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General Talk / Peace ,,,
« on: January 17, 2019, 10:21:31 AM »
 My thread on " blocking,," Was in haste and with Anger as someone on the site decided to ask if they could shoot me,,,  There is also concern with another individual to which I'm sure we all know as to being a unique asshole and difficult to deal with ,,,

  Maybe I should have contacted the Mods,, but being the Mods did step in,, and not for the reasons I'm upset, I believe clarification is in order since I have been labeled as" Stirring up shit,,"

From Polepole :

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Don, I removed the part in one of your posts where you called someone out.  It's fine if you want to block someone, but stirring up shit on the way to doing that seems sort of petty, and entirely counter to the "peace" you are in search of.

one person in particular asked if he could shoot me,,, now that may have been in jest, but it made me uncomfortable, and the state of the way things are theses days, Isn't That Enough ???

 There are others who have given me trouble and another in particular who has made NCKA & NCKA Events uncomfortable and as to why I do not participate or attend NCKA Events anymore,

and quite Frankly, 

   It sucks ,,,  :smt011

 It is true that I should not come in here in anger and I do apologize for that,

 But What about the people here who do not practice " peace or respect,, " and live to upset and troll others,,?

 Guess that's ok ,,, ?  :smt011

  Time to leave this place once more for a while,

   see if things change at a later date ,,

 Used to bring me joy to be here,,,

 not anymore ,,,

    &
 
   Polepole,, you don't know my peace, 

       never will,  :smt011

 good luck y'all ,,,

  Ciao

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General Talk / how do you block a member ?
« on: January 16, 2019, 08:19:21 AM »


Person here I don't want to deal with,,  More than a few actually,


 So how the hell does one block the MF'ers? 

  thanks  :smt006

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Safety First / Santa Cruz Ticks !!!
« on: January 14, 2019, 11:06:38 PM »
 Hey All,   :smt006

  Just a heads up,

Taking my son back to UCSC on Saturday, 1/12/19.

  I usually stop by Cowel Beach and watch the waves before heading home.

 It's about 9pm, find a parking spot overlooking the waves just before where the stairs are and a resident motor home  :smt023. Step out of the truck, snag a smoke on the side walk, chilling, watching waves by the moon set, maybe 5 minutes,,

 I'm headed north just past Davenport and my right shoulder is tightening up,,, long story longer, I've got a monster tick buried in the right side of my neck. I turn off the next dark road I can find and it's a real narrow, weird, funky road that I can't pull over or turn around with scary houses and I'm starting to think this is just where this story is about to begin,,,   :what :evil1:  :smt087

  It's hard to get a grip on it, no nails , no tweezes just finger tips but I get it,, I think anyway with a counter clockwise turn as your supposed to do for some reason..  ok,,back home,,

  hot tub,, shower, ,, WTF!!!???

  Another One ???!!!, but this one has had time,,, further searches finds One More,,   :smt009

   OUCH!!!  :smt089

  End of Story ,,,

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General Talk / Forecast ,,,
« on: January 11, 2019, 11:12:15 AM »


                          I've Cast The Fish Bones;         

                                     Forecast is for Bad Craziness,, Hang On ,,

                                                   It's Gonna Be a Bumpy Ride ,,,    :flower:

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General Talk / "End of The Road ,,, " La Paz, B.C.S. ,,,
« on: December 16, 2018, 12:24:38 PM »
“ The Jon’s, “

  Jonathon Roldan and Jon Walton, had been saying to me for a while , “ You need to get out to Tecolote”.  A beach that sits just across from Isla Espiritu Santo.

Had nothing going on for the afternoon so decided today was the day. Leave the yak at the hotel, but not too worry, always have an arsenal of fishing gear in the truck in case of emergency. Grab a book y vamos a la playa ,,,

Both Jon’s said the same thing on how to get there,

    “ Go to the End of The Road ,,, “

Following the road past where I had been before; Costa Baja, past the ferry terminal that goes to Mazatlan, past Playa Balandra, another magical beach and westward to the foreboding dark mountains that are hiding the sunset and Tecolote,

  I was feeling pretty good ,,,

Approaching the dark side of the mountains, I think I see why the beach is called Tecolote, "Owl" in espanol. On the ridge of the mountains, there is a single rock outcropping silhouetted in the shape of an owl. 

