tcm glx wrote:
Interesting story to this one:
Never realized we never came back to close the loop on this one........ So as the story goes, we took a wrong turn on the second day of farting around in Baja... and went on a access road that belonged to a local rancher in Erendira.... We drove on the west side of his crops, and as you can imagine, he wasnt super happy with over 20 rigs kicking up a bunch of dust/dirt, which landed on his field. As soon as he asked us to turn around and point out the error in our ways, we politely did so. Interestingly enough, he prefered we all turn around, and go back through the road (which probably kicked up more dust, but that was his preference, and certainly his right). So we did, the local police was notified, and so we were stopped. Fortunately, the police did not hold up the entire group. A small group of us stayed behind to talk to the very very polite policeman who helped us understand the importance of the local crops, and asked us to be more understanding. An hour later, we were all on our way... no bribes, no threats, nothing whatsoever. On the flip side, we left with a new friend, the local chief of police.
As it turns out, in our conversations, he mentioned he was building a new Sports Center in town, primarily to focus on keeping the local kids busy, and engaged in good teaming type events. He mentioned they had both Soccer and Basketball fields, and was exremely excited.
Fast forward to September, and the Sr Chief in our trio of planners (aka Tom) got a SWEET hookup at a local sport store ( I believe Sports Authority) to cut us a deal on some soccer equipment. 15 or 16 Soccer balls, and 3 Full Size Net Setups I beleive was the total count of the goods.
So Tom, Chris and myself decide, playing hookey from work on a Friday and going to baja sounds like a NOT SO BAD idea.... and it was absolutely a blast. We got in touch with the chief, and he agreed to meet us up.... He took us to the local Sports Center, and needless to say was really happy about the donations. It was a blast...... we decided since we were in Mexico, a little RC action would be good!