A Synopsis of the Last Week

I, Kris, am taking the liberty of summarizing the craziness that has comprised the past ten or so days. Then we can get back to the usual news from the world travelers themselves.

David's Week: Casey drove David from Portland to a gut-wrenching three day visit with his mother in Coos Bay. (David stayed with his sister and bro-in-law.) After saying good-bye (clearly one of the hardest things he has ever had to do), David traveled to Sacramento via bus ("Never again") where he had breakfast with Cindy and Larry, who were coincidentally on their way home from skiing at Tahoe and were delighted to drive him to the airport. Marc picked David up in Long Beach and brought him to Laguna, where he spent four days picking up items required by Sidewinder and his lovely wife, Suzi (who phoned frequently to add to the list). He was able to see lots of his friends from Newport and Laguna and had lunch with Julie in San Clemente, so his trip can be best described as bittersweet. On Tuesday night Dave took the red-eye flight from LAX to Mexico City to Puerto Vallerta, where he was greeted by Suzi at the airport. He is happy to be basking in the warmth of Mexico.

Suzi's Week: Where did we leave off with Suzi? Ah, yes (see photo below): she was sampling tequilas with her friends from the yoga center. (Isn't there something oxymoronic about that?) She spent the rest of her time making new friends (two of whom took her on a night sail under a full moon on their catamaran), exercising (including riding on the new collapsible bikes), taking bus trips to nearby villages, talking to David and the Degens for free via Skype (download it for free, and you too can talk to the Sobolewskis on your computer), and taking care of Sidewinder to the best of her ability (which sometimes did not seem adequate, one of the many reasons she was so happy to have David back).