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BY REN DRAKE HILLBY REN DRAKE HILL
A new social club comes to town
There is a new social club coming to Rosarito and Ensenada. Many of you may already qualify for member-ship, whether you know it or not. If you have a “laid back” attitude and enjoy having fun with people of a like mind, and escaping to the beach is your passion (why else would you live on a peninsula?) then you might be a Parrot Head.
That’s not an insult! Baja’s two newest Parrot Head Clubs are submitting their charter applications this November for inclusion into the Parrot
Heads in Paradise Inc., which was created back in 1994.
These clubs are more than another excuse to party. As Chapter President Larry Nor-man explained to me, their tag line is “Party with a purpose.” And we can “party with a purpose while supporting our community and have fun doing it!” Over the last 16 years, Parrot Head Clubs have contributed $53.5 million to charitable organizations all over the world, and members have donated 4.2 million
Pulling Together After the Fires
In October, fires ran ram-pant through areas of north-ern Baja. Several areas of Rosarito were hit hard. This article will focus on re-build-
ing operations that have come to my attention as of the first week of November. There may have been additional fires, and certainly more sources of
relief that haven’t yet come to light. But here’s what we know as of this writing:
We’ve already heard nu-merous accounts of indi-vidual suffering due to the tragic fires, so we need not reiterate those tragedies. Our focus here is to shed light on sources of relief and recovery.
The two main fire areas were in Rosarito in the Ejido Morelos/ Santa Anita del Mar area, about three miles east of the Rosarito Beach Hotel, where 20 – 30 homes burned. The other primary location is in La Mision, where approxi-mately 40 homes burned, many of which were owned by expats.
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State Employees "Seize" Kiko Vega's House. About 250 state workers gathered in front of Baja's former governor Kiko Vega and symbolically seized his residence.
The angry mob displayed gigantic signs that said "seized, because of his debt to the state hospital system, pensions,
medicine and even toilet pa-per".
The unhappy protestors first marched to the offices of the state prosecutor, where they filed a lawsuit against him for the misuse of about $46 million USD that belonged to the state workers union.
"There are over 5,000 retir-
ees who haven't received their pensions," said Jose Luis Parra, spokesman for the protestors.
Meanwhile in social media, news of the ex-governor’s ar-rest in Mexico City’s airport as he supposedly tried to board a plane to Spain with over $2 million USD in cash, quickly went viral, but turned out to be a complete fabrication.
San Quintin Could Be-come Its Own Municipality. Baja California’s State Gover-nor, Jaime Bonilla, asserted that as early as January, San Quintin could become inde-pendent from Ensenada. Bo-nilla said that this process had already been advanced and that previous work regarding this subject is just being re-sumed by his administration. Furthermore, he emphasized the full support from the state congress, and that Rep. Miriam Cano Núñez is working on the commission to attend to this
matter, confirming that soon San Quintin will be determin-ing its own destiny.
Also, during his visit to the southern area of Ensenada for the presentation of the concert “Baja California, Tierra que Sueña,” the song of the same name was performed, having been composed by Enrique González Medina especially for the occasion, the governor mentioned that the construc-tion of the desalination plant that has been held up for some time now will be reviewed and continued in San Quintin. He said that water is not only important for agricultural productivity, but also for urban social development.
Foreigners In Baja react to the LeBaron family attacks. Many American citizens re-acted to the LeBarón family massacre during interviews with Telemundo 20 about the violence in Mexico and whether or not this makes them want to return to their native countries from Mexico.
“It’s heartbreaking to see how people can hurt a 5-year-old boy,” said Ramón Salcedo of Indiana, who has lived in Tijuana for 3 three years.
Others said, “This level of violence is something that any-one can experience, regardless of their nationality; Mexicans, Americans, Hondurans, Hai-tians. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a safe environment. ”
However, despite the video where a car can be seen on fire, those interviewed say they do not want to return to North America. They recognize that violence is part of the sacrifice of living in Tijuana or else-where in Mexico.
