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Graham -
Received my book yesterday, so I am half way through. It's great!
Many Nomads have made some great trips. My longest drive trip was a ten day one way trip, and I feel it needs to be six months to do it right.
What I envy about your trips is you spend enough time in each area to get a good feel for the area. Unlike us destination inspired travelers, you stay
in an incredible area and enjoy it.
Enjoy the book signing trip.
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I gazed over at the island for many years after first seeing it in 1980 - I finally got to visit it a couple years ago.
[Edited on 5-2-2008 by 55steve]
[Edited on 5-6-2008 by 55steve]
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Graham. (And BBBait, Beercan, Hopper et al)
You may not be home as I'm writing this but watch for an email. Yuma County Library is definitely interested in a slide show etc. At the moment the
main library is housed in somewhat cramped temporary quarters (across the street from Monarch's Rest) while the big new main is under construction.
The old main library is being renovated, will become the "Heritage" library and is scheduled for completion in August (when the weather here in Yuma
is just delightful)  Actually, although I would hate to put it off so
long, a bigger audience would probably be available when the winter visitors come back to town next Fall. Whatever fits well with your tour schedule
can probably be arranged.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Graham will be at the Pyramid Resort today... I bet he will enjoy the opportunity to tell his story in Yuma!
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10-4!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
The old main library is being renovated, will become the "Heritage" library and is scheduled for completion in August (when the weather here in Yuma
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There ya go -- I'll come out for that date. Then we can head on down to San Felipe or El Golfo. 
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"Crusties"
... are Ligia occidentalis.
Although I like your name better, Graham.
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I hope you enjoyed the rest of the book sd, and you didn’t get too misty eyed at the end there… when you saw the price on the back jacket, right above
those generous words about me by the Dalai Lama’s representative in Baja California…. and all that effusive praise by all those other spiritual
greats.
Yes, dashed trips down south don’t work well for me. I need at least two weeks to begin to get into the right frame of mind to relate to the story
unfolding around me, to get over my paranoia and get in touch with my angels and my better nature.
Steve, I do kinda think we Celts are a particularly romantic lot when it comes to the empty quarters of the planet. Where did you go on Guardian Angel
Island? Hope the weather cooperated and you got to see it at its beautiful best… reds and golds reflected in a flat calm sea. Did you have time to
beachcomb?
Thanks to Oso, looks like I’ll be giving a couple of library presentations in Yuma, on November 20. Those cold beers won’t taste quite as wonderful as
in August, but you can’t have everything.
And Skip, good to be reminded of my old friends the crusties. Thanks for the ID. Sounds like you must be dipping into Into a Desert Place. Saw
millions on the island but don’t think I wrote about them in Marooned.
But did run into clouds of their cousins in the water, especially while cleaning the catch of the day… voracious isopods that seemed to take a liking
to my feet, and would have reduced me to a skeleton if I stayed put long enough. Not wonder I lost so much weight out there.
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sd
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Graham,
Yes I enjoyed the book. I hope to someday take a month or two in one location to really enjoy it. Like your other books, it was a great one to read.
Whats your next adventure?
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Bonnie
Just out of curiosity, Graham, whatever happened to Bonnie? It was never clear as the book ended.
I thought your strongest chapters in that book was the one at Calamajue and the ones with the white burro.
Regarding crusties: I think they're world wide in temperate climates. I've seen them in Florida. Their claim to fame is that they're a marine creature
that almost terrestrial. I believe they only need salt spray to keep them happy. No need for periodic water immersion like all the others (limpets,
periwinkles, etc.).
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Just out of curiosity, Graham, whatever happened to Bonnie? It was never clear as the book ended.
I thought your strongest chapters in that book was the one at Calamajue and the ones with the white burro.
Regarding crusties: I think they're world wide in temperate climates. I've seen them in Florida. Their claim to fame is that they're a marine creature
that almost terrestrial. I believe they only need salt spray to keep them happy. No need for periodic water immersion like all the others (limpets,
periwinkles, etc.). |
Until Graham gets back from all that tequila tasting Saturday night... if it's okay with me to say, Bonny the white burro from Graham's first book was
sold in Cabo San Lucas at the end of Graham's journey... a photo is in the book of Graham saying goodbye to Bonny... Jan. 1985.
Not to be confusing, but Graham's American born wife is named Bonni... they met between book 1 and book 2.
