Our first "BOB" buddy

5/1 = Aguila, AZ (65 miles)
While in Aguila, we met our first "BOB buddy" along the trip: Benjamin from Seattle. He was traveling from California --> Louisiana to volunteer for the hurricane relief effort. We decided to camp together, so we traveled 4 blocks to the town park. The community became alive after the temps cooled off with Mexican music, kids playing, and others just hanging out. It was as if we were in a tiny Mexican village. After we rolled up, a curious group of boys hesitantly approached, inspecting my gear. After asking them a few questions, such as "do you like baseball?"; "which teams do you like?", to which they responded: "the Cardinals; Albert Pujols!", they warmed up and became squirrely boys asking a thousand questions. They all spoke Spanish (with English as a second language) so we were able to practice un poco espanol. Our blunders made them laugh as they patiently corrected our mistakes (sometimes with dirty words, we think). As more kids approached, we rounded up a game of kickball and frisbee while others curiously watched. They just didn't seem to want to leave us, so we had an audience while cooking dinner and setting up camp. After dinner the boys seemed to disappear one by one. We shared stories, maps, and information with Benjamin before heading to bed early, then said an early "adios" at 4am to our new friend.