Ensenada and Rosarito count up the damages done by recent fires. More than 21,000 acres were burned by the wildfires in various places around the Ensenada and Pla-yas de Rosarito municipalities, affecting mostly bushland and scrub land zones.
According to the civil pro-tection office, the southern part of Rosarito was the most heavily affected, primarily in
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Giving ThanksIt’s Time to Appreciate How Truly Blessed We Are
The spooks and ghouls of Halloween have gone into hiding; the departed loved ones who were honored dur-ing Day of the Dead await their next visit to their living counterparts.
The languid, lazy days of summer are over. School is back in session. Days are short,
and flu season is back with a vengeance.
So how do we deal with the crisp fall months and the promise of another winter season?
We go shopping, of course!Once upon a time (but
well before MY time, I’m fairly certain), each holiday was rep-resentative of a corresponding season and usually was rep-resentative of a religious (or spiritual) observance.
Now that we’ve become indoctrinated by the corporate guidelines of product release dates and numeric progres-sions (we’re up to iPhone 11 and Samsung Galaxy S-10), we know what Junior wants to find in his Christmas stocking well before the younger kids go trick-or-treating.
Nothing wrong with that. We’re evolving as a race. We
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want everyone to be happy and fulfilled.
But way back in our mem-ory banks the true meaning of each holiday still resides. We know that, well before our time, many people paid some significant dues in order to guarantee that we would have the freedom to worship and
to celebrate each and every holiday in whatever manner we so choose.
Thanksgiving is celebrated in countries other than the United States, but is generally accepted in each of them to be a time of recognizing and honoring a power greater than ourselves, a power that governs the seasons and the bounty of the earth itself, and is therefore respectfully paid tribute to by either fasting during lean times or feasting during successful ones.
Pilgrims and Puritans who emigrated from England in the 1620’s and 1630’s celebrated Days of Fasting and Days of Thanksgiving in their home country, and brought those traditions with them to their new home in North America.
In 1619, possibly the first Thanksgiving feast was cele-
brated by a group of 38 English settlers at Charles City County, Virginia. This event had been decreed as a religious celebra-tion in recognition of the grace of God, by whose blessing the travellers reached their desti-nation safely.
In 1621, another group of settlers celebrated at Plymouth Rock in what is now Massa-chusetts. They were fortunate in that the Native American Indians were generous and kind, and provided them with a bountiful feast to celebrate the success of their long jour-ney.
Subsequent celebrations
in New England included an-other celebration in Plymouth in 1623 and a Puritan holiday in Boston in 1631.
Up until 1682, religious leaders proclaimed that an-nual celebrations be held in reverence and appreciation for the bountiful gifts provided by successful harvests, most of which occurred well before
the November date which later became set as the last Thursday of each November.
As the first President of the United States, George Wash-ington decreed that November 26th be recognized as a nation-al holiday, “as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favours of Almighty God.”
Later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Thanksgiving a celebration to be held on the last Thursday of November, providing for a four-day holi-day for many workers and their families.
So here we are! As with many if not all of the tradi-
tional holidays, Thanksgiving has evolved into a shopping frenzy, this one happening just before Christmas. “Black Fri-day” has become an annual cir-cus during which adults flock to the brick-and-mortar retail outlets to fight each other over the latest gadget from Apple or Microsoft to place beneath the aluminum Christmas tree for their beloved children.
In reality, the beauty of Thanksgiving is that it is a time for family members to enjoy a brief reunion, to give thanks for their health and safety, and to enjoy a few days of relaxation away from the stress of the workplace and a return to the comfort of home, CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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Every Wednesday, 10:30 am – 12 pm; Speak Spanish Naturally with Erendira Abel at IMAC Li-brary. [email protected].
Every Wednesday, 10am - 12pm; Adult painting class at IMAC Rosarito in the main park. Bilingual instructor. 200 peso registration/ 300 pesos per month. [email protected]; Facebook/imacrosarito.