  How Kool ,,,

My hopes are not high though as looking at the scenery on the way in, there’s lots of trash, crap everywhere with the looks of a well traveled, unmaintained area. I’m rounding my way around the mountains and where I should be able to see the beach and Isla Espiritu Santo,  & there it is ,,, 

       OMG !!!    :smt103

 Stunning does not even begin to describe,

Crystalline, Azure waters spreading out to Isla Espiritu Santo,  Striking Sea colors, vibrant life, everywhere !!! … At one end of the beach,, I can see what looks like a scene from the movie Midway. Birds crashing everywhere with whatever predatory fish flashing in the mayhem,,,

 I keep driving with the road ending at a palapa bar and just took in the scene…

It’s about 4 in the afternoon, not many people around, in fact,, the bar right in front of me, had only a couple people in it. A scrawny straw hat cowboy looking character, another sad sap on the other end, a bartender… and an awesome view,, time for a Cerveza!!!

I take a stool at the bar, order a beer, put my book on the counter, “A Salty Piece of land “ by Jimmy Buffet ,,,  Look at the scene again,  Oh My ,,, This has the looks of Relaxation ,,,

    Perfect   :smt004

“ I love that Book !!! “   

Shouts the scrawny straw hat cowboy guy from across the bar…

“ It’s my Bible,,, have ya got to the part where,,,,, “

“WTF !!! ,,,”  what are you doing?  I’m really looking forward to reading this and would appreciate you not telling me anything about it, Sir,,!”,,,  I said with a getting more pissed off by the second attitude..

“ Oh relax,, “ he says,, “I’m not going to say anything,, but the part where…” 

“WTF !!!???  Ok that’s it,, barkeep, what do I owe ya, I need to get the fuck out of here,,,”

They both started laughing,,, I throw down double of what I think the cost is on the bar and start to leave…

It’s then Gary, the scrawny straw hat cowboy guy comes over and makes a proper introduction,,,

He’s a, “ has been rock disc jockey “ from Canada and brought his entire collection with him to play at this particular bar, everyday,,, 

We started chatting over beers and before I knew it, Gary and I became fast friends like we’ve known each other all our lives, great harmonica player too. The rest of the afternoon I spent in a spell watching the waters of Tecolete as more and more people kept arriving. I began to realize Gary is kind of the Ambassador of Tecolote greeting most everyone and knowing everyone. He has a certain grace in making people comfortable & welcome, all except for me of course with Gary saying introductions were not needed when we met and why he fucked with me, ok,, I almost believe I know what he’s talking about as I’m beginning to understand,,

      Baja is it’s own world ,,,


As darkness falls, a small truck rolls up with 2 guitar players, a bass player and a drum machine. Local guys about my age, ok, this isn’t going to be very impressive… oh ya,,?

Holy Shit ! These guys start off with 80’s arena rock,, Gary Moore, ?  RUSH, and killing it,, with a friggen drum machine ???

These guys are serious, at a beach bar in La Paz,,, wtf is going on here? More on them another time,,,

Gary is introducing me to more Ex-Pats than I can remember, other than I remember, there always seems to be trouble when hanging with the ex-pats,, Locals? No Problemo,, ex-pats,,? Never know what kind of baggage they brought with them to Baja ,,

 Music is friggen awesome, just having the time of my life when Gary introduces me to Rick and his wife. Rick is an Ex-Toronto Blue Jays pitcher but also loves to side line as a rock vocalist… gets up on stage at Cabo Wabo with Sammy,, We hit it off and proved it by singing  Judist Priest, “Victim of Changes,,” a la acapella,  to applause, even by the band,,, oh man,,, Awesome…!!!

Time to take a break as the band and everyone else has too. Sudden chill down at the palapa bar with everyone going to their tables and chillin ,,,, kool, needed to do some catch up writing anyway as things have been fast and furious. It’s then I noticed 4 guys at a table not far from mine, checking me out, and not in a good way.

