Baja Bernie
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A Baja Mantra
My Lady has gone from me to a more comfortable place
Her pain and suffering in this world are no more
Soon the family will spread her ashes along the coast at La Salina
We will look to the house of love we built together and say our goodbyes
Then we will celebrate her passing with a Longosta Feast at her favorite spot
Before long my Lady Lu and I will, again, walk hand in hand
Along a sun lit path of love down an unending Baja Beach
Forever and ever, together!
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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Paulina
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Very nice Bernie.
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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vacaenbaja
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We are all traveling down that same road.Our life, in so doing, is often enriched by the companions that we find along the way. By our common interest
in Baja we have come to know a little bit about a man named Bernie.
Point of view,shared experiences of times gone by,boardered by Baja pearls of wisdom make up the tapestry of his works. Not everyone has the
particluar "don"
of being able to write in such an engaging manner.
The late Mike Humphrevile had it as did Jimmy Smith. Two men who I have never met, yet two whose contibution to this site I miss. Long may you write
my friend.
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Baja Bernie
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vacaenbaja
Thank you for the kind words............They do mean very much to me.
In the new year that will be confronting us so very shortly I plan on extending my writing of Baja and hopefully bring it more up to date by visiting
more of my Nomad friends in Baja Sur and providing trip reports of what I see and hear through their eyes and experiences.
I look forward to that challenge much as a teenager would.
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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Eli
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Bernie,
So good to read the above, and know that your lady is not so far away, just a spirit in your heart these days. I am assured that she will guide you on
your continuded journey here, just as Don Jimmy has always done for me.
Every step, every which way I go, there he is, right along the paths of my lifes adventures he is always with me, these days he speaks direct to my
heart and soul, no visable face, but he is just as much present with me as when he was a living breathing manifistaion of his ever lovin sweet soul.
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msawin
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Bernie,
Those are some of the most touching words, wrote together and shared with me I have ever read....
Thank you for that.
Marty Sawin God bless........
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Von
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Eventhough Ive only been married 13.5yrs I hate to think what will it feel when those days will come, I get sad evry time I imagine this, I feel you
my friend. I was born in BAja I met my wife In Baja and proposed in SAn miguel POint and one day our ashes will be throne there. You have a strong
spirit Bernie, You probably know me From La Barca that really doesnt exist anymore in Rosarito. I remember JR in La Barca I was the last one to see
him I gave him a hug that day, about 2 years ago this week. Im Armando.
READY SET.....................
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djh
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Thank you Bernie,
Always your words make me stop, reflect, think....
and often simle.
But tonight I have a small tear welling....
and a sore lump in my throat.
Not because I have experienced your same loss,
but because I have a similar unreserved love....
I can't imagine my life without my precious Shing.
Thank you for sharing that space in your heart with us.
We love you, Bernie.
Even those of us who only know you through your words here.
djh
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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Mexitron
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Nice Bernie, really heartfelt, what a great sendoff for your wife!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Baja Bernie
Thank you for the kind words............They do mean very much to me.
In the new year that will be confronting us so very shortly I plan on extending my writing of Baja and hopefully bring it more up to date by visiting
more of my Nomad friends in Baja Sur and providing trip reports of what I see and hear through their eyes and experiences.
I look forward to that challenge much as a teenager would. |
My son Chris and I had the privilege of joining Bernie for lunch this week. I can tell you that we Nomads can look forward to many new stories from
Berine as he travels the Baja peninsula in his 'MI BAJA, NO HURRY, NO WORRY-BOUNCING AROUND BAJA-THINK YOU KNOW BAJA' mobile command unit!!!
Thanks Bernie... Now, go get 'em!
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Baja Bernie
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Armando
Von, I knew it was you and I will always remember the words you spoke when you said goodby to our friend, JR.......It seems only yesterday that he
would twist the tail of many on this board...........Two years.......most hard to believe.
Saludos!
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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