October 3, 2008 - Friday
As of today....the day of America's vice presidential debate....
....the day of the "ear-marked bail-out" aka "the rescue" of America will happen....or NOT...
...the day I bought my Mexican insurance....it was expensive....so I will go....
...a good time to leave the states for a while....my absentee ballot will get to me soon.....I'll vote...
......then head to the Baja for a few months...
so on November 4....I'll be celebrating or NOT. For sure I will have a Mexican Christmas.....and I will also celebrate Thanksgiving with the Gringos....& my Mexican friends.
I will fill my days with snorkelling, fishing, swimming, ski-do-ing, quading, dancing, eating fabulous food, drinking beer and margarita's, meeting new friends and hanging with old friends, bird watching, overlooking and playing on white sandy beaches.....
The area is blessed with great climate, natural beauty, rich history, centuries' old traditions and the warmest hospitality. Blended with the old are modern conveniences...some Internet cafes...very fine dining....
I won't be staying right in Cabo.....I'll be in the magical "Pueblo Magíco" community of Todos Santos. It is home of renowned art galleries (a haven for artists, craftsmen, surfers, divers, and travellers seeking adventure).
It was 1998 when I first visited this incredible area with family. It was quite a memorable vacation....we snorkelled, we went ski-do-ing, ate tons of shrimp, we swam in the ocean and the pools, some surfed, some bought jewelry from the ever-so bargaining Mexican's selling on the beaches, we dodged cows on the tiny roads......
I leave in 2-3 weeks...I'm at the mercy of my friend, Bob. He and his wife, Janet, live here in Santa Cruz for a few months and the rest of the year in Todos Santos.....she is an artist and teacher and Bob is a lifeguard, runs the summer program for junior lifeguards, surfs, dives.....in fact it is up to the surf as to when we will leave.
So you can see how I'm 'getting ready to get my Zen on'.........and I will keep you posted on my adventures......
Adiós....Pat (ty) aka Gypsy Mama
Mount St. Helens...politics...emotions...
Marilyn & Jim (great hosts)October 2, 2008
Not much news of late; hence no travelogues.......however....I just took a little trip up the coast...Pacific Northwest...I got as far as Mount St. Helens in Washington. TaZzi and I stayed in the driveway (plugged in) of a high school friend (hadn't seen her in 50 years). Marilyn was a great tour guide and knows the area well and a wonderful host for several days. Lots of memories...year books....great food. Silver Lake is the front yard for Marilyn and Jim and it is spectacular.
They do know how to entertain....good thing too, since it was their week + for lots of company. Mount Saint Helens
Unfortunately, I wasn't such good company .... for over a month now, I've had some lung issues....first a bronchial infection for which I was on antibiotics...got ok for a couple days....then....wham!@@!!? coughing (uncontrollably at times)...wheezing, congestion....and other adjectives you don't want to hear about. My trip up north was cut short but glad I went. Drove the coast on the way up, staying at some ocean-side resorts....on the way home took a shorter route...stopping in Sacramento to see my daughter and granddaughter for a few hours.....then stayed for 3 days on the Delta (Mokolumne River) at a resort and marina. A great place to relax before driving back to Santa Cruz to my Redwood Forest.....still recuperating...by doing nothing but resting....eager to get well before heading to Mexico. Must be 100% before leaving the country and I only have about a month to get better. I'm on my way.
I also want to be better by the 25th....why? I have a cabin out here at River Grove Resort
for 2 weeks and hope some of you locals (and beyond) will be able to come out and say good bye to me....when I leave this time, I will be gone at least a year. After Mexico, New Orleans Mardi Gras, Florida, then to Michigan by April?.....& a bunch of other states while en route. 2009 is my 50th high school reunion and I want to get there early so I can help work on it. You never know....could be the last....lol!
Another reason (and a touchy subject) I want to be better by the 25th is.....the Dem Convention begins that week. Call me silly, but I love those conventions......both Dem & Rep.... I live and breathe politics and have for as long as I can remember. First as a Republican and since the mid 70's as a centrist Democrat. I voted for Ford ... not Carter. I've never voted a straight ticket....I always vote for the person and the issue.
If you were on my email list in 2002, you may remember the posting where I wrote about my thoughts on the Iraqi war. I only wrote it because I received so much mail about getting on the band-wagon of going to war. I felt like a hypocrite by not saying anything...It wasn't mean and disrespectful of anyone's views. I don't send out emails trying to convert anyone. I believe (100%) in a 2-party system and don't want to change anyone's mind. We all come to believe.... what we believe.... through our own research, our personal experiences, our observations......perceptions......
For the past 2 years, especially, I have received so much harmful, fearful (I'll stop there).....emails....I love the non-partisan stuff...the equal opportunity and the jib jab stuff is funny.....but not the destructive malicious jabbings (on either side)...
We can choose to NOT live in a time when friendships are ended over how we each vote our conscience, when family members no longer speak because of political and philosophical differences.
Far too many of us from all segments of the political spectrum seem to have an attitude of "You're either with me or you're against me. We're not about that, are we?
In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We may be drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect.
Love to you all.....
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