Mmmm,, wtf is this?  Guess they don’t like Judist Priest. They look in their mid to late twenties,, white, blonde, most likely European, on the bigger side and in shape. One in particular,  looks like Lou Forrigno ( The Hulk ), in his prime.

About 10 minutes goes by as I’m recording events of the day, keeping an eye on my new admirers as they are becoming less and less concerned about me catching them looking at me,,

  yikes ,,,  :help:

It’s then, the smallest of them and I predict the youngest, gets up from the table and starts to go around the back side of where I am. This is also the route to the bathroom. Keeping my eye on him as best I can whilst also watching the table where the other guys are, he goes out of my site. I look back over to the table from where he came,,,

All 3 are looking straight at me,, Oh fuck,,, something’s up !!! ,,,

Just then I feel 2 hands on my shoulders and it’s the smaller kid, ( about my size ), leaning down over my right shoulder saying ,,

“ What ya writing ?,,,” 

Bad move mother fucker ,,,

I quickly grab the thumb on the hand that is on my left shoulder twisting his thumb back over his hand leading him to the ground with him screaming in pain as I'm delivering a sharp kick to his upper abs,,, 

“ Cough,,, Hack, wheeze,,,” he’s gasping for air as I just deprived his lungs of it, he’s down for a bit ,,

 But now, my back is to what must be, 3 fairly large young men rushing towards me to kick my ass ,,,

fuck that ,,

I never leave home without a high end Kershaw blade. This particular knife I’m carrying tonight has about a 3” blade and opens with a resounding, “ Click!!!”.  My hope is that undisquisable sound will stop them dead in their tracks.

I’ve never had to deploy a blade in my life, but this situation just might be my ass so prepare for the worst, and have ,,

 The plan is to brush off two and take the 3rd straight on ,,

I whirl around clicking my blade open, getting into a low stance, to find,

     Nothing ,,,

Their still at their table, cool as cucumbers, but did have fresh lit cigarettes ,,,

WTF is this ,,,?

I looked down at the little guy,, he’s still coughing with only a ¼ of the bar noticing what is going on. Gary, Rick, nor anyone else I met are anywhere to be seen and really think whatever this is, is above their pay-grade anyway, so, Yup, 

     This is all mine ,,,

 Great ,,,

I closed my knife, flipped it over to my table, picked up a pack of cigarettes and walked calmly over to them. Sat down, looked away as I lit my cigarette, took a drag, and then looked them in the eye and said,

“ WTF is this about ? ,,”

Lou Forrigno says,

 “ Where you in Rosarita last week?,,”

“No,, “

“ Where you from ? “ he asked,,,

“ Where you from ? “ I asked.   

“ Ensanada,,,”  he says, 

“ You don’t look Mexican ,,”  I said questioning ,,


“No, were not, Were Dutch, Ex-Comandos, looking for someone who was in Rosarita last week, and we think it’s you,,”  he states confidently.

“  I see ,, “  with a pause,

“ Well, I’m not the guy your looking for, but I also realize we have another problem with what happened with your friend over there,,,”

It’s at this time the little guy returns to the table trying to keep composure,,

I continued,,,

“I think it’s pretty clear you guys would ultimately take me out tonight, but, I think it's also clear, none of you are walking out of here without a limp if that does go down ,,,  “

“ So ,   I’m sorry,  ( looking at the guy I thumped ,,) but you guys scared the fuck out of me,,, my apologies for maybe over reacting a bit and let me buy a round,, ok ?”

It’s then I signal Marborol Man, a bartender that can remember a tab from 30 years ago, 

 Who quickly sets us up with beers and tequilia ,,,

 Then gives me a look of like,

“ Be careful amigo,,,”

I looked back at my new friends and raised my tequila shot,

“ Dutch huh? Military? I do a lot of work with the military,, you guys are fucked up !!! ”

They all laughed and we all took a shot,

I then mentioned I was Portuguese and oh fuck me again ,,,

It’s Baja history lesson time with Lou, who I eventually nicknamed, “ Blondie ,,” .

