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Hello! These are my guestbook archives. Thanks for visiting. :)

-Coleen

Date:	1/5/2004 - 8:53 PM
Name:	Fred Berg
Email:	feberg@staybright.com
Site:	http://
Location:	Capistrano Beach, CA, US
Comments:	Thank you so much for the information and personal comments on the Meling Ranch. I will be visiting the Melings this weekend for the first time, and your stories and pictures have increased my enthusiasm to say the least. I can't wait to go! Regards, Fred Berg

Date:	9/20/2003 - 8:35 PM
Name:	Duane B. Meling
Email:	duanemeling48@starband.net
Site:	http://
Location:	, ,
Comments:	Great story Collen, I have E-mail at the Ranch now. So write me and let me know how you guys are. My Tio Octavio passed away in Jan. 2002. Well write me, Take care and saludos, Duane

Date:	7/11/2003 - 9:08 PM
Name:	Fred
Email:	montiel12@hotmail.com
Site:	http://
Location:	Northridge, California, United States
Comments:	I really enjoyed reading your story. Ahh! I feel as if I had just returned from baja. Thank you for sharing your experience. It was wonderful. Fred

Date:	1/15/2003 - 10:11 AM
Name:	Laura
Email:	hoint1@cox.net
Site:	http://
Location:	San Diego, CA, USA
Comments:	Hey Colleen, This is a great diary with great pics of your wonderful trip. Thank you fro taking the time to put it together! My husband and I are driving down from San Diego to San Ignacio on February 17th to spend 3 days at the lagoon with the whales (my lifelong dream). I am very excited. In your day 2 agenda, you mentioned that your dad had mapped out all the gas stations in Baja. Do you have that emailable by any chance? That would really help us. I hope to take lots of pics on our trip too. Thanks so much, Laura O.

Date:	1/9/2003 - 1:43 AM
Name:	Fernando Ortiz
Email:	Ferny_72@hotmail.com
Site:	http:// education.wsu.edu/faculty&staff/bios/Fer
Location:	Pullman, WA, Mexico
Comments:	Coleen, I was born in Baja, actually in the Valley of San Quintin. I was doing a search about the English Cemetery and its history when I came across your diary. I ended up reading your diary instead. I enjoyed it so much because it brought back memories from my childhood --the beautiful Baja landscape, its people, and all of the other experiences you noted in your travel entries. Great job! Adios. Fernando Ortiz

Date:	1/2/2003 - 2:16 PM
Name:	Tina
Email:	imbufordsmom@netscape.net
Site:	http://
Location:	, ,
Comments:	Thanks for the journal re Meling Ranch. I recently read in our local paper that Duane is looking for a buyer or she may go bankrupt. That brought a flood of memories for me. I also didn't know the ranch was reopened much to my delight. I criedwhen I read about Aida's passing and the subsequent closure, knowing I could never go back to my past. I spent a couple of weeks each summer working there in my teens with my best friend for room & board (& horseback riding) almost 30 years ago. Yikes! The place is magic. I was delighted to hear you say the magic is still there. I always wondered if I would feel the same if I went back. I remember Aida, Duane, Mary, Bertie & Salve (Aida's parents). It was the

Date:	12/30/2002 - 7:19 AM
Name:	Tom Wimberly
Email:	TWDOE34@aol.com
Site:	http://
Location:	Bakersfield, CA, USA
Comments:	Your log is very good reading.

Date:	12/15/2002 - 8:56 PM
Name:	Don
Email:	sundogmx@telnor.net
Site:	http:// www.bajasundog.com/bajatales.html
Location:	Ensenada, Baja norte, Mexico
Comments:	I am back for another visit and just added your site to a new web page that I am putting togeather. Not knowing what to name you'r page I just called it a Baja story. If you would like to give it another title I will be glad to change it.

Date:	12/7/2002 - 11:54 AM
Name:	Barry & Meredith Ashworth
Email:	barrynmeredy@shasta.com
Site:	http:// (none)
Location:	Redding, CA, USA
Comments:	I read your entire trip log and loved it. I too have spent many weeks in Baja over the past 28 years and have visited ALL the places you covered in this log. You have done a beautiful job of capturing the flavor of Baja. I was particularly interested in your comments on the Meling Ranch as I first stayed there in 1954. I met the incredible elder woman (can't remember her name)who ownded the ranch, and Aida, and Bill Berre, and many of the other people that were there at the time. We went on to spend 14 days on the San Pedro Martir Plateau with Meling guides and pack animals. What a fantastic experience. I was 16 then. Thanks for your narritive. We just got back from a 15 day exploring trip of the tip of the Vizcaino Penn

Date:	11/13/2002 - 6:05 PM
Name:	Cecil Wells
Email:	cww@attbi.com
Site:	http://
Location:	Livermore, Ca, USA
Comments:	Coleen, I have truly enjoyed your story over the past several days. It was in most cases like being there. You indeed have a talent for writing and I wish you the best in your future endeavors. PS....I sure hope there will be more to come. Thanks,

