Off to the Sea!

We’ve been back in La Paz a month and four days. We accomplished almost everything we set out to do:

• experience Carneval
• do taxes
• take Spanish classes
• get our residence cards from Ensenada
• socialize with other boaters and boat kids
• visit friends from Washington vacationing here
• get a few blog posts and a video up
• download lots of new books and apps
• provision and prep for two and half months out in the Sea
• and, of course, complete a whole host of boat projects: clean the hull and the deck, fix the forward head, do engine maintenance, fix broken windows, better organize the cockpit, install fishing pole holders and do fishing research, wire up new fans and a charging port, and install a new bilge pump.

Whew. All that is to say that we’re tired. Our month here was full. Full of chores, full of projects, full of people. And it’s been wonderful. Kind of hot, but wonderful.

And now we’re ready to hit the islands again. To slow life down. To explore the underwater world. To catch some fish. To pretend boulders are spaceships. To be back out In the Wilderness.

We’ve just stuffed the boat with food, filled up the fuel tanks, and are now headed north in a beautiful 14 knot wind. The kids are giddy, we are excited, and we’re all looking forward to the turquoise waters, red rocks, and marine animals awaiting us!

I’ll post updates as I can, but data and cell coverage is pretty scarce out there. At least know that I’ll be writing, even if it takes a while to appear online. In the mean time, here’s a link to a video of our trip down the Pacific Coast of Baja. I look back on that difficult trip and realize just how far we’ve come as a family since then. Things still aren’t easy (is parenting young children ever easy?), but I think we’re slowly finding our groove… 10 months in. And that is certainly a reminder that life is all about the journey and how we develop and change as part of that journey. So, here’s to the journey of the next few months and everything that time will bring!