Day 7 – San Ignacio, BCS
November 9th, 2011- Hola everyone, we are well on our way to a great tour, good group and lots of fun! The road construction after Maneadero was very doable, a little muddy because of the rain, nothing to fret about.
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El Día de los Muertos ”Day of the Dead”
November 1, 2011 – We are back in San Diego visiting Carol & Hugh from the Discover Baja Travel Club and went to see the 11th Annual Dia De Los Muertos celebrations at the Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside. The ”Day of the Dead” (El Día de los Muertos or All Souls’ Day) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and by Latin Americans living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
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Baja Bound for Baja Amigos
October 23, 2011 – We have hit the road again for Baja and this season looks better than ever! Lots of interest and we are still receiving serious inquiries right up to our departure. Jason “NitroMan” was good enough to NitroSeal all of our tires on the new Travel Trailer and we will be using all of the the other NitroLube products to ensure our gas goes the farthest, cannot beat NitroLube!
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Happy Thanksgiving Canada!
October 10, 2011 – Many Canadians do not know that Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in most jurisdictions of Canada, with the exception of the Atlantic provinces, although workers engaged in a federal undertaking or work on the east coast do enjoy this day off. As a liturgical (religious) festival, Thanksgiving corresponds to the English and continental-European Harvest festival, with churches decorated with cornucopias, pumpkins, corn, wheat sheaves, and other harvest bounty, English and European harvest hymns sung on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend.
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Metro-Vancouver Snowbird RV Show Is Over!
September 26, 2011 – Well the Snowbird RV Show & Sale at the Abbostford Tradex is over! The 4 days actually went quite quickly and it was great to see everyone again.
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VIVA Mexico!
The Grito de Dolores (“Cry of Dolores”) was the battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence, uttered on September 16, 1810 by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato. In the early nineteenth century, Mexico, with a little influence from the US and France, began talking about a revolt against Spain.
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Canadian Government Mexico Travel Advisory – Responsible Response or Fear Mongering?
September 2, 2011 -
Canadian Government Mexico Travel Advisory – Is this simply fear mongering or a responsible response?
Thank you for taking the time to meet with me earlier this spring, a meeting I requested to discuss your governments Travel Advisory regarding Mexico and the adverse impact this is having on RV tourism, particularly on Baja California. Please know this Travel Advisory is having a devastating effect on the people and economy of Baja, particularly those who rely on RV Tourism, such as RV Parks, Campgrounds, Tour & Guide Companies, Restaurants, Vendors and many other stakeholders.
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Cumpleaños Feliz Discover Baja
August 20, 2011 – We want to congratulate Discover Baja Travel Club on 20 years of support and service to those travelers, tourists and residents of Baja California, Mexico. Discover Baja was founded in August 1991 by Hugh and Carol Kramer, who are passionate about Baja, its people, culture, stunning beauty and natural wonders.
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Happy BC Day-Why We Should Celebrate!
August 1, 2011 –Today is a civic holiday in British Columbia and across Canada. Most know that but what are the origins of this holiday? The official name varies across Canada, the imaginative legislators of New Brunswick dubbed the holiday “New Brunswick Day.” Showing equal verve, legislators in Saskatchewan and British Columbia, respectively, named the holiday “Saskatchewan Day” and “British Columbia Day.” Alberta’s legislators, being the bold mavericks they are, called it “Heritage Day.”
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July 30, 2011-Which is safer: Mexico or the streets of the US?
The US State Department has issued numerous travel advisories concerning visits to Mexico. As we discussed in a previous post —Which parts of Mexico are currently subject to US travel advisories?— the advisories focus on specific areas of Mexico. Unfortunately, many potential tourists overlook the geographic specificity and get the impression that all parts of Mexico are dangerous. Previous posts clearly indicate that levels of drug war violence vary enormously from place to place in Mexico.
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We Sure Could Use BAJA Weather!
July 15, 2011 – Another day of rain and it is mid-July, this is brutal, where is our summer? I know we are whining as we did return on April 10th so what do I really have to complain about? Although the next 14 days are only calling for a couple of days rain, it is forecasting below normal and if the pattern continues we will receive more rainy days then are currently being predicted.
