BajaNomad

Remembering JR !

Bob H - 5-12-2013 at 01:21 PM

I came across this photo of JR today and started thinking about him and how greatly he is missed on this forum. He would make this message board come alive with controversy, however, when you would meet him face to face, he was a kind and gentle man. I had the pleasure to meet him one day and shake his hand. He immediately invited me in to his home for a beer! I called him "bamboo man"....

Lindalou - 5-12-2013 at 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by Bob H
I came across this photo of JR today and started thinking about him and how greatly he is missed on this forum. He would make this message board come alive with controversy, however, when you would meet him face to face, he was a kind and gentle man. I had the pleasure to meet him one day and shake his hand. He immediately invited me in to his home for a beer! I called him "bamboo man"....

He was quite the guy. We PMd a few times before I even moved to Baja, about finding places that would re carpet my motorhome. He helped me with finding other businesses too. He was nothing but kind to me, but boy do I remember some of his posts!

Bajatripper - 5-12-2013 at 11:27 PM

You weren't the only one who called him Bamboo Man. He had a popular following among the locals in San Bartolo, many of whom he wanted to put to work making bamboo furniture. I think of him every time I pass by his Bamboo Palace, now in ruins, when I visit friends at Rancho Bainoro outside of San Bartolo. As you said, quite controversial on the board but a great, friendly guy in person.

David K - 5-13-2013 at 08:15 AM

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Originally posted by Bajatripper
You weren't the only one who called him Bamboo Man. He had a popular following among the locals in San Bartolo, many of whom he wanted to put to work making bamboo furniture. I think of him every time I pass by his Bamboo Palace, now in ruins, when I visit friends at Rancho Bainoro outside of San Bartolo. As you said, quite controversial on the board but a great, friendly guy in person.


Indeed he was... in person! We visited him and Carol a few times to chat about his growing book collection or to drop off clothes my kids had outgrown or bug spray he collected for the ranches of Baja Sur during the dengue fever outbreak.

Here is a 2004 party hosted by BajaCactus at JR and Carol's La Barca home... I am listening to a JR story while sitting with Bernie in back of his van...



Here BajaNomad listens to a conversation between Jesse and Baja Bernie:



David K, Baja Bernie and BajaCactus (Antonio) the day we met him, at JR's:



There's JR photographing the historic meeting from his front porch: