Saturday 12 January 2013

Stuck a toe in the ocean at " Lands End"












Well we made it - Robin's goal of sticking a toe into the water at Lands End, Cabo. More on that adventure to come.
We've done a few outings - watched glass blowing (amazing), shopped at the largest craft store I've ever seen - Artesanos, gone for morning walks either to the nearest beach or thru a swanky housing area and more snorkeling.
 We spent a day at Playa Santa Maria, sitting on our chairs in the ocean, snorkeling with the fishes while trying not to get hit by all the crazy tour boats (7 at one time). We can see whales in the distance from the rooftop patio in our campground.
I had the experience of having to see a Mexican doctor - contrary to rumor,  you  really can't buy all drugs without a prescription here in Mexico. I was in a drug store, trying to ask the Spanish speaking clerk how to find a doctor & another customer stepped in to help. He then proceeded to call his doc, got me an appt in 20 min., then led me there in his car - I was plenty nervous, but it worked out fine.
A neighbor in the park killed a scorpion near the bathroom - we now have a creepy souvenir.
I bit the bullet & got my hair cut very short - I talked about it for a while & built up the nerve - we thought if it's horrible & we hate it, we just won't take any pictures & no one will see me for a few months, butr we both actually like it. Problem is, now you really see the gray!
We took a day trip to Todos Santos, about 1 hr north - lovely drive, actually a 4 lane hiway with shoulders & some huge cacti along the way! It's on the Pacific side, so wilder waves. We plan to head there next, so did some scouting - Los Cerritos beach is a surfer area with glittering gold & black sand and the beach close to town had huge, crashing waves. On the way back we stopped for tacos - chorizo & pork chop - go figure!
The highlight of Cabo area is definitely the trip out to Lands End! We took a water taxi from the marina for $10 US each - a tour past Pelican beach - lots of birds, of course, & fish to see thru the glass bottom of the panga (small boat), out & around El Arco (the arch), past Lovers Beach & Divorce Beach & passed by a sea lion colony (one very proud up on a large rock). The rock formations were breathtaking, beautiful beaches, people kayaking, paddle boarding & all sizes of boats out touring. We got out at Lovers Beach for 2 hrs, then the boat returned for us.The tide was still fairly high, but we wanted to walk thru the Arch - this required crawling thru a hole in the rocks, squeezing thru a narrow opening, walking along the edge of a rock wall with the waves pounding - all this was the easy part! The last hurdle was a rock tunnel that the waves poured into & out of - tried to time the waves, but we got soaked going thru. Coming back out was even worse, I had my legs washed out from under me twice & had to cling to t", he rock wall. We damn near drowned, but boy was it fun!!
Today I ventured out alone for shopping, first to Cabo, then to San Jose - had a successful day, crossed several things off the list!
We continue to eat well - fresh shrimp & fresh strawberries today. The weather is good, warm & sunny. We've really settled in well to this life of leisure, getting back to "reality" will be a shocker.
Hope everyone back home is having a great winter!
Pictures won't upload, will keep trying. I figured out the pics, have to decrease their quality big time to get them to upload. First 2 are santa maria beach, Cacti on the way to Todos Santos, in Todos santos, Me looking at the Pacific, El Arco (the arch at Lands End), the scary tunnel - me going in clutching my bag, fairly low water, us under the arch, Robin going back in the tunnel, Another lovely sunrise that I slept thru, us, tanned & short hair.
Still living the dream!

2 comments:

  1. Doctor? You never said why,are you okey? If Robins hair is short and grey why can't yours be the same. And what happened at Lovers Beach you didn't spent any time at Divorce beach, so I'm going to say everything is good. Keep the blogs coming and the dream alive. PAT

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  2. Now, did you have to go to the Doc because you got all beat up clinging to the rocks in that tunnel!? Hopefully you are all better! Amazing picture of the seal on the rock. Your hair looks great you don't even see the grey. We have had a chinook for the last 3 days and our snow has decreased immensely! The raging wind could take a flying hike though! Yesterday Jen and Emma watched someones canvas garage go flying by. We went for a walk and some tobaganing at Victor lake, was beautiful down there out of the wind! Keep those pictures coming:)
    Safe Travels,
    Eric and Sam

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