...read moreHappy Canada Day! Dia Feliz de CANADA
July 1, 2011 – As we celebrate our country’s birthday today it is important to remember what was going on elsewhere in North America at the same time. 144 years ago the Constitution Act officially proclaimed Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867, with four provinces: Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
...read moreHappy Fathers Day-Feliz Día del Padre
June 19, 2011 -Good morning everyone, for all you Fathers out there take the time to enjoy your family today. My Dad past away a couple of years ago at 90 years old and I still think about him often. He was born at the end of World War I and raised during the great depression in Burnaby, BC. This experience during his formative years shaped his outlook on life and the values he embraced.
...read moreViolence In Vancouver
June 16, 2011 – Sadly I must comment on the mayhem and rioting in Vancouver last night following the Canuck loss to the Boston Bruins for the Stanley Cup.
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June 15, 2011 – Well the big day is here! It has come down to Game 7 for the Stanley Cup for the Vancouver Canucks. I do not usually follow hockey much since we are away most of hockey season, however I have been following closely since our return in April.
...read moreStrategic Alliance With Baja Good Life Club
June 2, 2011 -Commencing immediately BAJA AMIGOS RV Caravan Tours, www.BajaAmigos.net and BAJA Good Life Club, www.bajagoodlifeclub.com, have formed a Strategic Alliance providing first time RVers with the benefits of touring with a unique and superior RV Caravan supported by a Baja Travel & Retirement Club.
...read moreBaja Pioneer-Marvin Patchen Passes
May 28, 2011-Baja pioneer and adventurer Marvin Patchen passed away this week. His knowledge of Baja seemed inexhaustible, and he was always willing to share his latest exciting adventures and discoveries.
...read moreCanada Updates Yet Another Mexico Travel Advisory
May 21, 2011 – Well today is the day the world is supposed to end (according to some folks), but that did not stop the Canadian Government from issuing another travel advisory regarding Mexico.
...read moreHappy Mothers Day – “Feliz Día de las Madres”
May 8, 2011 – Mothers Day was first celebrated when the government of Alvaro Obregon imported the holiday from the US in 1922, with a massive newspaper promotional campaign the same year. Nowadays the “Día de las Madres” is an unofficial holiday in Mexico (May 10th) and celebrates both mothers and the Virgin Mary.
...read moreFeliz CINCO de MAYO!
May 5, 2012 -Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for “fifth of May”) is a regional holiday in Mexico, primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico. The holiday commemorates the Mexican militia’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5th 1862, under the [...]
...read moreHappy Easter-Feliz Semana Santa
April 25, 2011 – While we know most of the residents have hit the beach across Baja, here we sit in the cold and rain back in Metro-Vancouver (Yes Saturday was very nice!) We had Easter dinner yesterday with friends and family, folks we have not seen for months. The most often asked question; was [...]
...read moreBaja Loses A Champion
April 14, 2001 -Lisa and I just returned from Baja on Sunday, April 10th and were shocked to learn of Barry Monkman’s, (Baja & Back RV Caravan Tours) passing on March 25 in Chula Vista, CA. We have met Barry & Vanda at a number of trade shows and last saw them in March on [...]
...read moreAnother Successful Season For Baja Amigos
April 10, 2011-We returned to BC today after a 5 day trek across the US as we crossed back into California on Wednesday, April 6th. Finishing Day 28 at Sordo Mudo was a real hit, everyone really enjoyed the wine tour & tasting at LA Cetto, in the Valley of Guadalupe. Although they were working [...]
...read moreDay 23 – Mulege
March 31, 2011-We arrived in Mulege yesterday after stopping for lunch at El Requeson and a swim, just another day for sure. We have found what appears to be Jitterbug’s sister living near the Serenidad Hotel & RV Park where we are staying, we may be bringing her back with us. We all had dinner [...]
...read moreDay 16-Cabo San Lucas “Flaming Hot!”
March 24, 2011 – Wow! What an entrance we made at the Vagabundos RV Park when we arrived! Just as we pulled up to the front gate two Mylar balloons decided to wrap around some high voltage wires which ran parallel above the sidewalk in front of the park. There was sparks, flames, exploding insulators, [...]
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