Cabo San Lucas

On April 10th we left for a week-long stay to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico!  We had a companion fare deal from Alaska that allowed us to book a flight and take a companion for $99, so we thought that a week in the Cabo sun was just the thing to do!  

After all, our life is so stressful!!  Not!!  We found a condo rental three blocks from the beach so we were all set.  We had been to Cabo once before, for a 4 hour cruise stop in 2002.  It's changed a bit!  Cabo is located on the peninsula between the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific ocean.  The weather was gorgeous - mid to high 80's with a nice ocean  breeze.

We had lots of quality beach time, took lots of long walks, including going over to the Pacific side of Cabo and wonderful afternoons at the pool! We took a glass bottom boat on a tour around Lands End.   We were careful not to drink the water so we relied on cerveza as drink of choice.  We found a great little Cantina that had fabulous food with outdoor dining and we ate there several times.  

We hit the end of spring break, so our airplane was filled with young people who could hardly wait to get to Cabo and begin behaving badly!  Apparently the activity of choice is to drink as much as you can at all times!  We realized that we are old!

All in all a wonderful trip!  Cabo is still on our "to do" list, although we'll probably steer clear of spring break!

Looking down Medano beach toward San Jose Del Cabo

The beach scene!  Happy hour extended from 7 am to 7 pm!

The Sea of Cortez looking out to Lands End

Cruise ships!  Celebrity, Carnival and Holland America were all docked in the area near the harbor.  Visitors to Cabo were "tendered" into the town.

Along the waterfront harbor area.  The pelicans have claimed these boats to roost in

They make disposing of trash fun!

The pirate ship Sunderland

Off for an ocean cruise

This group of dancers were performing in one of the squares on the harbor

A very popular spot!  Lee and I had dinner at Senor Frog's in Mazatlan in the late '70s

Medano Beach, looking down towards the Riu Palace - this is where we'll stay when we win the lottery!  You can come, too!

The Riu is "all inclusive" - all food, all drinks and entertainment are included in the cost of your room - it's like a land-based cruise!

They have an amazing infinity pool!

We loved the loungers in the water

On the way back to town

Leaving the harbor on our glass bottom boat tour

Honeymoon Beach!  You can walk through here to the beach on the Pacific side, which is called Divorce beach!

The famous Cabo arch!

Valarie, as you can see, I made good use of my hat!

We loved this sea lion draped over this rock - wish we could have seen how he got up there!

Looks like a good resting spot!

We had an afternoon snack at Peacocks - we sat on the patio and  as the sign says, had 5 beers, chips, salsa and guacamole for $10!  And, no we weren't able to actually drink 5 beers - we had one each, shared the third, and they put the last two in glasses to take with us

This was a great, colorful place

Looking down the Pacific beach toward Lands End

Looking the other way on the Pacific beach.  The houses located on the hillside are owned by movie stars

Another reason to not smoke!

The pool at our condo - our afternoon routine!  There was also a grill poolside where we ate dinner a couple of nights.  They also had a swim up bar - lots of fun!  We could get used to having a pool like this and the weather to go with it!

Getting ready to cool off!!

Ok, I'm not usually inspired to take pictures of a bathroom, but we both thought that the lid to this toilet seat was very clever!

Voila!  Perfect for families with small children!

Not only did we have a great time in Cabo but we missed the torrential rain, hail, lightening storms and threatened tornadoes that were going on here at home!  And since the car was safely tucked in at the BART parking lot, we had nothing to worry about!