Cabo for Christmas

Before we left the beach at Tecolote we managed to get out in the kayak for some fishing - again me fishing & Robin paddling. Once we found a good spot I managed to catch 7 fish & kept the 4 biggest ones. They were all sea bass/cabrilla, two different types, all small but good eating. We left Dec 22 to head to Cabo, stopping in Todos Santos for lunch & a limon ice cream. The hiway was wonderful, four lane all the way!

We were a bit disappointed as the campsite that we had last year was occupied, but we set up next to friends from last year. Go figure, in the morning we decided to move to a different site as that one had no sun. We are happily set up in a large site, complete with an ocean view & lots of sunshine. It is calm enough to keep our awning up all the time, and we have power to use lights to decorate. We bought a small waterfall for our yard in Edmonton somewhere in the US, so now our "yard" has a working waterfall. Of course I needed some plants so we now also have 2 palm trees in pots & 2 petunias for some color. The big palm tree has now been pruned by Robin and he rakes our sand daily. We did put out some Christmas decorations on Christmas Eve.

We were happy to be included for a Christmas dinner that a couple in a house here in the area was having. We met them last year, friendly folks from BC. We enjoyed turkey & all the trimmings and some good company. Our lobster will have to wait, probably for our New Years Eve supper.

We have been walking most mornings, gets pretty hot, 24-28 most days. We have been to the beach 3 times already, once walking to a close one, then twice to Santa Maria beach. We took the kayak out once and were treated to a spectacular show of flying "bat" rays. They are manta rays that leap out of the water & fly through the air. They travel in groups & several are flipping & flopping at once. We got within 15 ft of them, took some decent pictures & a movie. Not easy to focus in a kayak in the ocean, we had some big swells and waves. We also were lucky enough to see some whales at a distance lifting their tails out of the water & then slapping it down and repeating this many times. Our new binoculars came in handy to watch them.

We spent one day wandering around the touristy areas of Cabo San Lucas, actually Robin's idea. Didn't buy anything except breakfast & lunch, I had amazing smoked marlin tacos for lunch, we will be going back for more of those! We sat in a restaurant facing the marina, drank a bucket of beers with chips & salsa as we watched people coming in with their catch of dorado & marlin.

Robin has resumed his carving, today we walked up in the hills looking for suitable pieces of wood. We are doing a lot of reading, really enjoying our Kindles. Costco is fairly close, nice to have the conveniences.
Yesterday we heard of the main hi way south of Tijuana collapsing, due to small earthquakes & rain. This won't affect us as it's not the route we take. We won't be doing much driving for a month or two, other than local exploring and beach days.
Our internet stick is working well which is good because the WiFi here is not good & my iPad is virtually useless, so no FaceTime or Skype. Good old fashioned telephone calls for us. PS, to clarify, we both swam with the whale sharks, Robin seems to have figured out how to wear the snorkel mask without his mustache causing problems.
Hoping everyone had a great Christmas and wishing you all a Happy New Year!