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Eli
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Location: L.B. Baja Sur
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Mood: Some times Observing, sometimes Oblivious.
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Not to worrry Mike, I Promise that life is sweet and fine, no depression, just no words presently come to mind to express much of what is going on
around me.
Attended too many parties the last few weeks, most commitments have been fullfilled, ah but alas, I always give myself way to many projects to
complete in way to short a time, (geez, I always do that). Shakespeare is done and put to bed for this year, along with the art festival, I would most
certainly call both a sucess.
Still doing a theater work show with the kindergardeners every Tuesday a.m..
Also, Solovino, everybody's favorite "clown of a stray dog" must make an apperance and talk about how to take care of pets ect.,as such, I am due to
visit all primary local schools before I return to Oaxaca in less than a month.
Inventory to do at the gallery, one more sale and party for 5th of May.
Hoping to see NatalieAnn and Sallysouth pop in here any day now.
I'll be back on board as soon as the words finally decide to flow again, meanwhile, exploring other sides to my persona, as Bernie always sez,
somebody needs to take the shot gun away from me.
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marla
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Mike, congratulations on your retirement and I look forward to many years of stopping by your BoLA place for a beer! Luv, Marla
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a
speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David
Thoreau
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marla
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btw, tell me more about Floren's place. I have the bug now myself....
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a
speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David
Thoreau
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Mike Humfreville
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Hi Marla,
Floren place is a one story right on the beach. He wants $30K for the building and it seems like a very good deal to me. He built the place to live
when he's in Bahia taking folks out on kayak tours and the house is designed to contain his kayaks from the ceiling when he's not there. It's a
normal house with thich stone or conderblock walls. It has three rooms. The largest and on the south has east-facing windows, a table and chairs, a
kitchen and an open sitting area. this room is ~ 18' x 35'.
Through an internal door (or an external one for that matter) you access the smaller bedroom and bathroom. The bedroom is about 10' x 25' and the
bath about 10' x 10' (maybe smaller than that).
He has begun construction of open garages on both sides and has laid out the idea for a staircase leading to what he thought would be an upstairs
palapa.
The land belongs to Aurora Diaz (Sammy's sister). According to Sammy, she would sell it. The present land rent/year is ~$1K. The only reason we
were not more interested in it is that Floren told us that Aurora didn't want him to put up a second floor because it would lennen the value of
Aurora's land inland from Floren's house (no beach view in other words), but if you bought the land...who knows?
Floren is, in my opinion, an honest guy and has done a good job in his construction. He is savvy enough to understand local construction stumbling
blocks (e.g., cement using beach sand with too much salt to rermain secure) and pointed out many of his construction thoughts (e.g., window and door
construction that keep the place secure).
From Gecko, it's a 100 yard walk north to Beach Bob's place. Floren's is another 200 yards north, on somewhat of a point. Further north are several
other homes in a cluster. Then some more open land and then more houses. Several folks in this piece of beach are permanent residents and thus it's
relatively secure in that area.
Floren was asking $40k and just reduced it to $30k. I have his numbers if you want them. Email me at mhumfreville "at" hotmail "dot" com. If you are
serious about the Bahia, I can put you in contact with several other locals that have information.
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David K
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Mike, is it the place we 'camped' on the porch of, in July 2001 (Viva Baja Van Gang), next to P's?
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Paulina
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No David, it's the house just north of B.B.'s You can see it from his front porch.
Our place is quite a jump up from that one.
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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David K
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Thanks Paulina... I have not walked between Beach Bob's and your place to know how many houses are between... just that one south of yours with the
porch that David Eidell was sleeping on when we drove to Herman's for the July 4th Party.
That's when Mike Humfreville cooked up all the fish Minnow gave us at Cielito Lindo. Gee, seems like yesterday!
Here is you Paulina, peeking around the Viva Baja van, at Las Flores that day, at the end of our Lost Mission Hunt...
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David K
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I think this is one of my favorite pictures of Mike Humfreville, examining a cholla at Las Flores, July 4, 2001.
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Mike Humfreville
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David,
What do we know recently of David Eidel? The last I read was a couple years ago on "Radio Mazatlan" about his activities there. Anything more
recent?
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marla
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Hmm Mike that sounds good. What do you guys think? Should I buy it?
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a
speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David
Thoreau
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Mike Humfreville
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Marla,
I sent you an e-mail. I personally think it's a very reasonable price.
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David K
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Marla, buy it... if you don't like it later on (and I can) I will buy it from you... even let you raise the price a thousnad bucks!
Mike, I sometime get an update from someone who is following Dah-veeed's activities. Last I heard, he was posting from southern Mexico and Central
America. Maybe do a Google search? His trailer in Tecate is long gone.
See you Friday at Pyramid!
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Paulina
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David,
Not one of my favorite photos, it looks like I just finished taking a "break" behind the van door...
Here's a better one, taken over Spring Break while visiting with Pancho at Playa Rafael. I'm sitting in his fantastic Sperm Whale skull captain's
chair.
Marla, thanks for the u2u's, go for it!
You all have a good weekend at Pyramid!
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Mike Humfreville
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You, Paulina, and cardon consuming Charlie!
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Paulina
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Mike,
Wasn't it your foot that Charlie mistook for a cardon rib one time long ago? Here's our tough baja proven Bulldog with his good friend Pancho at Playa
Rafael. He loves Charlie, so I promised him a copy of this photo the next time we're down his direction.
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Mike Humfreville
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It's been a while since I saw Pancho. He and his pals saved our butts on night long ago and we shared a box of fine wine. Re Charlie, we were
gathered in a group on your mom's porch at Gecko and Charlie, over an hour, devoured several sizable ribs of cardon. I can only imagine that the next
morning you were picking "toothpicks" up all over Nana's house.
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