Graham
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Beautiful Bahia de los Angeles with bears
In this difficult year just published my sixth photo-packed Baja Kindle eBook: "Paddy's Further Adventures." Available for FREE till Nov 23.
The Blurb....
The continuing story of Paddy, a large, washed up Teddy Bear found by "socially isolating" author Graham Mackintosh - on his birthday - in Bahia de
los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico.
This book recounts Paddy's adventures and misadventures in and around LA Bay, his travels by kayak to remote beaches and uninhabited islands, and his
developing relationship with the beautiful and fragrant Lavender, another Teddy Bear gift of the universe!
With the aid of more than 100 full-page color photographs, and a splash of British humor, Paddy's Further Adventures tells of exciting encounters with
whales, dolphins, rattlesnakes, whale sharks, ospreys and dozens of desert and marine species.
Suitable for children and adults alike, a touching informative look at the wonders of the Sea of Cortez and this beautiful part of Baja California.
A sequel to Paddy's Huggy Adventures, which relates how the raggedy sand-and-seaweed covered bear miraculously came to the author when he'd had his
fill of isolating and was in need of a hug.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08NT7GTYN/ref=dbs_a_def_r...
   
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David K
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Did the bears get an FMM at the border or are they Baja bears? LOL
Thanks, Graham!
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Graham
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Ha ha! Definitely Baja bears. Paddy from driftwood in LA Bay. Lavender rescued from a dusty box in San Quintin.
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BornFisher
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Thought it was a typo and was supposed to be beers!
Will check it out, another Graham adventure!!
"When you catch a fish, you open the door of happiness."
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Graham
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LOL. Hola Bill. Confess there were usually beers as well as bears on the kayak... didn't mention that as wanted to make this also a children's book.
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TMW
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Interesting
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mtgoat666
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The sequel to “Nearer my Dog the Thee”
“Nearer my stuffy to thee”
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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Skipjack Joe
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Graham,
Last night I rented the video documentary 'Kon Tiki', released in 1952 I believe. Just to show you how little was still known about ocean life by
'scientists' I'll give a brief description of their encounters with a whale shark that followed their raft They were terrified of it. They thought it
would destroy their raft with it's 'menacing jaws'. Nobody was allowed into the water when it was around. They tried to capture it on rod and line
using an entire dorado for bait. Finally, for whatever reason, they decided to harpoon this menace. They were amazed by it's power when the leviathan
then dived snapping the line and dislodging the harpoon.
These men were archeologists and not biologists but, regardless, every schoolboy now the feeding habits of a whale shark. In fact, the islanders
likely knew more about it than they did.
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Graham
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OMG. Sad... thank God we've learned more since then.
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Whale-ista
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Congratulations on expanding your writing into children's literature.
Wonderful photos!
So happy you found a partner to be in your "Baja Bubble"- and then added Lavender to your travels.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Love the story line and photos - all the best to you, Graham
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Graham
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Thanks Whale-ista and Wilderone.
Glad to share. So many pictures of beautiful LA Bay and Islands... and amazing wildlife... as background to bear story. Been great to kayak with them
day and night. Soon back for more.
Kindle Book still available Free till Nov 23. then price shoots up to $2.99 
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