Date:	11/12/2002 - 6:22 PM
Name:	Max Borden
Email:	icanfind2001@yahoo.com
Site:	http:// photos.yahoo.com/icanfind2001/
Location:	Yuma, Arizona, USA
Comments:	Coleen ,your photos and web skills are truly exceptional. My efforts pale in comparision to the simplest of yours, even the early shot of you with your horse at the mellining ranch tells a story. One of the regrets of my life is not discovering Bajasooner. When I was living at Enrique Mellings lodge at San Telmo he and other of his boyhood friends took me all over the back country that no one except the cowboys ever sees, such beauty and the abundance of wildlife is almost unbeleivable. One afternoon returning from the old Melling Santa Cruz mine we watched 2 baby wildcats chase quail while their mother sat and watched them.You have a beautiful family and are so lucky to have so many Baja experinces. Hope you have many more.

Date:	11/9/2002 - 10:23 AM
Name:	Don
Email:	sundogmx@telnor.net
Site:	http:// http://www.bajasundog.com/kicking.html
Location:	La Mision,, Baja norte, Mexico
Comments:	Great site. I am looking forward to reading all of it.

Date:	10/21/2002 - 6:05 AM
Name:	Jo Baur
Email:	jo.baur@gmx.de
Site:	http:// home.arcor.de/claudi.jo
Location:	Munich, , Germany
Comments:	Finally I have to sign your guestbook. With your website I can take part a little of your life and see what's going on. You brought me to the idea building a private website and now I have my own. Hope all is fine with you. Keep in touch.

Date:	10/14/2002 - 4:29 PM
Name:	Tim Avery
Email:	storyp@inreach.com
Site:	http://
Location:	Montague, CA, USA
Comments:	Been checking out Punta San Fransicuito on the web and ran ocross your site. Cool stuff. I am planing a trip dawn to baja next year. We will be flying in. Probably not as bumpy. Noticed that you went in Febrary. Is that a good time as far as the weather is concerned. Tim Avery

Date:	8/4/2002 - 2:29 PM
Name:	Kurt R. Deetz
Email:	Kurt@deetzworld.com
Site:	http://
Location:	Los Angeles, Ca, USA
Comments:	Coleen: GREAT site!!!! Hope all is well!!!! Kurt, Mari and Tristan

Date:	7/24/2002 - 11:50 AM
Name:	Nigel Homer
Email:	nigelhomer@yahoo.co.uk
Site:	http:// www.geocities.com/puffin11uk/
Location:	Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England Uk
Comments:	Nice Site - I visited Baja California about a month after you - and your pictures brought back memories. I have a few photos on my site - although it can be a bit slow

Date:	7/1/2002 - 12:05 PM
Name:	Karen Vincent
Email:	beji888@hotmail.com
Site:	http://
Location:	Monterey, California, U.S.A.
Comments:	This was soooooo cool to finally see!!! I really enjoyed seeing not only the baby shower pictures, but the pictures of all your friends and family. And now I know what Patrick looks like. Hope the kid turns out looking like you! Love ya.

Date:	11/16/2001 - 5:51 PM
Name:	Stephanie
Email:	stephpage@hotmail.com
Site:	http:// www.stephaniepage.com
Location:	Redwood City, CA, USA
Comments:	I just wanted to wish you a wonderful birhtday! And of course, love your web site :) Mine is still under construction! love Stephanie

Date:	11/8/2001 - 4:40 PM
Name:	vaiva
Email:	vpazemenas@lgpatlaw.com
Site:	http://
Location:	pagrovia, california, usa
Comments:	hey you.....just perusing your beautiful website...hope all is well. hi! to patrick-eo... vaiva

Date:	9/15/2001 - 11:14 AM
Name:	DENNIS LEADABRAND
Email:	GOTOBAJA@hotmail.com
Site:	http://
Location:	ENSENADA, BAJA NORTE, MEXICO
Comments:	COLEEN, GREAT PHOTOS AND TRAVELL LOG OF YOUR BAJA ADVENTURE. ONE OF THINGS I REMIND OTHERS TO DO INCLUDING MYSELF IS TO KEEP A DIARY AND TAKE LOTS OF PHOTOS OF THEIR BAJA TRIPS TO SHARE WITH OTHERS OF THIS WONDERFUL PENINSULA THAT HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER. I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING THROUGHOUT BAJA SINCE 1969 AND I WISHED I HAD KEPT TRAVEL LOGS OF MY ADVENTURES AS WELL AS TAKENED MORE PHOTOS. GREAT JOB! DENNIS

Date:	8/31/2001 - 10:09 AM
Name:	Waltraud Koller
Email:	thalassa7@gmx.at
Site:	http://
Location:	Graz, Steiermark, Austria
Comments:	Very nice homepage- must have been a rather exhausting job to create it- thank you!!! We plan a trip to baja in february 2002- can you tell me about the temperatures in Baja at this time? Thanks in forward- Waltraud