He told me about The Dutch Pirates of the 1600’s, The Spanish Armada and how just a few Dutch Pirate ships,, continually kicked ass on the Spanish Armada, ( which also included the Portuguese,, O hell, was the Portuguese,,,) and brought them to their knees in the region. Especially here, The Bay of La Paz, to where he walked me over to a near by monument which backed up such things Blondie was preaching ,,,

“ The Pichilinques ,,,”

“ Pest ,,” It’s what the Spanish Armada called the Dutch Pirates that would ambush them at will from the Baja Coves. In fact, the whole area around Tecolote and the ferry, is called Pichilinque.

After that story, it seemed perfectly normal that the Dutch would be hanging out in Baja. I also conceded that was totally bad ass and toasted to The Pichilingues,,,

This seemed to calm the situation. The band started up again, the two other guys started scheming on some chicas, Blondie and I kept talking and the guy I thumped was not happy ,,,  :evil:

A bit later, Blondie and I are by ourselves talking about of all things, meditation, and it’s then he says to me,

“ Ya know, ya seem like a nice guy, we were going to kill you tonight,

      One of us still wants too, why the fuck are you here?”,,,

I got that question a lot during my months in Baja,
   
     “ Why am I here ,,”

I laughed,

 “ I bet I know who ,,,”

Blondie laughed, I continued,

“ So, I have in front of me, what I believe to be is a Cartel Sub-Contractor,

       Telling me to get my shit together, does that about cover it? “

He just looked at me and kind of shrugged,, “ Mas O Menos ,, “  ( More or Less ,,)


That one kind of sank in ,,,

 I must have burned through a dozen guardian angles around that time and at least 2 on that night,,,

 The scene came to an abrupt end once the band left with the little guy getting a little too wasted, wanting revenge and Blondie keeping him on a short leash while saying our good byes with me thankful they didn’t give me a job offer I couldn’t refuse ,,

It sank in more and more as I drove back to the hotel what had just happened and how reckless I had become ,,,

  I also wondered if any less show of force on my part would have resulted in me getting killed ,,,

This incident happened a few years ago;

It was at a very intense and difficult time in my life when I was just looking for some peace from pain, death,, &  dying ,,,

 I blazed down to Baja in a Rage ,

       Throwing myself at Baja’s Mercy ,,,

 What I got in return,

             I Never Expected ,,,

We have much to learn from our,

            " 3rd World Neighbors to the South " ,,,  :flower:

         But that’s another story ,,,

     Feliz Navidad ,,,   :smt114

                  y
         
                  Ciao for now ,,,


                                          Danglin

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Safety First / Adventures in Baja ,,,
« on: May 16, 2018, 11:37:41 PM »
40 Klicks South of Ensanada, Baja,,, 2:30am ,,

  On my way back to La Paz ,,,

I know this is a really bad idea ,,,     

   Driving at Night ,,,

My schedule changed due to an unexpected turn of events that had me kicked out of a silent retreat with my New Wise Punk Rock Buddhist friends.

Why did I get kicked out ???

 Not for talking, sex, drugs or all those other great things, no,,

I was late ,,

Moving on,

40 klicks South of Ensanada @ 2;30 in the morning,,,

I notice a small compact car approaching me from behind, fast with a blue light going on the dash,,   

  Fuck !!!   :smt107

Car gets close and for some reason, I’m already thinking BullShit …

Sure enough, POS car gets even with me and he starts motioning for me to pull over. Some guy in a bs shirt with a bs badge and no fucken way amigo I'm pulling over for your sorry ass ,,,

So this goes on for about 10 minutes or so and I’m wondering what exactly I’m going to do with my new found friend.

It’s then he becomes more aggressive and gets along side and swerves his little compact at my 2003 Suburban  ,,,

I was a fire fighter paramedic for the Great City of Sacramento. During probation, and every year there after,, we go through emergency driver training, whatever, but, we also go through the police course too ,,,,,

That’s Awesome !!!

Skidpan, Evasive Manuvers, High speed chase, and being chased with fucked up crown vics and fucking them up even more ,,,   
 
      some fun !!!

