Elimination!

We are back in Maine. We have one month exactly to get our lives down to a few boxes and a couple of bags. I'm curious to see if we can make that happen. James and I are both attached to our books....and I don't mean novels- we have our own different interests, with many many reference books on different subjects. I am curious to see how to narrow those down. We are going to get rid of all of our furniture- as we can come by that easily in Mexico, and what's the point in moving it all 5,000 miles?

Horse grazing at Las Palmas

   Our final days in Todos Santos were great. We had a couple more play dates with new friends made on our trip, some really great folks to connect with, with kids that Parula and Sorrel had a blast playing with. We also got to spend some more time at our favorite beach, Las Palmas. The last time we were there we saw a dead sea turtle, a bunch of jelly fish, and some horses grazing on plants on the edge of the beach. I miss the smell of the desert and the fresh spray from the ocean. mmmm. Our last sunset James and I went to the roof deck on the house and watched the Nighthawks catching insects in the orange glow of evening.

Moon at sunset

   Traveling back to Boston- it is amazing how people are "herded" through customs. I really do feel like just another number, zigzagging through lines and waiting my turn, then waiting for them to riffle through my luggage, then waiting in more lines to go through security once again (because they clearly think something has taken place between one line to the next). I overheard Parula and Sorrel playing yesterday, saying "get your passports ready". Our plane from Houston to Boston had satellite TV at every seat (of course it wasn't free). Maybe that is common now, but I haven't done much flying in the past 5 years of my life- that was very shocking to me! We made it back to Maine on day 2 of our travel, everything in tact, but missing the booster seats for the car, those just arrived today. We seem to have a bit of trouble adjusting to the time change of 2 hours, we woke up at 9 this morning after going to bed at 12- a little off from the norm, oh well!

Coastal mainland Mexico from the sky- loaded with aquaculture

   

So now our plan- eliminate the STUFF, move out of our house by July 31, (in the mean time sell our house in Belfast....it seems we may be close...), visit family and friends in PA and CT, go to NYC for my second body rolling training and certification, and then the end of August head west in the camper van. James is currently re-building the entire inside of the van, installing solar panels on the roof to ensure our house battery will be charged so we don't have to be at a campground plugged in. We will then head to Todos Santos by late September, once we've meandered around the west a bit. We will be wanderers for a while, but it will be an adventure! We have not figured out exactly what we will do with the "stuff" we are going to take with us, but that is for us to figure out this month!