Date:	8/30/2001 - 3:04 AM
Name:	Yves PAPANTI
Email:	yp7513@hotmail.com
Site:	http://
Location:	Paris, , France
Comments:	HI coleen dans mon courrier, je me suis trompé dans mon adresse internet, il faut lire yp7513@hotmail.com et non yp@7513hotmail.com ++love++ Yves

Date:	8/30/2001 - 2:54 AM
Name:	Yves PAPANTI
Email:	YP@7513.hotmail
Site:	http://
Location:	Paris, , France
Comments:	Salut ma trés chère soeur américaine Nous avons trés peu de nouvelles sur toi, aussi quelle bonne idée que la création de ton site web. Je peux reconnaitre quelques membres de ta famille que je connais, ça me fait plaisir et ça me rappelle de trés bon souvenir. Quel plaisir de revoir ton petit frère JESSE (je crois que je suis amoureux de lui, it's a joke ???????). Nous sommes aussi trés fier de faire "un peu" parti de ta famille. Continu, je prend un plaisir fou d'avoir de tes nouvelles par internet... Tu sais que tu es toujours la bienvenue à Paris, nous espérons te revoir bientôt.

Date:	8/27/2001 - 9:55 AM
Name:	Michael Hess
Email:	mediacir@silcom.com
Site:	http://
Location:	Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Comments:	Loved your trip report, Coleen! My wife and I are planning a similar two-week trip in late October to some of the same places (PSF, BOLA, San Ignacio, etc.) although we'll most likely start and finish from San Felipe where my family has a vacation home. I thought WE were the only people who obsessed about farting and all things scatological when we traveled though - I'm glad to know we're not alone!

Date:	8/26/2001 - 6:02 PM
Name:	Robert Menzl
Email:	rgmjp@yahoo.com
Site:	http:// dukesteel.com
Location:	Kyoto, , Japan
Comments:	I'd just like to say HI and that I liked the cat fight video. I hope to have my web site up and running soon, but time is the main draw back, as usual.

Date:	8/25/2001 - 11:11 AM
Name:	Ken Bondy
Email:	ken@kenbondy.com
Site:	http:// www.kenbondy.com
Location:	Bell Canyon, CA, USA
Comments:	Great website! Love, ++Dad++

Date:	8/25/2001 - 11:11 AM
Name:	Ken Bondy
Email:	ken@kenbondy.com
Site:	http:// www.kenbondy.com
Location:	Bell Canyon, CA, USA
Comments:	Great website! Love, ++Dad++

Date:	8/22/2001 - 11:04 AM
Name:	april campbell
Email:	campbella5@aol.com
Site:	http://
Location:	escondido, california, usa
Comments:	What a wonderful story. Your trip took me miles and miles away from this fast paced way of life. I truly love and crave the wonderful feeling of mexico. I also traveled as a young girl to mexico and now as an adult I have shared my love for this country with my husband and he also has grown to love this place as I have. Now we both try to escape as ofen as possible even if for short weekend trips. Thanks for the absolute spectacular quick mind getaway!

Date:	8/21/2001 - 4:25 PM
Name:	Mike Supino
Email:	isanimal@aol.com
Site:	http://
Location:	Trabuco Canyon, CA, USA
Comments:	Great report! I enjoyed every word, photo and mpeg. It sounds as if you my be ready to return soon. Thank you.

Date:	8/21/2001 - 3:03 PM
Name:	Dave Arant
Email:	David.Arant@West.Boeing.com
Site:	http://
Location:	San Bernardino, Cal, USA
Comments:	I enjoyed reading about your trip. We have a house about 8 miles south (if driving on the beach) of the La Pinta. I have not read past the first part of the trip but I will continue when I have the time. Great Work and thanks.

Date:	8/15/2001 - 6:13 PM
Name:	Ree Bankowski
Email:	reeebeee@webtv.net
Site:	http://
Location:	Chatsworth, CA, USA
Comments:	(address is only temporary. In escrow for the third time this year!) Enjoyed your pictures from your trip to Monterey and all your others! love, Ree

Date:	8/14/2001 - 9:44 AM
Name:	Laura Marie Hamm
Email:	lauriebankowski@prodigy.net
Site:	http:// pages.prodigy.net/lauriebankowski
Location:	Manhattan Beach, Ca, USA
Comments:	Hi Coleen! I love visiting your website! If you see above, Kelly has been working on a site for us! Note, it is still underconstruction! Hope you are well! love, laurie

Date:	8/14/2001 - 9:42 AM
Name:	Coleen Bondy
Email:	coleen@coleenbondy.com
Site:	http:// coleenbondy.com/personal
Location:	Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Comments:	I just wanted to encourage everyone to sign the guestbook. And it looked silly with just one entry. So please keep me and Patrick company and add your own message. Thanks! :) Coleen

Date:	8/14/2001 - 9:29 AM
Name:	Patrick
Email:	pt@ptcpa.com
Site:	http:// www.ptcpa.com
Location:	Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Comments:	check out the whale watching videos. am i the first to sign the guest book? pT ++++++++++++++++============== 0 _ /\_` ( )>=( ) ==============================