High speed so intense your sore for 3 days afterwards from being slammed into the inside of the car and the seat belt doing terrible things ,, ouch ,,,  :smt010

anyways,   I can drive ,,

    All the way up to combat ,,,   I Think ,,,


After the 3rd swerve, it was time,

  I braked, got right behind him and right up on his ass with a good bump to his rear bumper,

   kind of saying,

                 “ Hola Amigo, Your about to Die  ,, “     :kungfu

My first intention was to end this ,, hit him again,, this time hard,  sending the rear-end to the side and then punching it again, spinning him out and adios ,,,

Then I thought again as I have never tried this maneuver other than on chalkboard, simulators and video games. High probability of things not going exactly to plan with my truck dented, him dead and me in a Mexican jail on murder chargers,,,

Lets give him one more try,,,

I get even with him again,

 Stare at him as if I’m going to kill him, and I just might as at this point,

    it’s either him or I ,,,

     A Mexican Stand off in the Dead of Night in The Fucken Baja Desert ,,,

                                        :smt028                  :cowboy_smoke:


        Ya usually don't win when second guessing your opponent, but in this case, it worked ,,,


       “ Peace Amigo you Loco !!! " ,,,    :smt006

      He shouts laughing and off he goes out of sight,,,

                Just another Night in Baja ,,,

                           So Love Baja ,,,

                                  My own Fucking West World ,,,   :cowboy_cool:

      Ciao for now ,,,

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General Talk / Spiders,,,
« on: March 15, 2018, 10:25:44 AM »
 We have our Dream Home in West Sonoma County,

  There are also reasons we have it,

one reason, we have a lot of spiders !!!   :tongue2:

we are getting tented in a few months then off to replacing the roof, and they will be back after that,,,

 But does anyone have "non-toxic" ideas of how to give spiders the boot?

 We have this stuff in the mail,  https://thrivemarket.com/p/stay-away-natural-spider-repellent?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=pla&utm_medium=pla&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=Shopping_Home_Garden&utm_content=698703023121&utm_term=bing-pla_na&msclkid=88bacf2b455e1ce703b9958f38eeb8d8

let y'all know how this works,

  Nice to post something a little more lighter, even if it is about friggen spiders...   :smt002



  Thanks in Advance    :smt006

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Heroes On the Water (HOW) / Thoughts & Prayers ,,,
« on: March 10, 2018, 12:43:53 AM »
 Arn't enough ,,,   :smt009


  I had put out a post here when the shooting happen at The Pathway Home,

I was severely triggered,

 I met with these people, one in particular helped me to someone else in the program who eventually came through for us to have about 1/2 dozen events with them with a promise of more interesting things for the future.

 Well, we know what Happen, and some of you know what I said here.

 I knew I was out of balance,

But in my usual fashion of wanting to put the World in a Head Lock sometimes,

 I've let y'all know some of my nightmare world of what I've witnessed and been a part of.

 Folks wiser than I, have pointed out to me, just how, " unskilled " that is,   :smt018

I chose the career I did, and I chose to "engage" some of our trouble veterans and first responders.

  Granted, many things have just been thrown at me as I seem to be a magnet for sudden emergencies,

 But Alas,   :smt011

 My Apologies for being so self-righteous as to give ya a visual of my world.

 Y'all know times are tough for many people out there,

  As well as quite possibly, some horrible trauma yourself.

So carry on doing what ya do for our veterans getting them out on kayaks fishing.

 It's always a win as they are just glad to see that y'all care enough to give them that day...

  Strong Work y'all.  :salut:

 

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Heroes On the Water (HOW) / Please help a Warrior on Memorial Day
« on: May 29, 2016, 11:06:26 PM »
Hi y'all,

 Anthony Shuman,  "Ex-West Coast Area HOW Coordinator" & Fellow Kayakfisherman with NWKA, is having a very hard time …

This gentleman is responsible for helping Nor Cal HOW keep a float when I threw in the towel, " as I could take no more from National HOW in Texas ,,,"

I'm not taking anything away from RacinRacidRob, Raydon, Kayakjack, bmb and whomever else is involved now as the Nor Cal HOW Team and I thank you guys for stepping up more than you will ever know. But I also know what it takes to run this program as I built it and ran it mostly on my own for 7 years. I know Anthony, know his heart, his passion for this program, and how he must have helped y'all get to where you are today…


        The situation now is he does not have a job at HOW,

  Anthony and his family need help now ...


His wife has posted on Facebook and here is the link to help…  https://www.gofundme.com/25zf8kk

 Please,  anything will help…

 Thank you,

   And Thanks Again,

  To all whom have stepped up to make our chapter one of the shinning examples of what this program can be,,,

  You are Heroes Too   :salut:

   

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General Talk / Got Plasma Fusion ?
« on: May 08, 2016, 04:30:00 AM »
Thought I'd give an update as I have posed a few questions to the forum about what my, "Fellas …" are up too…

  From Tesla Coils to Death Lazars, the most feared, respected and most expensive has been the creation of the Fusion Reactor.

          Many times I have had to ask that they,

                     " Not recreate the Sun in their Bedroom Today…"   :nono:

After much consulting, thank you so much to the UC Executive Director of Plasma Fusion at UC Berkeley who has taken my high school seniors under his wing and given some comfort to their mother as they have heated their reactor core up to ungodly degrees, getting the pressure down for the reaction to occur…

and it did…
 
My Guys are now one of "18 ", that includes groups with mentors, who are 18 or under to have proven plasma fusion…

 Graduate Students fail at this ….

 Wow,

Concert Jazz Pianist, Speak pretty Dam Good Mandarin,

Their going to separate UC's, but now that this cat is out of the Bag,

MIT is calling … 

  yikes!!!  almost had the bargain price…. $$$$$$$$ 

  WTG Guys …

  Very Proud of ya…


  Love Dad

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrXIp1XA3wM&feature=youtu.be

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LFLP

"Looking for Lost Pelagics,,,"

I do a lot of that, just paddling for miles waiting and watching as everyone including the fish are bit confused as to where the fish/bait are,,,



Finally took my, "New Body,,," out into the Sea of Cortez,,  yellow tail have been getter caught at the light house, 35 lbder yesterday,,, that's a lucky catch and if a boat does get one, it's usually only one as they are on the run,,, 

My plan, drive 10 klics to Playa Pinchlinque, paddle about 6 clicks into the Coromel Viento (wind), hoping it does not switch on the way back, it sort of did,  I must say, I'm hurting right now, so I over did it a bit,  I'll live ,,,

 Success!!!!



 No yellow tail today, the light house was dead, but I did get a Dorado!!!

 Thier coming in a little early and looks like others Pescado are too,,, bait is still a problem not that I'm using bait, but it is like finding a needle in a hay stack and I found one today ,,,

If I can heal up today, I'm headed to Muertos Bay tomorrow

 Great to post a catch again para mi Amigos en NCKA

Pentex died today,,, this shot will have to do


  Ciao y'all  :smt006


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Introductions / Back in the Saddle, en La Paz ...
« on: March 14, 2016, 11:23:07 AM »
  Que Passa?

 Been out to sea as of late and figured this would be the best place to surface as I am a different person Physically and Mentally than when I left NCKA or was, " Banned…" last year. Both had happened, and for the best at the time…

Not going into detail and I, " May…" owe some of you an apology or nothing at all… at any rate, those apologies have been exchanged and thank you to my friends who have apologized back to me and understanding a Very Difficult time that is still going on with dying family, friends and difficulties …  I have been learning, "acceptance…" and it seems to be working ...

