BajaNomad

Get them addicted early on...

El Camote - 5-23-2009 at 11:13 AM

I was going through my 5-year olds copious kindergarten school work and came across this gem. According to him, the assignment was to write the name of a place you like to go. No prompting needed. :tumble:

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sourdough - 5-23-2009 at 11:26 AM

Love it! Last December at dinner in Loreto, my five year-old grandson looked across the table and said, "Everyday in Mexico is a thumbs-up day!" What is it about Baja that appeals so greatly to our younguns?

The artist in his element

El Camote - 5-23-2009 at 11:28 AM

Two years ago next to his favorite ride.



Thanks for enduring a proud papa. ;D

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Paulina - 5-23-2009 at 11:45 AM

Most wonderful!

Amazing

Dave - 5-23-2009 at 11:53 AM

I would have picked Provence. :rolleyes:

rpleger - 5-23-2009 at 11:58 AM

Baja is easier to spell:lol::lol::lol:

bajalou - 5-23-2009 at 12:25 PM

And this is where it started



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DanO - 5-23-2009 at 12:56 PM

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Originally posted by sourdough
What is it about Baja that appeals so greatly to our younguns?


As Aldous Huxley observed, children's doors of perception haven't closed yet. Growing up and surviving to and through adulthood forces most people to narrow their focus, but kids still have the ability to just take it all in. They experience life more richly than we do, even if you think they're not appreciating it, and they are more capable of totally immersing themselves in something without rationalizing or overanalyzing it. (Example -- anyone here recently spend two hours pretending to be ancient warriors fighting to the death on a battlefield of windswept sand dunes? No? Me either. I was reading a book.) I can still remember images, sounds, and smells from my childhood (and when I occasionally stumble on one happening now in real time, it's a real jolt of deja vu), but I'll be damned if I can recall what I had for lunch on Wednesday. So for kids, the freedom to explore and discover a foreign and starkly beautiful landscape is exhilarating, and addictive. That's the kind of addiction I encourage.

Bajaboy - 5-23-2009 at 04:14 PM

Really cool! Thanks for sharing the moment!

zac

Has it been five years?????

jeans - 5-23-2009 at 05:02 PM

That is SOOOOOO precious...but the fact that it has been five years is disturbing to me somehow...where did the time go? My love to Mermalada, the Orange One.

Von - 5-23-2009 at 05:07 PM

That is so adorable, wish my girls felt like that. They do but really dont like the heat oh well..thanx 4 sharing

elizabeth - 5-24-2009 at 09:19 PM

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Originally posted by DanO
Quote:
Originally posted by sourdough
What is it about Baja that appeals so greatly to our younguns?


As Aldous Huxley observed, children's doors of perception haven't closed yet. Growing up and surviving to and through adulthood forces most people to narrow their focus, but kids still have the ability to just take it all in. They experience life more richly than we do, even if you think they're not appreciating it, and they are more capable of totally immersing themselves in something without rationalizing or overanalyzing it. (Example -- anyone here recently spend two hours pretending to be ancient warriors fighting to the death on a battlefield of windswept sand dunes? No? Me either. I was reading a book.) I can still remember images, sounds, and smells from my childhood (and when I occasionally stumble on one happening now in real time, it's a real jolt of deja vu), but I'll be damned if I can recall what I had for lunch on Wednesday. So for kids, the freedom to explore and discover a foreign and starkly beautiful landscape is exhilarating, and addictive. That's the kind of addiction I encourage.


All of that, and the way they are treated in Mexico...not just Baja.

My grandson who just turned 5 this month has been to Mexico 7 times, mostly Loreto, but also Rosarito where he discovered sand as a safe place to fall.

He thinks that all airplanes go to Mexico, and has more than once packed his suitcase and placed it at the front door, telling his mother that he was going to the airport to go to Mexico to visit Nana.

I think that children love Mexico because Mexicans love children. Kids are treated as a normal part of the landscape and a part of the community. In the US they are too often treated as an annoyance.

flyfishinPam - 5-24-2009 at 09:22 PM

this is the best place in the world to raise kids!



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Cypress - 5-25-2009 at 06:00 AM

Baja is a kids dream come true!:bounce: Beaches, strange critters, a wonderland. A whole new country.;D

El Camote - 5-25-2009 at 11:52 AM

Awesome observations and pictures! I have to agree that Baja is like a petri dish for the imagination. My little guy can and does play for hours in the sand with found objects: rope, rebar, clam shells. And it's a treat to observe and be invited into this world.

