Sleep When You Die

The days are longer now, with nothing to do but wait. I am reminiscent of our last attempt of leaving the country via RV through Mexico and the waiting game that we played last time. I should be grateful that this wait should be done by Saturday morning, whereas last time, we waited for 5 weeks in New Mexico for a title to our RV that never came, only to find that when we crossed the border, we didn't need it anyways! Funny how screwy life is sometimes, or rather how silly you can feel when you make a plan. That being said, here is our plan for the next few days.

We will leave Saturday morning. Guess that's what happens. I wanted to leave this past Monday, December 10th and now it will be Saturday, December 15th. Ce la vie! Our first port of call will be the LA area for up to three visits. Hopefully we can link up with my sister and her husband who live in Irvine, Jahsiah's friend Nik, who is in Hollywood, and our friend Joe, out in Redlands. We're going to try to make it work to see them all, which shouldn't be too hard as we are hoping to leave at 9am at the latest on Saturday morning, which puts us in LA around 3pm that afternoon. Then after one last night in California, we will head East, to the Extended Stay America in Sierra Vista Arizona. Not the nicest digs, but the nicest that our modest budget will afford for a cohort of 3 people and 2 dogs. After our luxuorious night in Sierra Vista, we will drop South to the Border!!!!!!

Copper Canyon, Mexico

Crossing the border at the Douglas/Aguas Prieta, our first Mexican destination will be the beach town of Guaymas, along the Gulf of California. New waters for all 5 travelers. The drive from Douglas to Guaymas is about 6 hours, according to Google maps, so we will be crossing the border at 8am, at the latest, to ensure we arrive before dusk to Guaymas. From there, we have two objectives. The first is to make a journey inland to Copper Canyon, a canyon system in the Sierra Madre that overall is larger and at parts, deeper than the Grand Canyon. Other than this little stint, we will mostly be hugging the coast, so this will be our chance to see some non-beach terrain. Our second objective is reach Zihuatanejo to meet up with my sister and company, who will be celebrating her 30th birthday. Time is getting short with this objective happening, but I remain hopeful. The reason I had wanted to leave on December 10th was to ensure plenty of travel time to join up with my family. The reality is that we have been delayed a full week. I'm not sure how it will play out, but I won't let myself get down, not now.

I have already warned Jahsiah and Timmy that I will be a bit of a tyrant on the first few days of our trip, making sure we stick to early morning departures and early evening arrivals. We have the short days of winter working against us in terms of driving time and I want to make sure that the lackadaisical beach time is complimented by the ardent departing of the United States. I will be the annoying one waking people up at 6am on Monday morning. But really, what's a little early wake up when you have an adventure to take? My thoughts are: You can sleep when you die.

So that's the new GP. GP stands for Game Plan, in case you didn't know. Keep your fingers crossed that we get our good car news tomorrow, Friday, morning. That will be the deciding factor. We need positive thoughts now, in a big way.

“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu