Mexico Day 22: Is this normal?

San Cosme //

We’re all looking much more like ourselves this morning having had the opportunity for a full and uninterrupted night’s sleep. Our camp is perched up on a small cliff above the water’s edge so we all place our chairs along the rim of the cliff and watch the sun come up. Because we’re tucked into a narrow valley, the sun doesn’t get to the trucks until after 8am and by 3:00 it is disappearing behind the mountain to the west. This is limiting our solar production so I’m happy to hear from Mark when he tells me that we have plenty of power for all our needs.

After relishing some delicious breakfast tacos I retreat to our camper for much of the day. There’s work that needs to be done and the hermit in me is craving some alone time. It’s refreshing that I’m questioned by no one as to why I’m not socializing. This is why I love cohabitating with other full-time travelers. It’s understood that we each have our own wants and needs and lives to live. We easily join together when we want to hang out or do activities together and we easily divide when we have our own things to do. It’s all very effortless in this group.

Throughout the day the guys go out for multiple rounds of snorkeling and spear fishing. Mark tells me that he saw various kinds of fish, a few eels, and some jellyfish. I’m impressed that he continues to go back out and also happy with my decision to stay on land. Josh spears a Mexican hogfish that he generously offers to the entire group for dinner. After Josh cleans and fillets his catch, Adam cooks the fish while Josh and I prepare sides. We all enjoy a delicious dinner perched up on the cliff’s edge overlooking the ocean. I love when we meld our kitchens for community meals, the result is always something delicious.

Between all the work I did at my computer, talking to family back in the US, and the telehealth appointment I had with my doctor in Colorado, life feels very normal to me today. I often have to remind myself that living and traveling in a 40 square foot home on wheels is not normal. It’s certainly what Mark and I are best suited for however. This lifestyle brings out the best versions of ourselves. My brain so badly wants to know why that is, my heart tells me it doesn’t matter. We somehow managed to create a life we absolutely love and we know how lucky we are for that. And so I remind myself to savor it, embrace it, appreciate it. You never know when life has another thing coming.

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The nearby mountain cut into our solar production but the beautiful setting was worth it.
A Mexican hogfish that Josh speared and share with the group for dinner.
Everyone oohing and ahhing over the full moon rise and attempting to capture it on their phones.