We made it; we are finally here in a small Mexican surf town
called Sayulita. Sayulita is just like Steamboat sunny and beautiful. Instead
of the great view of the mountains covered in snow, we get to look at the
amazing beach, sand, and the ocean. People are very helpful and friendly.
Instead of skis and snowboards they carry around their surfboards. Time is of
no concern. If you can’t get to it today, there is always manana…
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| Sayulita, Mx |
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| Bill and Maya Cruising |
We arrived to Sayulita on Monday evening, March 12th and have been here enjoying the beach and the warm
weather. We are camping in our friends backyard in a big tent we nicknamed
“Taj Mahal.” Our friends, Bill, Anne, and Maya are also from Steamboat; they
have been in Mexico since June 2011 and they have been very helpful to us. Maya
is an awesome kid; at four years old she swims like a fish, speaks Spanish, and
has a ton of energy. Que chica! She even tried our stand up paddle boat and did
great.
Life is easy here in Sayulita. We get up when we want or
whenever the roosters get us up; there are literally hundreds of them living
behind “Taj Mahal” in the neighborhood running around. Aaron says that one of these days we will have rooster for
dinner. Later we go for a run or walk on the beach, pick up pastries and fruit
on the way back, make smoothies for breakfast, and go to the beach again to
surf or paddle board till late afternoon. We read books, study Spanish, check
our emails, upload pictures, grab tacos and beer for dinner, and then go to
bed. Next day… we get to do it all over again. We never knew life could be that
easy!
It took us a while to get to our destination, but the long
months of preparation and a few weeks of driving finally paid off. We left
Steamboat Springs, Colorado on Monday, February 27th in the morning.
It was about three degrees Fahrenheit when we got in our black Nissan
Pathfinder and left our friend Jim’s house (he was very nice to let us stay
with him for a couple of months while we were getting ready for our trip). We
were wearing our puffy jackets, fleece pants, and gloves, and we could barely
fit in the truck with all our belongings and the surfboard in the middle. Right
after we left, we had to make a stop at our storage unit in Steamboat; we
realized we had to drop some weight and leave some things behind. Eleven hours
later we were shedding layers as we crested the hill and saw the sparkly lights
of Las Vegas.
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| Las Vegas Baby!!! |
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| Hair Cut time by the pro, not really |
We stayed in Vegas with Aaron’s uncle Mark and his wife
Rebecca for over a week enjoying some quality time with them. It turns out they have done the same thing 25 years
ago; they lived out of their van, the Vanyo, in Mexico for four months. In Las
Vegas we got the truck ready for our trip; purchased new tires, windshield, new
battery, tinted the windows, and again repacked our belongings (more of that to come). It’s
amazing how much you can actually fit into a small SUV! “This will be our home
for the next several months” we thought.
Our next stop was the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is
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