Let there be no confusion about Nor Cal HOW as I have heard some disturbing things concerning how I feel about HOW…

 I totally support Nor Cal HOW, RacinRacidRob and everyone who picked up the torch as I could do it no more…

I'll say it again, I put in over 7 years getting this chapter and many others going on the west coast, investing thousands of hours volunteering to make this program grow as I believe very strongly in what kayak fishing can do for anyone.  I've got over $15k of my own money into this, 2 destroyed Outbacks and 2 "tattered,," but in good shape, Hobie Sports that I used to get this program off the ground, letting dozens if not hundreds of service members and their families, get out on the water fishing out of kayaks..

and I don't care?

easy stomach … easy …   :smt078

I have no issues with Nor Cal HOW, NCKA or any of the many people here who have helped me and the Nor Cal HOW team, make Nor Cal HOW what it is today and it's strong foundation that it has as these guys are on a aggressive schedule of events this year that will need your help…

My problem is with Jim Dolan… Director at HOW National in Texas and major PITA to me…

Nor Cal Chapter and all the other chapters and volunteers are what makes this program Great and Magical,

Not one Jackass Ego Maniac … and That's All I say about that other than,

Please support Nor Cal HOW, they need all the help they can get, and I am still in the shadows…   :batman:

I decided it was time for a, " Walk About …" Packed the truck loaded for Bear and crossed the border back in Early October… post another trip before that back in August when I flew to La Paz post a 9 day mediation retreat in New York with my New Wise Punk Rock Buddhist Friends, post quitting a well established San Francisco Punk Band that I just joined as I wanted to Rock again, and HARD!!!

I came to La Paz to visit Jon Walton of the Bay Areas own "Walton's Pond…"  Jon quit his business and moved here last year running a fishing operation…

I don't know if it's just one of those things, I'm in dream or if it's really true, but La Paz had me under her spell the moment I stepped onto the Malecon…

I returned home to the Bay early December post a nights stay in a La Paz Emergency room… which I will say was the best experience I have ever had in a ER, and that's coming from someone who has been in hundreds of ER's… they helped me, my doctor could have doubled as Miss La Paz, and it was free… WTF?  anyway…

I returned home, thought everything was well re-connecting with my family, but no… Diverticulitus came back with a passion and landed me in the hospital for 5 days awaiting emergency surgery… long story longer… 3 weeks at home recovering to have surgery and it was finally done last month and I now have 1/3 less of my colon and am recovering in La Paz…

Lot going on to "Nothing" going on… 

I drove back to La Paz to work on myself and to go deep with my, " practice …" as after everything I have been a part of with Trauma, Addiction, PTSD and God Knows what else…

 My Practice…  seems to be only thing that is helping and feels like the right path …

My Family is giving me this time which is quite awesome on their part and I miss them terribly,

  but this needs to happen for myself, them and anyone else who knows me ...

  There is much more that I have hope for the future with what I'm doing here besides, " Healing thy Self …"

 This place is the "NCKA Club House…" we've all been dreaming about…

There are many places in Baja, the world, but something just rings true with this place with what it has to offer and how friggen cheap and easy all this all can be,

It's Criminal not to take Advantage ...

 Part of what I'm doing here is to open this up to us… and if all goes well, eventually…

 a Kayak Fishing PTSD Retreat …  bringing wounded and their families, here on the cheap…

it's actually already in motion… much unknown and too long to go into here of what is happening with that,

 but it is my "vision…" and has, " Legs…"

so,

I'm back on the board…

should be posting some Baja Fish Porn soon as I'm still kind of recovering, moving slow with pain, " Viento "  ( wind ) is up and fish are confused as bait is scattered…

 that will all be changing very soon …

See at GSX

Caio for now Amigos !!!

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Got Baja?
« on: October 17, 2015, 03:54:43 PM »
 
  well, if not

maybe ya should…    :smt004

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Heroes On the Water (HOW) / Stepping down
« on: September 14, 2015, 02:20:20 AM »
Hey y'all

  with out much fan fare as I'm kind of in a rush…. no time for PM's either, sorry...

 Have some family issues that need my talents and Stat...

 It has been an honor to work with y'all in establishing the first HOW chapter on the West Coast, and y'all are directly or indirectly, responsible for another 5 chapters on the West Coast basically getting Thousands of Those that Have Served and Their Families

Out on the water fishing out of kayaks…

 and finding peace….

  Strong Work Everyone…

  Ciao    :smt004

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General Talk / I hate Mondays….
« on: August 31, 2015, 12:16:51 PM »
  At least this one,

the last 3 were perfect…

  Gotta Do something about that...

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