It all started in a fever dream on a small sailboat off the coast of Jalisco. Our friends set off a few months earlier to travel the world by sea. My husband and I joined them in southern Mexico for the first week of 2018. It was a time of transition in our lives, and we looked to the trip for tranquil respite on the cheap as we tried to figure out what came next. The journey to meet them was long; we flew into Puerto Vallarta and then traveled several hours by bus.