Life in Cabo

It’s been a fairly busy couple of weeks, we are now in our last few weeks here and have to be sure we have done all that we wanted to do! Not surprisingly Robin convinced me to do two more time share presentations – one for $200 plus a $50 dining coupon, the other for excursions – whale watching & a premium sunset dinner cruise!

 

on the 2nd sunset cruise

We used one of our whale watching trips so far – an amazing day! A fast inflatable boat, lots of waves and several humpback whales showing off for us!

sea lions

humpback whale spyhopping

humpback flipper

the splash after the breach!

cool fish

We went on two different sunset dinner cruises, both on the same boat, the Cabo Rey. First one was the Mexican fajita dinner – lots of fun, dancing to the live band, good food and unlimited drinks! The second time we had upgraded to the premium dinner & show – well worth it. I had a filet mignon; Robin had shrimp – much fancier and an excellent dinner, followed by a show of dancing & singing, plus the live band and open bar! The cruise took us along the main beach in Cabo, past the sea lion rock, the famous Arch, and around to the Pacific Ocean past several huge resorts.

 

us in front of the Cabo Rey

The Arch

live band on the top deck

sea lion rock

Cesar de Borga, singer

Jalisco dancers

Since we keep eating and drinking we decided that we should join the aqua sizes at our pool held every weekday – starts the day well and we both are enjoying it.

We hit the beach about once a week or so, I finally got out snorkeling at Santa Maria beach, lots of colorful fish but strong waves as well. I had to work to keep from getting pushed onto the rocks.

 

Playa Santa Maria

A Oaxacan Mexican market sets up near here, lots of jewelry, candy, toys, clothing and strange food – Robin had to buy a bag of chapulines – dried, salty grasshoppers! He even got a few of the neighbors to try them (not me), the rest are now in with the birdfood (and they don’t even want them)!

amazing variety of candy!

blown glass earrings

chapulines (grasshoppers)

also available in  a chile, garlic flavor

We have fewer choices for movies in English at the “cheap” theatre but we did see The Shape of Water – a bit strange but entertaining (and air conditioned).

The community that we are in puts on a few events for all – we went to the Appy night recently – lots of food and conversation. Next week is a crockpot dinner.  We are never at a loss for company at Happy Hour – our other RV neighbors (3 couples) are all lovely folks plus there are usually a few of the permanent owners at the pool at 5. Life is tough!

We still had a large tote full of balls (basketballs, soccer, football, softball) to give away plus a couple backpacks. We headed into a barrio along the edge of the large arroyo that flooded in Oct. – poor people truly living in pallet houses and plywood shacks. We stopped wherever we saw kids and gave each of them a ball, before we knew it the car was mobbed by a lot of kids – we could have easily given away a car full of stuff! The kids were all quick to say thank-you, one little guy looked thrilled to get a full size football. It felt good to be able to spread a little joy, wish we could have done more.

the barrio we visited with the balls

We made one more trip into the mountains, fossil hunting – found lots of shell fossils and fossilized bones, got lots of exercise climbing up & down the rocky hillside. We spent a lot of time slowly covering the area and were rewarded by a good find – another shark/megladon tooth. This one is broken and really weathered but still cool to find!

shell fossils

shell imprints in rock

shark/megladon tooth

The weather continues to be marvelous – 24-30+ in the day, down to 14-18 at night. Certainly can’t complain about that. We are enjoying watching the birds in our site – most days we have hummingbirds, hooded orioles, gila woodpeckers (these all eat from the hummingbird feeder!) as well as cactus wrens, doves, mockingbirds and finches - keeps me busy taking photos. We continue to Live the Dream!

 

gila woodpecker

hooded oriole having a bath

mockingbird

cactus wren