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Snorkeled around the sandy bottom and rocky ledges with Charlie. We could still stand up several hundred yards from the beach. No photos, but here are some good ones.

Chronological photos, before and after Odile.

From her blog, “A chronological account of the weekend trip turned week-long unforgettable experience. Once again, thank you to the Management and Staff of the Hilton Los Cabos for sacrificing so much, so that we could be safe and comfortable in an otherwise nightmarish situation. We are forever indebted to Max and his team for everything they have done. Another thank you to Alaska Airlines for flying in your humanitarian rescue flights that got us safely to San Francisco. Cabo San Lucas will always be in my heart, and even after all of the events that transpired, I can’t wait to go back. The girls from 2037 had the adventure of a lifetime.  :)”

así llego Odile a Baja California Sur

Hurricane Odile arriving and tracking up the Baja….amazing at how it stayed right up the middle causing both sides of the peninsula all the way up to experience devastation….first time ever

así llego Odile a Baja California Sur

Actualmente los daños provocados por Odile son incalculables. La Paz se encuentra sin suministro de energía eléctrica ni telefonía

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The latest on impacts from Hurricane Odile, which strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday.

Good video and stills of enormous waves in Cabo. The weather here remains calm. It’s dark now, so hard to see the sky. No rain, Only a slight breeze. The main force is expected in the morning.

Sitting in our cement-block house, listening to Charlie chat with Ben, Blue, and Ethan via Skype, it’s easy to forget how good we have it, and how so many people here are at risk – those living in corrugated metal and cardboard structures in the colonias (shanty towns) outside the city.

I tried to find some photos to share – curious that none exist. I’ll see if I can address the deficiency of documentation of the poor later in our trip. Charlie and I have an open invitation to volunteer in a children’s center in one of the colonias.

Loving this book, with tales of what it was like to travel El Camino Real in Baja California in the 60s, prior to its paving, and a quirky history of what little is known about the original settlement of Baja and its conquest by the Spaniards and Jesuits (turns out the Jesuits were a lot more effective and culturally destructive). The writing gets to me a bit at times – words that seem strangely combined and long sentences that are tough to follow – but Bruce Berger’s passion for the land is clearly heartfelt.

Nice historic photos here of those days, including a great shot of what I believe is the unpaved Trans-Peninsular Highway, now known as Mexican Federal Highway No. 1.

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Jon Lee – more spoken word poetry from Canadian spoken word artist Shane Koyczan. You might enjoy To This Day … for the bullied and beautiful, or Remember How We Forgot, or Instructions for a Bad Day.

Cool site where we can track Hurricane Odile in near-real time.