Book 2 is 'Journey With a Baja Burro', and that burro was named 'Mision' and that adventure began in 1997 as a trip down the center (mostly) of Baja
from Tecate to Loreto.
At the end of that adventure, Graham gave Mision to Jim Dandy of La Purisima...
Photo of Mision by Neal Johns 9-02
[Edited on 5-7-2008 by David K]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Graham
I hope you enjoyed the rest of the book sd, and you didn’t get too misty eyed at the end there… when you saw the price on the back jacket, right above
those generous words about me by the Dalai Lama’s representative in Baja California…. and all that effusive praise by all those other spiritual
greats.
Yes, dashed trips down south don’t work well for me. I need at least two weeks to begin to get into the right frame of mind to relate to the story
unfolding around me, to get over my paranoia and get in touch with my angels and my better nature.
Steve, I do kinda think we Celts are a particularly romantic lot when it comes to the empty quarters of the planet. Where did you go on Guardian Angel
Island? Hope the weather cooperated and you got to see it at its beautiful best… reds and golds reflected in a flat calm sea. Did you have time to
beachcomb?
Thanks to Oso, looks like I’ll be giving a couple of library presentations in Yuma, on November 20. Those cold beers won’t taste quite as wonderful as
in August, but you can’t have everything.
And Skip, good to be reminded of my old friends the crusties. Thanks for the ID. Sounds like you must be dipping into Into a Desert Place. Saw
millions on the island but don’t think I wrote about them in Marooned.
But did run into clouds of their cousins in the water, especially while cleaning the catch of the day… voracious isopods that seemed to take a liking
to my feet, and would have reduced me to a skeleton if I stayed put long enough. Not wonder I lost so much weight out there. |
A propitious date, Graham. A major Mexican holiday! I will join the library staff (Sarah Wisdom, what a name for a librarian) in promoting this.
Expect a contingent of reprobates from as far and wide as Blythe, San Diego, maybe even Snotsdale!
[Edited on 5-7-2008 by Oso]
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Thanks for the feedback sd. So glad you enjoyed the read.
And thanks David for answering Skipjack’s question.
Yes, Bonny the burro ended up sold to a restaurant in Cabo in 1985. I was walking the beach thinking what am I going to do with my buddy now my
journey is over. And the owner of the restaurant came over and said he’d like to buy my burro. He offered me $30, which is exactly what I paid. Surely
a sign. His new role, I was ASSured, was not to end up as burritos, but to stand outside the restaurant and look cute with a nice hat on his head.
Definitely better than walking 400 miles with a crazy Brit. Everyone seemed satisfied.
And oddly enough it was exactly fifteen years ago today that I met Bonni.
And I appreciate your feedback too Skip. The Calamajue fishcamp was where I started to “go native.” A big part of the story.
And I can tell when I give a slide show how the audience really relates to the sufferings of that little burro. No one much cares if I’m up to my neck
in quicksand, serves me right they say for foolishly trying to walk around Baja, but when the burro is in a similar predicament, oh how the tears
flow, and it’s all my fault for leading the poor thing to its demise.
Oso, muchas gracias your getting the word out about Yuma… and for rounding up the “reprobates” from far around. Better be at my best that day… no
tequila tastings for at least a week before.
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I'm sure Bonnie has told the story over and over to her friends Graham. That lucky burro, a once in a lifetime foray.
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Flash...from Bonni (the wife) while Graham is out at the gym tonight
This fellow John did an impromptu filming of Graham at the recent Pyramid booksigning event along with several other Baja authors. He sent us this
clip last night and it is a HOOT. You can see there was a lot more than beer, wine and tequila tasting going on!!!!!!! I hope this comes up as a
link--otherwise it may be worth your while as a copy and paste to get a few yucks.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1020215271048424867...
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Ya know I was just starting to forget about it too.
I'm afraid to watch!
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A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
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Bonni,
That is so great!
You and Graham are just too funny. He does know you posted it, right?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Graham
Flash...from Bonni (the wife) while Graham is out at the gym tonight
This fellow John did an impromptu filming of Graham at the recent Pyramid booksigning event along with several other Baja authors. He sent us this
clip last night and it is a HOOT. You can see there was a lot more than beer, wine and tequila tasting going on!!!!!!! I hope this comes up as a
link--otherwise it may be worth your while as a copy and paste to get a few yucks.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1020215271048424867... |
[Edited on 5-13-2008 by BajaNomad]
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Very funny clip! But also a good plug. Kudos.
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