Your contributions needed

for Boquillas relief

HV INT' L HQ - Events of September 11th had a chilling effect in unexpected places. Take Boquillas, Mexico, for example.
This tiny Mexican village is across the Rio Grande River from Big Bend National Park. For decades, a small, man-powered ferry took park visitors across the border to visit the small community. You could wash down the desert dust with a beer or shot of tequila. Most of the villagers made their meager living from catering to tourists or providing the souvenir items that were clutched on the trip back macros the border.
After September 11th, that all changed. The informal border crossing was closed, and signs all over Big Bend National Park warn visitors to stay on this side of the border. The nearest border crossing is hours away.
Now, the citizens of Boquillas are cut off from their primary income and the village is in danger of dying.
"Many of the citizens of Boquillas have turned to earning dollars from contraband just to survive there," says HV Adventurer Carroll Voss.
Carroll also is director of the Big Bend 50 Ultra Run and a member of the board of Friends of Big Bend National Park.
Carroll is collecting relief supplies to help out. You may drop off your contributions at Fleet Feet Sports, 6408 N. New Braunfels Ave., in San Antonio.
"We are collecting dry beans, masa harina, pots, pans, canned goods, can openers, clothing, and tarpaulins'"says Carroll. "Yes, they love tarps."
"My fellow (Friends of Big Bend National Park) board member Mike Mc Shane has delivered food, and clothing to a certain family over the last couple of years on his own," explains Carroll.
The family Mike helps works for one of the local Mexican ranchers and earns an honest living to support the family.
The transfer will be made later this month on the U.S. side of the border.
"They will be coming over to 'our side' and we will not leave the country," says Carroll. "I repeat; we will not leave the country."
Carroll says his youngest daughter, Nancy Marie Traylor Voss, will be accompanying him, along with Mike and his family.

NOTE: This is not an official activity of the National Park Service, Friends of Big Bend National Park or Big Bend 50 Ultra Run.

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Rose Tile Box from Haricot Vert Commissary

Shop HV Commissary
for
Graduates, Weddings
and Father's Day

HV COMMISSARY HQ - There's a whole treasure trove of items just right for dad, the bride or graduates at the Haricot Vert Online Commissary.

The site offers mugs, t-shirts, tops, boxers, clocks and thongs. Each item has your choice of the Haricot Vert Expeditions seal, the shaman logo or just the shaman himself. Many have a combination of those designs.

You certainly can find something for the bride in Rose's Stuff . This new section celebrates our mythical Rose, fellow adventurer and a woman you can always trust to have your back. It features a collection of floral designs.

The commissary is offered through Cafepress.com It features secure online shopping and they back up everything you buy from the HV Commissary with a 30-day money back guarantee.

Parents and those with children on their shopping lists will be pleased to hear there are many items for the rug rats. If the little ones around your house tend to the four-footed variety, you also will find one or two items for pets.

"If you don't see what you want," says HV Quartermaster Lee Dunkelberg, "or if you want a design combination not offered, just shoot me an e-mail and we'll get to work on it at once."

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