The Tipping Point

It may not have started here, the desire to move to Sayulita, but I believe it was certainly the tipping point that made the decision a relatively easy one for me. The first 10 minutes of the animated movie "Up" tells of a couple who met as children, grew up, married and hoped to have a lifetime of adventures together. One thing or another got in the way and they never got around to it and in old age the wife falls ill, passes away leaving the husband alone. Before she does she encourages the husband to go and experience the adventures they never went on.

Before you know it, opportunities for "adventures" will be gone. A wake up call in an unlikely place or just in the right place with the right DVD? The kids, Alex and Trace, will adapt and Ash was relatively easy to convince since she can commute and alter her schedule with Delta Airlines. My construction job ends late summer/early fall and the timing of that makes fall 2010 the departure date for our family's first real "Adventure". But first, preparations.