Our planned departure date is only 4 days away! We were in the La Cruz Marina the last 2 weeks for our final preparations and it has been an exciting time. Many of our friends who are also crossing this spring are in La Cruz and we have been all working together to get provisioned and ready for the Pacific Puddle Jump. Many of these boats are also family boats with kids. The kids move as a pack and there have been numerous days when we had 9 or 10 boys aged 7 - 12 hanging out on our boat playing video games or having nerf gun wars. Bear has been having a ball.
Today we moved back to Paradise Village Marina which has been our home for much of the last year. We have many friends here that we want to see before we leave. It is starting to feel a little wierd to think we will soon be leaving Mexico, and especially the Puerto Vallarta area, with no specific plan to return.
In the middle of all the mayhem of getting the boat ready, I had hernia surgery last Tuesday. I am healing well and will have my stitches out on Wednesday - the day before we are planing to leave! Ann says I will have the three week passage to heal! I had got to the point where I had to decide if I was going to "take it easy" to prevent further injury or to "take it easy" while healing. Now that it is over, I know we made the right decision. Once again, we experienced the quality, convenience and wonderful care of the Mexican health system. It makes one wonder why we can't figure it out in the USA.
Jeff and Lindy Howe arrive on Wednesday for the big crossing. With a good weather forecast, we'll be off on Thursday.
