Pacific Crossing Week One: March 20 - 27 - Adios Mexico!

The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes 

Strangers of people who should be friends.

Shirley MacLaine 

Idea of a sunset with green flash - - - nearly impossible to capture

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Mar 19 – Prep Day, Leaving God’s Waiting Room

Had appointment to check out of Mexico at 10am.

Customs came in at 10:30am but Immigration didn't come until 1:30pm.

We didn't leave God's Waiting Room until 2pm.

Escaping God’s Waiting Room

Half the fun of the travel is the aesthetic of lostness.

Ray Bradbury

"Why Not" (Por Que No)?

After providing our sailing résumés and waiting for a couple of weeks, we finally have been accepted by Lloyd’s of London Insurance to crew aboard sailing vessel Music.  At first it sounded very impressive, something akin to successfully going through a rite of passage, until we read their next question:

Tethered Nomads - Sailing vs the Ancestral Pueblo People

Go to Heaven for the climate,

Hell for the company.

Mark Twain 

Mesa Verde Ancient Pueblo People

From the book House of Rain by Craig Childs, we feel that the above expression best describes our way of life.  In his well researched manuscript, Childs refers to the Anasazi People (now called the Ancestral Pueblo People, Anasazi is somewhat a pejorative term) when he spoke of tethered nomads.