Fernando, Simone and family - what great people. I was humbled by this event and am thankful I was able to join you.
Nomad's - Thanks to everyone who made this possible. The children appreciated the gifts and warmth shown by so many.
Nice to meet everyone. Ken is not only hard core off road, but has some great camera skills also.
Fernando Jr. brought his tools and fine tuned the bikes.
Several children joined us and had a great time, and worked hard in making this a great day.
Oscar, thanks for the bikes. I look forward to meeting you.
I felt very safe in Tijuana. We had a great bus and tour guides.
Also many thanks to Doug!
A great big thank you to all Baja Nomads that once again made the Dia de Reyes Toy Drive a huge success. 121 children received toys and we had
extras. Wow over 200 toys were delivered yesterday on a beautiful sunny day.
We had the big Mexicoach bus loaded with presents, bikes and Rosca de Reyes, we started out at 10Am with a tour of the city and a little before noon
we were unloading the gifts at Lomas Taurinas.
Scot, Ken, CG and family, Doug and family and myself y familia were there. Ket took video and Doug pictures that I'm sure will be posted soon.
Again thank you so much for all that you did.
fernadetijuana y familia
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Thanks fdt et al. for all your hard work. Fernando, sorry I couldn't make the festivities this year. Next year, I promise. I was grateful just to
play a small part.
Also thanks to my brother, Kurt, a principal at Escondido High School and former Spanish teacher/translator, also a long time Baja explorer/surfer,
for coming with me to bring some of the bikes across. His wife had a nightmare the night before about him getting kidnapped in TJ and almost forbade
him from coming. He is in more danger from some of his gangbanger
students. (Oops, hope you are not reading this Gina).
Thanks to Grover for making the bikes look so shiny and new.
A great start to the New Year. Let's hope for more positive stories like this out of TJ/Baja in 2009.
I have no pictures to post, sorry. I very much depend on Doug for this and thank goodness he and his family always attend. This year was even more
special since Ken came along and shot video that I'm sure he will be uploading on youtube or somewere for us to view.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
As you know, I brought along my digital camera as well as my digital videocam. I am working on the video today, and I hope to have it finished by
this evening. If all goes well, it will be on YouTube later tonight.
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The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
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He is in more danger from some of his gangbanger
students. (Oops, hope you are not reading this Gina).
