Cabo
Some beach time beckoned so we headed down to Cabo San Lucas in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur at the end of the year. We stayed in a hotel in CSL and did day trips from there. We visited La Paz, Todos Santos and San Jose del Cabo.
Here we are at Playa Santa Maria between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose Click to Enlarge
Some beach time beckoned so we headed down to Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur at the end of the year.
Here we are at Playa Santa Maria between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose
Our first sunset was a good one! Click to Enlarge
Our first sunset was a good one!
A good place to get that quick fix of the ocean Click to Enlarge
A good place to get that quick fix of the ocean
The arch out at the very tip of the Baja peninsula Click to Enlarge
The arch out at the very tip of the Baja peninsula
Lover's Beach Click to Enlarge
Lover's Beach
Lands End Click to Enlarge
Lands End
Alien invasion or a local crab? Click to Enlarge
Alien invasion or a local crab?
Our Banana Flambe is incoming! Yum! Click to Enlarge
Our Banana Flambe is incoming! Yum!
We drove a couple hours north to La Paz and to beautiful Playa Balandra Reserve. Is this guy having second thoughts on the choice for lunch? He played with his food for a long time, it was still flopping. Click to Enlarge
We drove a couple hours north to La Paz and to beautiful Playa Balandra Reserve. Is this guy having second thoughts on the choice for lunch? He played with his food for a long time, it was still flopping.
The power of the ocean Click to Enlarge
The power of the ocean
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Getting in a little om time on the beach Click to Enlarge
Getting in a little om time on the beach
Pretty saguaro sunset, they're everywhere down ther Click to Enlarge
Pretty saguaro sunset, they're everywhere down ther
In Todos Santos is the hotel some (including us!) feel inspired the Eagles tune. Myth or not, its a cool place! Click to Enlarge
In Todos Santos is the hotel some (including us!) feel inspired the Eagles tune. Myth or not, its a cool place!
New Years feastola! We celebrated at the Medano Beach Club in Cabo San Lucas Click to Enlarge
New Years feastola! We celebrated at the Medano Beach Club in Cabo San Lucas
Closing in on 2014 Click to Enlarge
Closing in on 2014
A nice fire to keep things toasty as the night cooled Click to Enlarge
A nice fire to keep things toasty as the night cooled
Double fisted with the marshmallow roast, learning from the kid! Click to Enlarge
Double fisted with the marshmallow roast, learning from the kid!
In with a big bang!
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In with a big bang!
Lots of people were launching luminaries through the evening. They went way up there too! Click to Enlarge
Lots of people were launching luminaries through the evening. They went way up there too!
1/1/2014 - My eyes popped open after only 4 hours of sleep and I went down to check out the sunrise. The beach was busy with lots of Mexican folks wrapping up the night of partying and to see the new dawn. I spotted what looked like some lifeless crabs but then saw they were tiny sea turtles who must have hatched last night. Los Tres Amigos. I touched one and it moved! But they were faced the wrong way, about 15 meters from the water, and not moving so I took them down to the water's edge where they perked up at feeling the ocean. After letting them get use to things, I put them further in and they flapped their little flippers and swam away. It was a great start to 2014! Click to Enlarge
1/1/2014 - My eyes popped open after only 4 hours of sleep and I went down to check out the sunrise. The beach was busy with lots of Mexican folks wrapping up the night of partying and to see the new dawn. I spotted what looked like some lifeless crabs but then saw they were tiny sea turtles who must have hatched last night. Los Tres Amigos. I touched one and it moved! But they were faced the wrong way, about 15 meters from the water, and not moving so I took them down to the water's edge where they perked up at feeling the ocean. After letting them get use to things, I put them further in and they flapped their little flippers and swam away. It was a great start to 2014!
And as if on queue, when the turtles swam away I was rewarded with this scene of awesomeness to usher in the new year! Click to Enlarge
And as if on queue, when the turtles swam away I was rewarded with this scene of awesomeness to usher in the new year!
We checked out Playa Chileno which is a perfect string of beaches 15km from CSL. Click to Enlarge
We checked out Playa Chileno which is a perfect string of beaches 15km from CSL.
All set to grow some gills Click to Enlarge
All set to grow some gills
Lots of fishies to swim with down there Click to Enlarge
Lots of fishies to swim with down there
Isn't nature cool? Click to Enlarge
Isn't nature cool?
The last stop was pretty downtown San Jose del Cabo. A WAY nicer town than the gawdy Cabo San Lucas. Pretty much 79° and sunny every day. We were getting used to the spoiled life Click to Enlarge
The last stop was pretty downtown San Jose del Cabo. A WAY nicer town than the gawdy Cabo San Lucas. Pretty much 79° and sunny every day. We were getting used to the spoiled life