10-05-2012 to 10-17-2012 La Paz and Cabo

What an excellent couple of weeks!  We attended a birthday party for Nancy, on “Jessie Marie” at The Shack the night before we headed to Cabo for our much-anticipated boat break and get-together with friends from Boston.

On the 6^th, we rented a little Dodge Attitude and took a drive to San Jose del Cabo.  As always in Mexico the drive was an adventure, especially after all the rain this summer.  The roads leave a lot to be desired in many places and you must always, always, always…look for cows and pot holes!!  Very important (smile)! (Most of the road to Cabo was a 4-lane divided highway though not quite complete all the way. Even there you needed to watch out for cows and potholes  --- and let us not forget the Mexican obsession with speed bumps. – D) It took a little over two hours to get to our timeshare.  We had not yet been to this particular property and were not disappointed when we got there.  As usual, the condo was lovely and the property, pool and beach were well cared for and beautiful.  We had to laugh because, as we told most folks, we were not there to hang out by the pool or on the beach but to hang out in the air-conditioned room, cook and watch our favorite cop shows and movies on TV.  Watching the stunning sunrises was awesome!!

San Jose del Cabo is a darling little town to stroll through, shop in and is not far from Cabo San Lucas.  Our friends from Boston were staying in a resort hotel on the beach in Cabo.  We drove into Cabo our first night there to meet them for dinner on the beach at a nice restaurant and met their friends who came with them. 

The next day we met in Cabo to get our wrist bands at the Cabo Wabo Cantina for that night’s show, which was the opening night for Sammy Hagar’s Birthday Bash concerts. (We were fortunate enough to win the lottery to buy tickets for both the opening and closing night shows – D).  We had dinner at Cabo Wabo and stood in line early to get in so that we could get good spots for the show.  The show was fantastic!!   Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony, Deni Carmassi, Vic Johnson and Matt Sorum were playing with him.  They played a collage of songs spanning his career and some Hendrix and Led Zepplin for the fun of it!  Awesome night!!

We relaxed the next day after a late night out.   We went into San Jose del Cabo the following day to eat lunch at our favorite French restaurant in town.  (Well we discovered it last time we were here – I’m not sure that two visits qualifies it for favorite yet, but their crepes were excellent – D).  We made a stop at the Mega for a few provisions and got some pool time in that afternoon.

We went to dinner the next night in Cabo again with our friends at a fun restaurant called “The Office”.  We had great seats for a colorful Mexican folk dancing show.  We all got silly and had a great time dancing with the dancers.

Our only problem with this week was that we both ended up with a case of the “touristas” otherwise known as Montezuma’s Revenge!  We think it might have been the glass of water we ordered at the restaurant in San Jose del Cabo.  Oh well!  We’ve been in Mexico for almost a year now and have not had any trouble yet, so it was odd.  We didn’t feel like doing too much more than resting in the condo (which was fine) for the last few days of the trip.  

Unfortunately, we were not able to enjoy the closing night concert as much as we could have had we been feeling better.  That being said, the final night concert was a good one but was not as energetic and charged as the opening night.  It was enjoyed by all though! (This was his actual birthday, so I think he was a little more into partying than performing, he was obviously having a great time. – D)

Boo Hoo!  We had to check out Sunday morning and head back to La Paz at which time we found out that another hurricane was headed our way.  “Paul” was heading for the Baja Coast and predicted to pass over the peninsula.  When we got back to the boat we had to batten down the hatches and get ready for some possible wind and rain.

As it turned out, Paul made landfall far enough north of us that we only ended up with 25-30 knot winds and some rain.  The last hurricane, Norman, made more of a ruckus than Paul.  Once again we have been fortunate in the weather department.

We will now begin preparations to head to the mainland again for the winter.  We are planning to leave here around 10/26.  Dick is busily trying to make arrangements to get our auto pilot course computer and control head back from the U.S. now that they’ve been fixed and I’m working on planning the provisions for our trip.  We’re looking forward to visiting some of our friends here and at The Shack before we leave.