I've had this unsettled feeling for a while now. Well, that's stupid - I'm unsettled because I'm unsettled; I'm a transient in the most literal sense of the word. But this unsettled feeling had a lot to do with not knowing whether or not I was doing the right thing in continuing this trip all the way to Florida. I've felt for a few months that I was just unable to rush - I really wanted to stop, meet people, dive, fish, eat in lots of different palapas and cantinas; I wanted to cruise. And I've done that, to some extent. So I guess the unsettling feeling was that somewhere deep down I knew that now - or the next couple months - is not the right time to finish this trip. There are too many things pulling me: my job responsibilities; my need to spend a couple weeks of every 5 or 6 visiting the boys; my unsold home and its contribution to my dwindling (gone) finances; all compounded by my need to take it easy and enjoy the journey.So, with the counsel of my business partners and R, I've decided that turning around and heading back to California is what makes sense right now. There will be plenty of time to travel, and to cruise with a more flexible schedule. My responsibilities right now are to be more accessible to the boys for phone calls, emails and visits. And to be more accessible to my business partners and our employees as we attempt to turn this business into "the next big thing." We're close on the business front, and the boys are doing great. Me being in Florida full-time would actually throw things into a blender as we worry about where I live and shuffle the boys from house to house every week.So, back north I go. I will stay here in Manzanillo for 3 more days and attend Al and Yvette's wedding (they're on Sailfisher), and then I'll make my way back slowly to Puerto Vallarta or La Cruz by March 22 or 23. From there, I'll travel inland to Guadalajara for a couple days and then fly out of Guadalajara March 28th to Florida for a long visit with the boys on their Spring Break, and then return to the boat on April 10, where hopefully some friends will join me for a cruise north to Mazatlan, re-visiting San Blas and Isla Isabella, and visiting a couple places I missed on the way down, like Chacala.After the hop across the Sea to Cabo, it will be an uphill slog, the "Baja Bash" all the way to Ensenada where I'll check out of Mexico, and then back to San Diego where I'll re-evaluate my next semi-permanent mooring. San Diego, LA, San Francisco... who knows? Maybe even something like Santa Barbara or Monterey. It's sort of exciting. For a while, anyway, California is my oyster.TT
