David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65348
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Adios to 'Barry A' and Vaya con Dios
With great sadness, I learned this morning of the passing of one of us, a long-time Baja Nomad, Barry A.
Barry was a generous Nomad with over 10,000 posts and his last was this past August. https://forums.bajanomad.com/search.php?srchuname=Barry%20A....
Barry spent many years as a ranger in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and loved his decades of Baja travel!
One of his last projects with me was getting the Bud Bernhard maps of 1963 online, with gear help from Nomad 'geoffff'.
I will miss this guy like the passing of a close friend, even though we never met.
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Santiago
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Registered: 8-27-2003
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Barry and I had many on-line conversations about politics and mentoring young people, especially about long term investing. He and I were different
politically, but we found that easy to set aside.
One of the good guys.
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BajaBlanca
Select Nomad
Posts: 13241
Registered: 10-28-2008
Location: La Bocana, BCS
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May he RIP
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Vince
Nomad
Posts: 447
Registered: 10-17-2006
Location: Coronado
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Yes, my old friend, Barry, is gone. We grew up together in Coronado, same class in school ( CHS 1956), both sons of naval officers, both Baja
afficionados since the '40's. We took some memorable trips together hiking and climbing in the San Pedro Martir mountains out of Meling ranch. Barry
flew aircraft for many years as a Forest Ranger then retired as a Park Ranger. He was a true gentleman and good friend for over 70 years. Vaya con
Dios, Barry.
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JZ
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Posts: 13368
Registered: 10-3-2003
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Man o man. He was a good dude.
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BornFisher
Super Nomad
Posts: 2124
Registered: 1-11-2005
Location: K-38 Santa Martha/Encinitas
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Dang, never met him but sure admired him. His common sense plus experience made his thoughts profound.
"When you catch a fish, you open the door of happiness."
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BajaGringo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3922
Registered: 8-24-2006
Location: La Chorera
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Mood: Let's have a BBQ!
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Really sorry to hear this. Barry was one of my favorite members here and although we differed politically on some issues, he was always civil and
friendly in his responses; something becoming increasinghly rare in this modern age of political debate.
I'll truly miss you my friend but we'll catch up on the other side..
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Ateo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5927
Registered: 7-18-2011
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I spent many days talking and debating with Barry on here and sometimes in the OT and U2U.
The man was knowledgeable, kind, a gentle arguer, helpful and calm. I liked that about Barry.
RIP Barry...............you made me smile and laugh many times.
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Udo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6364
Registered: 4-26-2008
Location: Black Hills, SD/Ensenada/San Felipe
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Mood: TEQUILA!
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He should be resting in peace!
Great guy!@
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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Don Jorge
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Quote: Originally posted by Vince  | | Yes, my old friend, Barry, is gone. We grew up together in Coronado, same class in school ( CHS 1956), both sons of naval officers, both Baja
afficionados since the '40's. We took some memorable trips together hiking and climbing in the San Pedro Martir mountains out of Meling ranch. Barry
flew aircraft for many years as a Forest Ranger then retired as a Park Ranger. He was a true gentleman and good friend for over 70 years. Vaya con
Dios, Barry. |
Wow. Sorry to hear your friend has passed on. I used to meet people like you and him often back in the day and could never get enough of or tire
listening to the stories told over a shared campfire, food and beer or when in a town at the local watering hole.
Nowadays most of that generation of Baja explores are gone, having left Baja or Earth, finally timing out.
So much of Baja has changed these last 70 years including the Baja traveler. Back then the trip to the tip was not done in 2 days, more like 2 weeks,
if you were in a hurry. The journey was the trip and the "destination" was reached every day.
I never met Barry, my misfortune unfortunately. As others have mentioned, his gentlemanly manner in online discussions was appreciated and
noteworthy, especially nowadays.
Sounds like he lived a good life as a good man.
ADios
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
"Until a person learns to respect nature and talk to the animal world, he will never know his true role on Earth." Enzo Mallorca
"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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