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[*] posted on 9-20-2020 at 05:51 PM


I am going to have to remember that story!


Quote: Originally posted by El Jefe  
I agree with gnukid's response. If at all possible, get rid of your old stuff and buy new down here. There is so much available now that was not just 15 years ago. And one thing for sure at the border crossing is that nothing is for sure. Every passage is a new adventure. You are at the whim of the official of the day. You could go to all the trouble of doing everything according to Hoyle with lists and declarations and such or just drive through with not a care in the world and your outcome might be the same. I used both methods back in the day and hated every minute of it until I was safely past the border. Who needs that stress?

It was 4:30 in the morning 16 years ago as Paula and I pulled up to the border with our Callen camper shell loaded to the ceiling with household goods new and used. This was the moment I had been dreading. The sleepy official trundled up to my window and looked inside to see two anxious travelers in the loaded cab. With perceived reluctance he said that he would have to look in the back. Darn!

I got out and walked to the rear where I unlocked and opened the double doors. He visibly sagged as he looked in to see all that cargo, knowing he was in for a bunch of work at the end of his shift. But just at that moment I had an idea. Pointing to the porta pottie and ice chest that I always kept available near the door I asked him, "Have you ever gone camping with a woman? So much stuff you have to bring!" He looked at me with the biggest smile, pointed down the road and said "Andale!"

I immediately confessed to Paula that I had thrown her under the buss to get free of the border, but somehow she didn't mind. All part of the adventure.

Have a wonderful and successful move. You are going to love it down here!







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[*] posted on 9-20-2020 at 06:06 PM


Quote: Originally posted by RocketJSquirrel  
Bullwinkle and I would enjoy attending the next event.


They were great fun... but a LOT of work. I usually had helpers and they were appreciated.

I had 4 Viva Baja events in San Clemente or Oceanside (2000-2003), and with Antonio 'BajaCactus,' we had a Viva Baja Cactus, in Tijuana in 2006.

After my second Viva Baja, others put together events, in Baja... Including M's Boojum Buddies Baja Bash (4 events: Cielito Lindo, Guadalupe Canyon, Gonzaga Bay, and Cielito Lindo again). Keri of the Pyramid Resort put on six Baja Authors book signings and wine tasting event, around 5 de Mayo (2003-2008). Antonio (BajaCactus) also created events celebrating the founding of El Rosario in July 1774 with his 'Baja-Rosario Cultural Festival' starting in 2005. We attended the 2005-2007 El Rosario events, along with many other Nomads.

Photos at all of these I attended are in my site, www.vivabaja.com




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