Every Wednesday, 7:30 – 9:00 am; Tai Chi classes with certified instructor Eugenio Encinas at Galeria Fausto Polanco Rosarito. 350 pesos per month. Alyce: 664-368-6733; Alberto: 661-125-9191.
Every Second Wednesday (except December). 10 am. Friends of the Library meeting at CEART Rosarito. Promotes reading and literacy in Rosarito. www.friendsofthelibrary.com.mx. 661-612-3659.
Every Third Wednesday of the Month (except December), Flying Samaritan’s General Meet-ing at Villas Del Mar (k 31.5). www.flyingsamaritansrosarito.org; [email protected]; 1-858-234-2360; 661-100-6066.
Every Third Wednesday (ex-cept December) 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Flying Samaritan’s Outrageous Bingo at Popotla Jr. Restaurant (across from El Nido - formerly California Fresh), Food and Drink specials; free parking be-hind restaurant; Six games, 4 cards for $10; Karen: [email protected]; (US) 1-818-515-0067l (MX) 664-609-3419.
Second and Fourth Wednes-day, 1 pm; Cruz Roja Primo Tapia Bingo at El Pescador Restaurant. 6 games/ 2 cards for $5. Reduced price menu; [email protected]; 1-623-217-9795.
Every other Thursday 12 pm; Baja Wordsmiths Writing group meets at L’Estancia Restaurant (turn at the wooden water wheel). Bring something to write with. RSVP to Facebook.com/ Baja Wordsmiths for date.
Every Thursday. 8:30 am.
Local Board of Realtors (APIR) meets at Oceana Grill. Good place for buyers or sellers to find a Realtor
Every Second Thursday. 10 am. Cruz Roja Volunteers, Ro-sarito Chapter General Meeting NOW at Beach Comber Rest. . www.cruzrojarosarito.org.mx;
President: Mary Moreno, [email protected].
Every Third Thursday. 10 am. General Meeting for FRAO, Foreign Residents Assistance Of-fice. Open to the public. Calafia Hotel. Speaker’s presentation. [email protected].
Every Friday, 12 - 2 pm; Adult painting class at IMAC Ro-sarito in the main park. Bilingual instructor. 200 pesos registra-tion/ 300 pesos monthly. IMAC [email protected]; Facebook/imacrosarito.
Every Monday and Friday (that is NOT a Mexican holiday) 11 am – 1 pm; Free beginner and intermediate Spanish Classes at the Palacio Municpal, through the FRAO office. Contact Liz for information: 661-614-9600, ext. 1080, or email: [email protected].
Every First Saturday. 10 am. United Society of Baja Califor-nia (USBC) general meeting at the Titanic Room of the Calafia Hotel. Good info for the English speaking community of charita-ble, community service and social organizations. www.unitedsoci-etyofbaja.org. 664-748-3949.
November 14, Thursday, 5 pm; Tragic to Magic Happy Dog fundraiser at Los Amigos
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Bar & Restaurant. $20 includes dinner and cocktail. Entertain-ment and karaoke begins at 7 pm.
November 16, Saturday, 12:30 – 3:30 pm; Harvest Jamboree and Holiday Food Drive at Vista Hermosa Resort (k43). All musicians welcome
to join the jam to fight hun-ger. Acoustic, blues, country, bluegrass, and Americana. Non-perishable food items and donations. Proceeds to support Hearts of Baja. www.BAHsociety.com.
November 16, Saturday, 1 pm; USBC Thanksgiving Pot-luck luncheon at La Maroma Bar. Members free/ Guests $5, plus dish to serve 8. Must sign up by November 14. RSVP: [email protected]; 1-619-997-0824.
November 16, Saturday, 6 pm; Rosarito Beach Hotel presents Viva la Revolution! With mariachi, folklorico, and entertainment by Sonora con Dinamita. $190 pesos, includes buffet. 661-612-1126 or 01-800-265-2322. www.rosaritobeachhotel.com.
November 16 & 17, Sat-urday & Sunday, 12 – 10 pm; Katrina Fest at IMAC Rosarito (behind CitiBanamex). Live entertainment all day. Face-book/ IMAC Rosarito.
