Feliz Navidad 2017

Feliz Navidad to all!

 We are now settled in Cabo for a 2 month stay in a lovely park with good neighbors and close to everything - beaches, marina, Costco, Walmart & many places to eat! But first I will update our loyal readers on the last couple of weeks.

We finished a wonderful stay at San Lucas, spent a day handing out most of the backpacks to the kids in that small town. (We fill a couple dozen backpacks back home with school supplies, toys plus a few things for the parents & then give them out as we travel). We also bring as many assorted balls as we can collect at garage sales and give those out as well.

Robin with the pork rind vats

We moved on to Santispac beach on Bahia Conception for a short 3 night stay where we enjoyed being out in our kayak, catching up with old friends, and going clam digging. We have a hard time stopping digging when we find the clams, so several of our neighbors got to share in a clam feed & we have a few bags in the freezer for chowder.  Luckily we hit a Tuesday, Happy Hour at Armondos restaurant on the beach for too many margaritas (Robin), a great meal, dancing to live music and hanging out with some great people!

 

Santispac beach

our baby clams

our RV (dark one) on the beach

Onwards south, spent one night in Ciudad Constitution where we had a very pretty sunset.

there's always some road construction

Nearing Cabo, along the Pacific coast, we started to watch for whales and lo & behold there was a humpback breaching about a kilometer away from us. We were actually able to stop (not usually an option on Mexican hiways) to watch and get a few pictures with my telephoto lens.

 

a breaching humpback

We arrived in Cabo Dec 14, here until mid February, in the same place as last year. There are no longer any actual RV parks here, just this small community with 6 sites for RVers wanting to stay at least a month or more as well as 30 homes, including a pool! I put up a few Christmas decorations but it’s hard to think it’s Christmas when it is hot out. The weather has been generally great – wearing shorts every day but some clouds most days.

catching up with my journal

our little spot of paradise

the pool, freezing cold but it looks good!

the gardens by the pool

where we are parked

We have been trying to go for long walks most days either up into the hills, down to a beach or into town and to the marina. Still eating and drinking too much so not sure if the exercise will slim us down or maybe just keep us at par! On one of our first walks we checked out some of the damage from the tropical storm that hit in October – it created a rushing river very close to this park that dumped over 5 feet of sand and debris into a nearby Chev dealership, destroyed an old RV park & restaurant, took out roads, sidewalks & houses. Over 70 cars from the dealership ended up in the ocean! Lots of clean-up still underway plus lots of permanently damaged & closed places. There is even a human skull in a pile of debris in the now dry riverbed! (Hopefully from a grave that washed away). We were out & about during a brief, small thunderstorm that flooded streets and caused more washouts! The sand doesn’t absorb any water and it just rushes along.

 

storm damage, this was a new Chev dealership

don't think they will get this car out!

damage to a trailer park

cool storm clouds

and then the rain!

We have spent one day lounging on Chileno beach, wandering along collecting beach glass and relaxing. We will go back again soon for some snorkeling.

We have walked to the marina a couple of times (a 7-8 km. round trip), sat and drank a bucket of beer and watched the tourists. There are less people coming to Cabo since the US included it in a travel advisory which the locals are feeling – less customers, less money for them. We do not feel worried at all being here, we tend to not go out at night or wander into “back areas”.

bucket of beer - $10

and an Oilers flag!

 We like to spend Wednesdays going out for carnitas (pork tacos) as it is 2 for 1, and then going to a movie. We have now seen the new Star Wars, the Last Jedi – tickets for the 2 of us were $5.50 Canadian, with popcorn and pop it was up to about $12! And yes it is in English, with Spanish subtitles which might help with our Spanish. We are going to spend Christmas Eve here at the pool having pizza and maybe singing carols, then going to a friend’s house for Christmas Day supper. We are of course missing the kids and grandkids but we talk on the phone & look forward to photos of the little ones!

can't buy this at Walmart in Edmonton!

the very busy carnitas place

perhaps we could use a few of these billboards back home!

A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our friends and family!

 

some amazing beadwork