Keep the great posting coming! :spingrin:

fishingmako - 5-25-2009 at 01:18 PM

That is just way cool, make them memories for them last forever, it is by far a different World in Mexico, some very untouched areas they can see and remember.

danaeb - 5-25-2009 at 03:41 PM

I just got back from a quick trip to La Paz today. My seat-mates on the flight back were two boys about 11-13. They were coming back from a Memorial Day week-end with their extended familes.

They were so excited to tell me about their adventures. They fished on a friend's boat, they saw sea lions and they REALLY like the food at Rancho Viejo. Oh, and did I know that puffer fish squirted something out of their spines?

The next generation of Baja Nomads.....

David K - 5-26-2009 at 08:45 AM

Very nice Mike!

fishingmako - 5-26-2009 at 10:54 AM

Kids just want to empty their brain, they really like telling you their adventures. like you have never done them?

Skipjack Joe - 5-26-2009 at 01:13 PM

What is Charlie holding? (next to the VW).

tripledigitken - 5-26-2009 at 01:56 PM

Thanks for sharing. Sharing new Baja experiences with others is so much fun.

Can't wait until I can take my Granddaughter to Baja again

Two years ago, a day trip to Punta Banda.
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Ken

bajaguy - 5-26-2009 at 02:10 PM

Yup, start them young!!!

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El Camote - 5-26-2009 at 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
What is Charlie holding? (next to the VW).


That's his omnipresent transitional object aka, Coco.
It's now seen better days and we've lately been refering to it as the shop rag, which is what it most resembles. We hear lots of blanky stories when he carries it in public.

He refuses to part with him, and I can't see any reason to force the issue, although he now demands I keep the car door closed while he secretly packs him away in his back pack while being dropped at school.

Coco 2 years ago in his prime

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DanO - 5-26-2009 at 04:24 PM

Here's one of my kids digging the Baja experience.

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DanO - 5-26-2009 at 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by bajaguy
Yup, start them young!!!


Isn't that pic taken from in front of the clubhouse at the Baja Country Club? What did she shoot that day? I'll bet it was better than my last #&@!ing round there.

Good Eye

bajaguy - 5-26-2009 at 04:33 PM

Dan-O...right on. My 2 year old (at that time) granddaughter in front of the putting greens at the Baja Country Club in September of 2006

Went down to watch the final construction on our house. It's a great time and place to buy if you like to golf, or want a nice place out of the hustle and bustle of Ensenada

DanO - 5-26-2009 at 04:52 PM

Nah, thanks, I already have a Baja moneypit.

El Camote - 5-26-2009 at 08:47 PM

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Originally posted by DanO
Here's one of my kids digging the Baja experience.


DanO,
That photo is fantastic. It really tells a story. I hope you have it framed. I would think your child would appreciate a copy of it when they're older because I'm sure it will bring back a flood of exciting memories.

Paulina - 5-26-2009 at 09:11 PM

Thank goodness that (some) early impressions don't stick, thanks to big brothers.

David K - 5-27-2009 at 07:56 AM

Christopher, at Nuevo Mazatlan ~1992

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rts551 - 5-27-2009 at 08:11 AM

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mooose29 - 5-27-2009 at 04:32 PM

Our kids have been going down to Baja since they were 3 months old. They still cry when we leave. when my daughter was 3 months old my mother handed my daughter to a young mexican couple in the San Ignacio town square who asked if they could hold her, Mexican's love blonde hair and kids. It about gave my wife a heart attack, pretty funny stuff thinking back at it. 3 years later at a restuarant in santa Rosallia a young waitress asked my wife if she could hold our new born son and my wife said no problem. It was pretty funny however when the waitress turned around and took our son with her to the kitchen. I followed to find all of the women in the kitchen oohing and ahhing over my son. We have been all over the world and my kids love Baja.

Beach time

mooose29 - 5-27-2009 at 04:34 PM

El Camote - 5-27-2009 at 09:38 PM

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Originally posted by jeans
That is SOOOOOO precious...but the fact that it has been five years is disturbing to me somehow...where did the time go? My love to Mermalada, the Orange One.


Mindy, Wendy sends her love back and wanted me to post this pic from 2 weeks ago to assure you she's still naranja. :lol:

hope you're doing well. Come up and visit sometime!

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