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November 19, Tuesday, 3 pm; Hearts of Baja 4th Annual Toy Drive at Splash Restaurant. Entrance with unwrapped toy or $10. Buffet included. www.heartsofbaja.com.
November 22, Friday, 5 pm; Cenando Numero 5 din-ing event at Baja California Center. Tickets: $500 pesos at www.eventbrite.com. Tast-ings from local area hosted by CEMDI Metropolitano. Face-book/ CEMDI, 661-613-1382.
November 23, Saturday,
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The Heart of Baja annual 1000 Dolls and Balls toy drive has started! 1000 dolls, balls, and other toys are needed to help children of all ages enjoy Christmas, Donations will go to the children of local orphanages, and those on ranches, farms, and in the hills.
You may drop unwrapped gifts at Charly’s Place (k 37.5); Los Amigo’s Restaurant (k 30); Judith Douglas Spa (k 40); Click-on Mailroom (k 40.5); Vista Hermosa (k 43 – formerly Bobby’s by the Sea); La Paloma (k 28); Chubbies Restaurant; and Mata Ashta (San Antonio del Mar). You may even schedule a pick-up by calling 442-273-7348. If you don’t have the time or inclination to shop, donations may be made online at www.heartsofbaja.com. Remember, this is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charity, so all cash donations are tax deductible on your US tax returns.
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Larry said the Club’s Mis-sion Statement is to “promote friendship and organized ac-
tivities for people who share an affection for the tropical spirit of singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, and a desire to improve our community and environment through a vari-ety of volunteer efforts.” With all of the post-fire labor we’ve been engaged in, those hours can be useful to our local Parrot Head charitable expe-rience. The primary charities that will be supported by Ro-sarito and Ensenada chapters are Hearts of Baja and Blues Against Hunger Society, both well-established service orga-nizations.
The first organizational meeting for the Ensenada
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destroyed they are left with nothing. Most of them work for mere pesos to begin with, and In many cases the fires destroyed their means and implements of income, such as food preparation utensils or house-cleaning supplies.
Here are the Facebook or-ganizations that have come to my attention as of the Gringo Gazette publication deadline:
KSitas – on Facebook and www.ksitas.org; a 501c3 non-profit organization. Funds may be donated to https://ksi-tas.org/bajacampaigns. 100% of the money donated will go to building supplies and labor for rebuilding homes.
Colectivo Surf Brew Com-pany (above White Horse Liquors) and local artist Jai-me Carbo spearheaded this group. An auction of some of Jaime’s artwork is scheduled to aid the rebuilding effort. The first house is nearly fin-
ished, at a cost of about $6000 (USD). Their website is an ex-cellent source of relief efforts.
Facebook: Baja Fire Vic-tims – Led by Jackie Alam-eda (Of Baja Blues Fest) and Lisa Marlott, their group is working to rebuild 30 homes. They’re appealing to the pub-lic for food items, toiletries, diapers, building materials, medical supplies, blankets and sleeping bags. www.gofund-me.com/f/baja-fire-Victims is their website. For more In-formation please call: 1-858-790-2380.
Facebook: La Mision Fire Relief Fund – and https://openarmsmexico.org. Led by Daniel and Heidi Elizarraraz, Directors. You may donate at the website through PayPal or with a credit card. Checks may be sent to Open Arms, PO Box 6605, Chula Vista, CA 91909. All donations are tax-deductible. Phone: 1-619-882-9001 or 01152-646-255-0858. Check their website for infor-mation on how to donate.
