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.
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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!
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Santispac beach |
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our baby clams |
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our RV (dark one) on the beach |
Onwards
south, spent one night in Ciudad Constitution where we had a very pretty
sunset.
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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.
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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.
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catching up with my journal |
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our little spot of paradise |
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the pool, freezing cold but it looks good! |
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the gardens by the pool |
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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.
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storm damage, this was a new Chev dealership |
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don't think they will get this car out! |
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damage to a trailer park |
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cool storm clouds |
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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”.
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bucket of beer - $10 |
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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!
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can't buy this at Walmart in Edmonton! |
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the very busy carnitas place |
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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!
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some amazing beadwork |
Feliz Navidad and Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year. That carnitas looks like a bingo hall, busy place. Enjoy the holiday season and keep living the dream. CHEERS PAT
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! Octobers storms sure left a horrible mess there. I'm sure it will take years to clean up! Your little spot looks homey. Love the starfish, amazing beading skills.
ReplyDeleteStay safe
Eric & Sam