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Ken Bondy
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Precioso!! You guys are heroes.
++Ken++
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bajamigo
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Here's the story..
Grover has been rehabbing bikes, which several Nomads are bringing to Punta Banda (like Bajacat, Fishbuck, and us) a few at a time. Today we brought a
bunch of them to a "colonia" and made many kids and several adults very, very happy (it's the same place where we delivered 'Rotilio's Bike' earlier
this year). Hose A provided several helmets. A neighbor gave us two bikes and a about a dozen wooden toys, so before handing out the bikes, we stopped
at the Children's Home to drop off the toys. Then we went out to the colonia (really, campo) with a staff member from Agua Viva.
Here are some pictures:
We started out by stopping at Agua Viva Children's Home to deliver toys made by woodshop students at Anaheim High
One happy kid..
The imagination at work
We head out to the campo with an Agua Viva staff member, and word gets out to man and beast
Even the adults get pretty excited
Everybody's happy for this kid
He's bewildered
Rotilio's sister finally gets a bike! Rotilio is on the right. Search "Rotilio's Bike" for more of the story.
Little Alicia is quite overwhelmed-her first bike!
Let me show you how it's done
Couldn't be happier!
He won't let it go
Now he won't have to walk an hour-and-a-half to his $12-a-day job
And they're off!
...and off
Thanks to Grover, Bajacat, Fishbuck, our neighbor Butch and every Nomad who's making or will make this possible. Remeber: DON'T CROSS THE
BORDER EMPTY-HANDED! Check with Grover about how you can make a lot of dreams come true.
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Packoderm
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I'll make sure that I bring a couple of bikes down next winter when I take my annual trip. For a while I was the supplier of bicycle fun in my own
neighborhood for children about my son's age. I was able to get some pretty decent bikes for about 5 bucks apiece at the thrift stores (with a little
bargaining). There was one bike in particular that was a lot of fun (the first of the bikes by the way). I bought a purple girl's bike for super cheap
and got the tires to hold air and stuff like that. I gave it to my son's friend who never had a bike before - none of them have actually. He rode it
down the driveway and stopped riding and just stood there. I asked his brother what was wrong, and he said that the bike might be too girlie. At that
instant I got the bike back, and we stripped it down to the frame. We sanded it and spray-painted it shiny black and put it back together after the
paint dried in the sun. He was the envy of the neighborhood with his bike after that. It actually looked pretty darned cool. Even my son asked if he
could do the same thing to his bike which was virtually brand new with shiny blue paint from the factory. The kids learned that you can make something
special via your own efforts and ingenuity. They all got to mess around with the cheap Chinese made socket wrenches. Perhaps it would be good to send
down some tools as well as bikes. They're super cheap from Harbor Freight Tools and places such as that.
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vgabndo
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One of my favorite memories of San Nicolas'. Back when there were still a lot of grade school aged kids, the word got around that I had a pump and I
could fix tires. Before long I had lots of visits from big eyed silent boys and girls with broken bicycles and flat tires.
Good on you guys for what you are doing. It is a true win win.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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bajabound2005
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Thanks to Grover, these kids actually have a repair kit!. Mark, from Agua Viva is holding on to it and he's going into the "camps" that get the bikes
and is going to TEACH THEM how to repair their bikes: at least the tires and maybe a few other minor things. This is good thing, Nomads. GET ON
BOARD THE BIKE TRAIN!
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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greybaby
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The pictures and acts of kindness are incredible. Thanks for sharing. Wish we were on our way down to be part of it all.
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bajabound2005
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Hey! Bikes and equipment can be dropped at Cafe Bohemia -- open crazy hours 7 days a week. We'll pick it up there. And you folks dropping stuff
there have the opp to meet Jimmy & India and whomever else happens to be there the time; have a great cuppa or/and of their now nomad-famous
pastrami sandwiches!
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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fishbuck
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Hey I saw "my" bikes in the photos! The silver one with the Team "Old Navy" sweatshirt is my boy! #43. That kid's gonna win the Baja 1000 someday!
I'm going there someday and ride with kids! Man, that is so cool!
[Edited on 4-22-2008 by fishbuck]
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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fishbuck
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Do those kids need shoes?
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Iflyfish
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You guys are amazing! Let us know when you start to accept contributions, my hat is off to all involved. Just look at those faces, priceless!
Iflyfish
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beachbum1A
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fishbuck
Do those kids need shoes? |
Does a shark go do-do in the ocean!
Just do it!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fishbuck
Do those kids need shoes? |
There was something about shoes mentioned at the Christmas get-together. Most of these kids still live with family and the nice shoes would be sold
by their parents. There was a certain type mentioned that had little resale value but, they would keep their toes out of the mud. Maybe Vince or
Kathleen can shed more light on this.
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bajamigo
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Yes, unfortunately, good shoes are sold to put food on the table, or they quickly get ruined in the mud. The one shoe that seems to survive economics
and lack of paving is "jellies," those little colorful rubber thingies. And the kids love 'em.
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BAJACAT
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Wow thats great they already having fun.
It's was nice to see Rotilio again.I have shoes and clothing for this kids maybe for the next trip,also I have 2 montain bikes that I bought in the
flea market.Thanks to all the Punta Banda nomads and especially for MR. GROVER...(MARK)
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
Yes, unfortunately, good shoes are sold to put food on the table, or they quickly get ruined in the mud. The one shoe that seems to survive economics
and lack of paving is "jellies," those little colorful rubber thingies. And the kids love 'em. |
Do you perchance have an internet source for the "jellies"? Or, one in San Diego?
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Natalie Ann
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Target sells several styles of jellies for about $8 a pair.
Nena
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
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Roberto
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Gracias. One more question. Can someone provide a rough estimate of the number of shoeless kids in this community?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
Gracias. One more question. Can someone provide a rough estimate of the number of shoeless kids in this community? |
No attempt at sick humor here, Roberto but, it would be like trying to count fleas on a dog.
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Roberto
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Anything more to contribute, Dennis? Why don't you go back to Sharky's and have a couple more instead of vomiting on this positive thread?
[Edited on 4-23-2008 by Roberto]
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DENNIS
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Not today, Roberto....Too busy. Asking for a census report from the indigenous community in and around Maneadero is almost as realistic as asking how
many undocumented aliens there are in the US. The last estimate I heard was between twelve and twenty million. Maybe you should insist on a more
accurate count from those experts.
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