Kumiai Fire Relief Drive – to help our indigenous “first people” in the hills. Needed are non-perishable food, water, clothes, blankets, toiletries, wood, pet feed and cash. Drop off points are at Kumeyaay Community Col-lege, Monday-Friday, 10 am – 4 pm and Saturday / Sunday 10 am – 2 pm. Manzanita Ac-tivity Center Monday – Friday 10 am – 2 pm, and Viejas Recreational Center, Monday – Friday 8 am – 8 pm. Contact Martha Rodriguez 760-445-7726 for information. Also Grace Sesma, 720-363-6034, and Brooke Baines, US 1-619-
519-8264.I must caution you about
Go Fund Me pages where you are not personally knowledge-able of the person in charge. These may be used for good or for evil purposes. If you know the person or group hosting the page, by all means
feel free to contribute, but tragedy attracts creeps who take advantage of the situation for their own personal enrich-ment. Make sure you know your money is being used for the purpose you intended.
There will certainly be more groups forthcoming. Please share through your so-cial media, or by personal ref-erence. Much help is needed. You may also take donations of clothing, household goods, etc. to the local Cruz Roja Thrift Stores in Rosarito and Primo Tapia, which help our community year-round.
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1. Diana Lopez 19 years old, student.
Mine is “Del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho” it translates roughly to “there’s a long way from words to ac-tion” and I like it because it’s easier to say one will do some-thing but when it comes to actually doing it, we face ob-stacles that we didn't know we would encounter. The person who carries out what they said makes an honorable person. It reminds us to fulfill what we say.
2. Juan Montes, 55 years
old, business owner.“Más sabe el diablo por
viejo, que por diablo.” And it translates to “The devil knows more by being old than by be-ing the devil.” I like it because in this life the one who knows more will always be the eldest rather
than the one who thinks he knows it all.
3. Mariana Cardenas, 52 years old, housekeeper.
My favorite is “El que por gusto es buey, hasta la yunta
lame” (there is a play on words here, “buey” is played as “wey” it sometimes can mean stupid) which literally translates to “He, who by his own liking/choosing is an Ox (jackass, an animal of bur-den), even the very rope he licks/kisses." I like it because there are some people who we can’t help and there’s no way we can even try because they are comfortable in their mistake, or are being taken
advantage of and don’t realize or turn a blind eye.
4. Alfredo Hernandez, 30 years old, waste manager.
The one I like the most is “No hay fecha que no llegue
ni plazo que no se cumpla,” which translates to “no date is unreachable or deadline is not met.” I like it simply be-cause time is so powerful and flowing, nothing and no one is exempt from its voracious-ness. Money, power and social status can’t help either, that makes us all equally human and vulnerable.
5. Adriana Hurtado, 41 years old, housewife.
“Ojo por ojo…” which means “eye for an eye” has to be my favorite, because when someone does something to you, you do it right back in the same scale, as revenge. I do not like it though, I don’t believe in doing wrong to any-one, but what I do like is the fact that the actions should be equal.
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6. Nora García, 25 years old, store clerk.
“Farol de la calle oscu-ridad de su casa” which kind of translates to “light of the Street, darkness at home” is the best dicho out there, and recently is being more rel-evant. I like it because lately, I’ve seen women who dress up and do their makeup re-ally nice but their homes are not exactly clean, they live in a mess. ,
What is your favorite Mexican dicho and why?A little background: Mexicans LOVE their dichos (rhymes with nachos and ponchos). They’re short charming phrases; full of wisdom, often said by the eldest in the family and passed down to the younger generations. Some may contain heavy language but in the least offensive way possible, it’s just that some of them are not the same without swearwords.
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Santa Anita, Alisitos, El Morro, Villas San Pedro and La Mis-ion, where one person died, and several livestock were lost due to the fires driven by strong Santa Ana winds.
Other affected areas in Rosarito were Morelos neigh-borhood, Lomas Altas I and II, El Aguajito, Huahuatay, and Constitución. The fires left a total of 41 burned houses in southern Rosarito and another 15 in the city. Meanwhile in Ensenada, a total of 53 houses were consumed by fire and unfortunately, two people died.
Uber Eats Delivers Goods. A group of voluntary Uber Eats drivers from Tijuana came to Rosarito to deliver much-needed goods to those affected by the recent fires.
