knife-Making,
and Bread Baking
 

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One of the last working trapiches, or sugar cane mills in Baja California at San Pedro de la Presa being used here to make Christmas candy for the children

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Old automotive spring used to make rancho knives

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Traditionally tanned hide
used for knife sheaths

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Bread-making with an
horno de leņa at Las Pocitas

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Rancho Life 2: Steer Butchering Day
at Rancho San Isidro

Rancho Life 3: Oyster Camp on the Pacific and the Wonderful Fruit of the Pitahaya Cactus

Rancho Life 4: The Rancho as an Oasis

Rancho Life 5: Natural Building

Rancho Life 6: Traditional Rancho Building