10 Days Gone

I have met up with the skipper of the boat that I am going to be on and I am going to be staying with him tonight at his apartment.

We will be leaving early tomorrow morning (Monday 10/29/07) for San Quintin in Mexico where the boat is currently ported. There will be a total of four of us on the boat which is 28' long. Basically it means tight quarters. As I type, the skipper, Walter, is making phone calls trying to get the motor on the boat fixed. Even if the motor is not working we are still going to be sailing. Should be an interesting experience. According to what Walter is saying, we will be on the boat for a total of 10 days, in which case I will probably not be able to update my blog for a while. At least 10 days, possibly more. I am not sure if I am going to have access to a computer and internet once I get down into Cabo San Lucas.

My main goal once in Cabo is going to be finding a boat that I can crew on that is headed to Puerto Vallarta. PV is where a lot of boats that want to sail into the South Pacific congregate before heading out to sea.

I am having reservations about being disconnected from everything for an extended period of time. I have never been in a situation where I could not pick up the phone to talk to those that I miss. I guess it goes back to that old saying; you never know what you have until it is gone (or something like that).

Slow Boat to China

As most of you know I have officially left for my travels. I am currently in San Diego staying with my cousin Jesse and his wife Kristen along with their cats. I was originally going to be staying with my friend Peggy in San Diego, however, due to the wild fires that are still burning in the area, she departed for LA. She will be coming back tomorrow (Sunday, 10/28/07) and hopefully I will be able to see her before I leave on Monday. Thank you Jesse and Kristen for allowing me to stay with you even at such a late notice.

My flight to San Diego went okay. I flew South West from Oakland to the San Diego Airport. The flight was supposed to be only a little over an hour long but it ended up being about 2 hours and some change due to low lying fog that was covering all of San Diego early Friday morning. We were fortunate though and were able to land safely at San Diego. At first they were going to reroute us to Las Vegas which would have put a little damper on my plans; thankfully, I did not have to deal with that. I was also lucky that my cousin, Will, was also visiting and he was able to pick me up from the airport even at such an ungodly hour. Thanks Will, I appreciate it.

It has been nice staying here visiting family. I actually do not feel like I am doing anything adventurous at all. It simply feels like I am visiting family, which of course I am. I find it hard to fathom that in only a few short hours I will be on a sailboat with 2 possibly 3 people I have never met before in my life. I hope they are nice people.

I am unsure where I will be sleeping tomorrow night. I am gong to be meeting the skipper of the sailboat tomorrow for sure, but I do not know if I am going to then stay with him or what is going to happen. The unknown is surely unnerving, and there are a lot of unknowns when it comes to my trip. I think that is why it is so stressful for me most of the time. A lot of people keep asking me if I am excited for my trip; I will be excited when I know for sure where I am going to be and what I am going to be doing. I find it difficult to be excited about the unknown possibilities that lie ahead. I am excited that I am not at work though. It makes me smile every time I think that right now I could be working.

I await the day when I wake up for work, then smile.

San Diego Pictures

Here is a link to some pictures that I took while in San Diego:

San Diego

I have also recently updated my Color and Black and White albums. Take a look:

Color

Black and White