At the same time these guys were helping out those in need, Uber drivers were being
harassed by local authorities because they say, Uber is not allowed in Rosarito. One of these drivers was fined by no less than 6 police officers while his car was towed away.
Backup Arrives. 200 el-ements from the National Guard arrived last week to the Tijuana airport in order to help with intelligence and investiga-tion matters in Baja.
Violence in Baja has been
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on the rise and this military presence represents an extra effort by the Federal govern-ment to achieve containment of the situation.
“They aren’t coming here to be on the streets, they are com-ing to do intelligence work, to help integrate cases correctly and stop violence in the state,” said Ruiz Hernandez, lead prosecutor for Baja California.
50 of those national guard elements are working exclu-sively on firearms traffic, in-dependently of the agreements between Mexico and the US regarding this matter. ,
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sweet home.Although Thanksgiving
is not officially a holiday in Mexico, many expats living in the Mediterranean warmth and security of Baja celebrate here anyway.
Many restaurants have Thanksgiving specials, cater-ing to the people who cherish that holiday as a time to take stock of their many blessings and give thanks accordingly.
Also, as Thanksgiving is a signpost that Christmas is almost upon us, many people show their appreciation for their good fortune by donating to local shelters, orphanages and institutions such as Cruz
Roja.Giving thanks by giving
back is the most spiritual way one can show his or her appre-ciation for the good life here in Baja. ,
chapter is 4 pm on Novem-ber 12th at the Hotel Coral and Marina, and in Rosarito November 14th at the Club at Number 18, Pikin Zip Line Park at 4 pm.
Both meetings will be fol-lowed by a free three-hour concert by Mike Nash, one of Nashville’s top artists. The Parrot Head clubs will meet every month on the first Tues-day in Ensenada and first Thursday in Rosarito, with “It’s 5 o’clock” social hours to follow. Concerts will be per-formed every three months.
Mike Nash has played with Jimmy Buffet, Charlie Daniels, and Lynyrd Skynrd, among others. He tours the United
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States, including Alaska, every year in his motor home. Larry convinced him to come down to Baja since he was going to be in San Diego on his Stay Thirsty 2020 Winter Tour anyway.
I visited the Rosarito Chapter clubhouse, which is in Larry’s home, and has been renovated to include two in-door bars, comfy concert seat-ing, fully stocked kitchen, and an outdoor bandstand with beautiful ocean backdrop.
Membership is $20, and Larry hopes to have 40 Char-ter Members signed up during the first two meetings. If you miss the meetings, you can attend any one of the monthly gatherings.
Contact Larry at [email protected] or at US 1-619-554-2438 with any questions or to RSVP. In time Larry would like to see more Parrot Head Clubs in Baja than there are in California (which has 6).
“So why ‘Parrot Head?’” Originally it was said to be as
“Dead Heads” followed the Grateful Dead, Buffet fans followed the message of Buf-fet’s music. For some reason, these fans took to wearing stuffed parrots on their heads at concerts.
If this story has you hum-ming “Margaritaville,” you just might be a Parrot Head. ,
November 11, 20198
You’re InvitedPrivate Open House Sharp Experience for Baja Expatriates
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center751 Medical Center Court, Chula Vista, CA, 91911
Saturday, December 7, 2019 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Registration Required Call: +1-858-499-4962 or E-Mail: [email protected]
You’re invited to be among the first to go behind the scenes at the next-generation Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center. Come experience our extraordinary new hospital tower before it opens to the public in January 2020.
• Large, private patient rooms with ocean and mountain views• Entire floors dedicated to specialized cardiac, stroke and cancer care• State-of-the-art surgical suites, including our region’s only hybrid procedure room for advanced
cardiovascular procedures• An indoor/outdoor rooftop café
Meet the doctors and staff delivering world-class care to the growing binational communities of San Diego’s South Bay and Baja Norte regions, plus enjoy exclusive tours, a light lunch and more. Round-trip ground transportation will be provided at no charge from Ensenada and Rosarito. Transportation details will be provided at the time of registration. If you are planning to drive to the event, registration is still required.