All is Well

I’ve begun to feel right at home on the (Spirit of) Nyami Nyami. I’m a Nyami Nyamian now! The speed and ease at which this has all taken place is really unbelievable…
Monday: Arrive in Cabo San Lucas, met by a long-time friend Santiago who graciously drives me to La Paz and gets us settled.
Tuesday: With a friend of Santiago’s, visit the 3 marinas in town getting the lay of the land and leaving my cards on notice boards.
Wednesday: Go on the morning VHF “net” where all the cruisers in the area chit chat about the goings on here. I announce myself and what I’m looking for. Meet Don and Ben on SoNN and spend the afternoon together. Dinner with the boys and their friends from the anchorage.
Thursday: Move aboard.
Friday: Projects on board during the day (organize the library, assist with making batons for our sail), host party aboard for 10 people Friday night. Party goes to the wee hours of the morning – great conversations and warm fuzzies all around.

It’s still too soon to say everything is going to be just perfect. We haven’t sailed together yet. But I have to say it all feels very right. We’re quickly turning into a happy little family, and I’m loving the instant camaraderie they (and now we) seem to have with the other boats. I feel like I fit, that I play a needed role, which is so important to me. I’m going to learn a lot about sailing and systems on board. Man I’m excited to go sailing.

The current plan is to head out to the islands nearby for a day or two, as a shakedown trip to check out our newly repaired autopilot, mainsail and fridge. Then we’ll head to Puerto Vallarta, which is about a 4 day trip. (La Cruz, specifically). How long we’ll be there is dependent on how quickly we get done what we need to on board. I think the main items on the agenda are to get a new main and sort out the particulars of the Puddle Jump which we are a registrant of.

I say this with a grain of salt, as again, I have no idea how this “leg” of my path is going to turn out, but if it continues it helps me to believe with even more certainty that we truly can realize our dreams and create our own realities.