Drive Chavo Drive!! Adios Sayulita

"What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing?-it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies."
Jack Kerouac-On The Road



In the spirit of Bilbo Baggins*..we are moving on with our adventure. I hated to leave Sayulita, it seemed like the nearly four weeks there sped by. I cannot even remember what we did each day...morning walks on the beach, coffee with friends, walks into town and, of course, the ocean and our books occupied our days. It was a gentle life and the best part was the people we met.

So of course it is hard to say goodbye. Here are some of the wonderful folks at the Sayulita trailer park (and I hope they don't mind me putting their picture in my blog)

She charmed her way into my heart...little Bronwyn was so delightful to watch.

Colin (Bronwyn's dad) and I ...I will miss our daily banter..A surfer from Yukon..Imagine that. 

Katie (Bronwyn's mom)..and not shown is baby Angus...She and Colin are on their one year parental leave. Canada knows how to treat new parents and families. 

We love this couple (Jen and Remi)...their sweet daughter Chaia is so beautiful and loves to read and make art.
They are living a very creative life...work in the movie industry in Vancouver and travel around the world. 

There is another family not shown here from Yukon who also are spending their parental leave in Mexico, Lyndsey and Greg and Cole and new baby Lucy. I will miss hearing Lucy's voice early each morning...and their coffee grinder.  They drove all the way from Whitehorse,Yukon to Mexico. 

So goodbye everyone..goodbye yoga friends, goodbye sister, goodbye basket maker on the beach (he made special hat for my gnome) goodbye bocci ball players, goodbye Toni and Scooter, goodbye wonderful conversations and laughter and goodbye to crazy village Sayulita.

Hot springs pool at Paarque Aquatico south of Guadalajara

Tom and Ruthie playing...

When we finally hit the road our language once again deteriorated to four letter words as busses sped by us and cars passed narrowly missing a crash. Things seemed to calm down as we went inland, but still the drive was through mountains and windy curves. It took us six hours (2 more than google maps said) to get to our destination. Parque Aquatico. It is a hot springs campground about 28 miles from Guadalajara and I know Tom was not thrilled today's drive. But, it is quiet, green, and the pools are pretty nice. We hope to get up early and swim before departing for Patzcuaro which we were told will take 7 hours. 

Lessons from Canadians

A year parental leave! Imagine that (for both parents)

Health care care for all...a wonderful thing (not perfect but still great)

It is a good thing for a country to care for its citizens (see above)

Travel!!!

Don't be so afraid of everything!

Trump is frightening for then, too!

What we are reading

I just finished Trump Revealed https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Revealed-Definitive-Biography-

President/dp/1501156527/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486606731&sr=8-1&keywords=trump+revealed

\(recommended to me by a Canadian ..Canadians know more about our political situation than we do. They are also terrified) Don't read this before going to bed..you will never sleep. 

Next book is: Salvation Boulevard by Larry Beinhart

 

Tom finished Sherman ALexie's book of short stories and  The Underground Railroad and is reading David McCullough's The Wright Brothers and a book Greta gave him The Association of Small Bombs a novel by Karan Mahajan

Play list

We listened to our 2016 favorite playlist from Spotify...Dolly Parton, Iris DeMent, Feist, and many other great artists.

*One of my heroes is Bilbo Baggins..who loved to stay home but was drawn to adventure. (he had many misadventures if you have read The Hobbit)