Mar 10, 2016
An intense 26 hours
I left yesterday at 12 noon and returned about 2:20PM today. In that time I have had only 5 hours of sleep. Twenty one of those hours were spent either speaking with a wide variety of engaging and intriguing people or listening to some of the most brilliant and emotionally rich music I have ever been privileged to listen to.
Or course it was great to spend time with mi amore Colin. I have been to Culiacan before but Colin showed me an intense 90 minute walking tour of centro before we had to return to out hotel and prepare for the concert.
The lovely mercardo in centro. Much narrower aisles then the one here In Mazatlan but cleaner and overall nicer looking.
We had a bit of private time and a small snack here.
The view from our room at the Ramada Inn on the 7th floor.
It was a spectacular visit and concert and I will address that in more detail in the next post. I just wanted to let you know that I am back and that the girls are just fine. Caeli saw me first but wasn’t too interested in greeting me. She had already bonded with her sitters. Colin and I have often said that if something happened to us that she would very quickly adapt with whomever she found herself with. Carmeh on the other hand was frantic in her greeting. I had to hold her for a very long time and when I finally put her down she yet again wanted to be held. That is not her normal persona. She even leaned her head into my chest. I have been home for 5 hours now and she won’t let me out of her sight. Carmeh would not adapt to anyone but us. I was pleased overall to discover that they did eat and did heed the sitters.
Linda and Kevin dropped me off and had to leave right away due to another commitment. The sitters left within ten minutes of my arrival and suddenly I found myself alone with the girls. I was happy to see and hug my girls but suddenly I became very sad and emotional. I was moved to tears and I wanted to be with Colin. It did not take long for me to figure out that I was going through a decompression of the high I had been enjoying the last 26 hours. I am normally just fine on my own but the difference between the intensity of emotion and wonderful moments of my visit and the sudden silence and isolation made me feel abandoned.
The girls and I had a long late afternoon beach walk, then they slept for a long time in a very deep sleep. That made me wonder how much they slept last night. Typing this post has steadied my emotions. It is rather difficult not being able to contact Colin and hear his voice. He is so involved with the Guitar Festival that he only has time to send me 3 or 4 quick sentences over the day.
I am currently enjoying a lovely 2012 Chilean Select Terroir Sauvignon Blanc by Santa Ema that I picked up in Culiacan but only had time for a glass while there. Needless to say I carted it home and it is simply splendid now that I have re chilled it.
Happily back in my leisurely groove here on the Isla.
Guess what 😯 ‘The Road’ is about 99% paved. We left via the beach and returned on the road and we were surprised to see the final paying happening. Perhaps just 1/4 mile left to go.
I remains cool and windy here. Apparently 25 states here in Mexico were affected by this storm. Hopefully we will be returning to some much warmer temperatures in a few days.
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We just returned from San Miguel on the first of March, now there has been snow there. Funny that we have all had the crazy windstorms at the same time on the coadt and the highlands and here in Vancouver, BC.
The wine sounds really good. With the road paved, I guess people wanting to go to the isla had better reserve early 🙂
Looks like you had a great trip!