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Bruce R Leech
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Location: Ensenada formerly Mulege
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welcome Graham Mackintosh to the Baja Nomads It is truly an honer to have you on board.
[Edited on 6-20-2006 by Bruce R Leech]
Bruce R Leech
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
Remember David, you still owe me a couple fish tacos - come on by or call next time you head down this way |
Yikes, I do??? Okay, don't want any old debts! We were a mile from your house YESTERDAY!!! Heading back to San Felipe for fuel and dinner at George's
after a day driving up Matomi Canyon from Hwy. 5 and returning via Valle Chico... Trip Report coming!
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Graham
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Bruce, thank you for your kind words. And thanks for all your help David.
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BajaGeoff
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Location: San Diego and Campo Lopez
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Wow. Those satellite photos are amazing. I had no idea that the satellite imaging was available in real (or close to) time. Amazing.
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DanO
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Satellite photo quality
It'll only get better. Someday I'll be able to sit at my computer and watch the dogs sneaking up to pee on my tires. Now if I could just figure out
how to control one of those space-based lasers . . . .
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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Barry A.
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Graham-------Great photo!!!! Thanks.
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surfer jim
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DanO...that was a good one...I stopped for a cup of coffee at Mama Espinoza's last thursday and a dog marked my new wheel in a matter of minutes ....
Back to topic...I passed by the turnoff to the park twice on my recent trip...didn't notice any smoke from the highway at all....but it was blowing to
the east so I guess that is to be expected....
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wornout
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Location: San Felipe, Baja California
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California fire crews helping battle blaze in Baja California park
By Sandra Dibble
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
June 21, 2006
TIJUANA ? Working side-by-side with their Mexican counterparts, more than 50 California firefighters are putting out a blaze in a mountainous area of
Baja California.
The goodwill effort came after Mexican firefighters called for help in fighting the fire, which has burned more than 5,000 acres in the Sierra San
Pedro M?rtir State Park, about 40 miles west of San Felipe.
?We're very moved,? Jos? Luis Rosas, executive coordinator of civil protection for Baja California, said yesterday. ?They're setting a precedent that
there are no borders, only the kinship of firefighters.?
The fire was 85 percent contained yesterday afternoon, Rosas said.
The 180,000-acre park is about 200 miles south of the Tijuana-San Diego border, and has some of the tallest pine trees in Mexico, as well as pumas and
bighorn sheep. The fire is in the southern section of the park.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to help after speaking with Baja California Gov. Eugenio
Elorduy Walther, staff members said. The convoy of 10 engines and 53 firefighters crossed the border at San Ysidro Sunday night. They are expected to
stay at least through Friday.
While firefighters from California and Baja California have been cooperating along the border for years, ?this is the first time we've gone this far
south? with fire equipment, said Chuck Maner, chief of the San Diego unit of the CDF.
Fire engines from other parts of the state have been brought to San Diego to fill in during the Baja California operation.
The CDF firefighters are joining a force of 350 Mexicans that includes soldiers and members of federal, state and municipal firefighting agencies,
Rosas said. The firefighters are being flown to the fire because the terrain is so steep and cannot be reached by road.
Alejandro Caso, a spokesman for Elorduy, said the cooperative effort comes as the relationship between the two governors has grown closer in recent
months. ?We activated the links, and they have worked wonderfully.?
H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance, said the governor will not ask for reimbursement.
California and Mexico have a mutual-aid pact, but it extends just 10 miles on either side of the border. The state does not have a cost estimate.
?This is a goodwill gesture on behalf of the governor,? Palmer said.
?It's what good neighbors do.?
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Bruce R Leech
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I wonder if they will let them send in the slurry bombers.
Bruce R Leech
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Sharksbaja
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"The firefighters are being flown to the fire because the terrain is so steep and cannot be reached by road."
Man, they must be using those heavy-lift helios to transport the engines! 
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