Time
"Rarely do we take the time to open the door that leads to our soul."
Phill Michael
November 2003
Sunrise in Northern Alberta
Tales from Secret Spot Baja
November 17th, 2003
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Time "Rarely do we take the time to open the door that leads to our soul." Phill Michael
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Sunrise in Northern Alberta |
Notes from the editor...
Loves lost and loves gained. The only direction to move IS forward. As long as we don't completely forget about our past...and learn from our mistakes...we might not be doomed to repeat them? What does one call that…the ‘Law of Uniformity’?!
It’s hard to put a value on facilitated experience and so easy to put a value on earthly goods. Selfish people are always miserable...which is why I always try my best to evenly distribute the lifeblood that flows through my generous, adventurous, bionic heart.
As Trevor K. and I prepare for the Alberta Meat Harvest of 2003, I continue to take a great deal of pleasure from editing and posting the secretspotbaja newsletters. It is always good to reminisce about the expeditions of yesterday, think about the people we gently collide with- and look forward to new experiences. I dream of the day when the folks who are good enough to submit these articles can (once again?) wiggle their toes in the sands at the Rancho Secret Spot Baja.
The Beach at the Rancho Secret Spot
This fall’s publication includes a ‘blast from the past' where my old friend Glenn recounts our adventures on my first trip to that mysterious Mexican peninsula that I have grown to love. It is amusing to look back at the images from yesteryear and wonder if the immature minds behind our young faces could have predicted such a dynamic and beautiful future. In hindsight, I say ‘yes!’…but what else can I say…being the penultimate positivist. =^)
Recent activities, primarily in urban areas, have allowed me to witness some very stressed out people. A loyal and trusted friend recently informed me that it is a ‘dog eat dog’ world. Well... I just slipped my rose coloured glasses on Trev's golden retriever puppy ‘Hunter’ and he informed me, in his limited vocabulary, that it is a ‘dog eat food’ world. How interesting it is to ponder that everything just might be a matter of perspective. =^)
So many of us find ourselves ‘working’ so hard that we forget why we are toiling away. Remember…it’s not the destination…it’s the trip!
As
always, thanks go out to those who were good enough to retell tales from their
various Secret Spot Adventures. In a few more weeks, the images and sentiments
from 2003 will be organized and compressed into the 2004 Secret Spot calendar.
Please email me at calendar@secretspotbaja.com
if you would like me to send a calendar to you...or someone you know.
I hope you enjoy reading the third of many of our newsletters to come. They will continue be published quarterly. That’s ‘quarterly’ in Mexican time. %^>
If
you ever have the desire to add to these writings, join us for some enlightening
activity, or just feel like communicating...don’t even hesitate for a
nanosecond, and email me at phill@secretspotbaja.com.
Spammers need not apply. %^>
Hasta
Muy Pronto
Phill =^)
Phill Michael
Founder of Secret Spot Adventures
Baja Migrations
by Michael Fishbach
Now is the time of the year that both humans and the
great whales are planning and departing on their winter migrations to the Baja
Peninsula and the Sea of Cortez. Perhaps the reasons are more similar than we
might yet know for this dual migration. In the desert the late summer rains have
already begun to bring forth a greener than usual landscape and the hope for a
spectacular early spring wildflower season are very promising. On the sea the
water is rapidly cooling and the winter el Norte winds occasionally blow.
>>>Full
story
Memories of Baja by Glenn M.
It was the spring of 1990 when I pulled up to the “Casa del Grumbo” to see Phill shoveling the snow from a late spring snowstorm. I can’t recall whether I was serious or joking when I asked Phill if he wanted to drive south – way south – the next winter. All I really remember is that I knew when a trip was planned, Phill rarely said no. So, after a few months, and some radical modifications to the Land Cruiser, we were on our way. >>>Full story
The Blue Hole by
Tom H
During the holiday season between 2001 and 2002 I had the pleasure of embarking
on one of the most memorable adventures of my life. My family, Phill and myself
took it upon ourselves to personally explore the wonders of the Mayan ruins of
Belize and Guatemala, as well as the dark depths of the infamous Blue Hole off
the coast of Belize. >>>Full
story
My first of many trips to the Baja by Carol J
The Big Picture by Rody J.
I was rummaging around in the 'fridge today and decided to have an apple. Of the two apples in the crisper, one was the last of the apples from our own trees here, the other is store bought. While eating our own apple I reflected on the differences between the two apples and how those differences relate to and translate into the bigger world picture. >>>Full story
Tic Toc by Mark W.
Over
a year has passed since my last Secret Spot excursion, and even more time from
my last trip to Baja. Time has progressed as if I were watching the grass grow.
Engrossed in the hectic world of health care and management, I have yearned to
return to the glorious