“WATER’ !!!!
Saturday, January 17, 2004. You grab a bucket, go down the 3 flights of stairs, fill the bucket with water from the swimming pool, GO UP 3 flights of stairs 3 TIMES and ALL she says is “THANK YOU !!!” . Well that was this morning and all that has passed. After breakfast of coffee and a “food bar” we splashed on some sun screen and donned the back pack and headed out to the “peoples market” just to see what they had to offer this morning. Following the earlier lead (no water, no shower) and continuing the uncertainties of the day, we found that we were 2 hours too early for the market….darn ! Well we had heard about some trouble that occurred on the day of the first heavy rain storm. A couple of sail boats and a large pontoon raft had washed up on the shore so we decided to walk to the beach and check this out. Well let me tell you, I forgot about all my problems (no water, no shower) when we saw that boat laying on its side with a hole in it’s bottom (one had made it back to water). Not good !! The person who owns this craft is camped right next to it in a small tent and all “her” belongings strung out beside it drying out. Not fun !! The fortunate part of this is that she wasn’t physically hurt and her dog (a Pug) is doing just fine as well. On the other side of today, we met a couple (while we were having lunch) that had just arrived by the ‘QE 2”. They were from Barcelona, Spain and had traveled across the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal and had just stepped off the ship to talk with us. It has and will continue to be quite a trip for them as they head up the coast tonight to San Diego and Los Angeles. I understand that some of the passengers will go all the way to Alaska. Boy you have to love the food a lot to stay on board that long. Well, back to “trekking” the beach, stopping for a cervasa (2, it was Happy Hour), seeing our buddy Eddie and then making it all the way home to find
“WATER’ !!!!
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Thursday Jan 15th saw us off to the Internet Café just after breakfast and then back to being a laid back kind of day. We both have good books underway that we are well into so we spent hours digesting all they have to offer. Now that doesn’t mean we didn’t put in a little pool and walking time, seeing as the weather has co-operated with a nice sunny 78-80 degrees. As far as our walk, we left the condo and walked out dirt roads and found ourselves deep in the barrio of Cabo San Lucas. It was a very interesting walk, a lot of wonderful people that happen to have a lot of dogs that were all sleeping. You see, they sleep during the day so that they can all BARK AT NIGHT…. We Love it and wouldn’t change a thing! One thing that we used to really enjoy early each morning, was the rooster crowing….we just don’t hear that at all now for some reason. Could be they are all for sale in the meat market down the street (just kidding). I was just told to light the barbecue for my famous barbecued chicken breast along with quesadillas y salsa. Friday 16 January ’04 started out with a walk into town to our favorite Bed & Breakfast. THE BUNGALOWS BED & BREAKFAST in Cabo San Lucas. Our welcoming host is Estella and her son Erik. It is always a great pleasure to stay with them and to enjoy their INCREDIBLE breakfasts. We have never be disappointed. Leaving breakfast we hiked up the hand-laid stone roads into the Pedregal and then over to the other side and view down into the vast Pacific Ocean. This is always an awe-inspiring sight. Going around the next corner always gives you a new and exciting view that few really get to see on their visits to Los Cabos. As we reached the other side of the Pedregal hill we were off the next stop of the day looking for a little beach time, cerveza, and another wonderful meal (boy do we eat GOOOOD). We finally made it to the SANDBAR BEACH CLUB and were promptly met by Doris (Doris and Juancho are the owners) and we were shown to our beach front table in the sand for our Fajitas y Camarones. One of the highlights of any trip to the beach is just getting your feet into the sand and letting all of the pressure of the day flow out into those small grains of granite. Even the beach vendors (and I love them all) add to the adventure that we all find in going to the beach in Mexico. Let it rain, let it rain….
Well let me tell you, when it decides to rain in Cabo it REALLY RAINS !!! We were woke from a deep sleep early this morning by the rain coming down and it doesn’t show any signs of slowing. Obviously we missed out having breakfast on the beach. I hope there is still a beach to go to after this one. We drove into town with Doug & Bonnie to have lunch and the water was already flooding into some of the stores. The streets were almost impassable with the water coming down from the hills around town. If you haven’t been in a heavy rain storm in a desert area before you couldn’t have any idea of what it’s like. We decided to make it back to our third floor condo and wait it out by reading and eating our way through the day. Wednesday…It was still raining this morning when we got up but showed signs of stopping soon. We decided to do some domestic chores today like washing clothes and washing windows. The clothes got finished but I lagged behind on the windows long enough that it stopped raining. We decided to “catch the bus” to Centro and take in a movie. Great choice !! On the way back we found a internet café attached to Dunkin Doughnuts within ¼ mile from the condo….what a break!! Can’t wait for tomorrow morning to give them BOTH a try. Monday 12 Jan. 04….. When we were in Seattle it was eeaaasssy to sleep in past 8am but here….it’s practically up before the sun. This morning we were off to the internet café after breakfast here at the condo. Speaking of breakfast, I purchased a Stainless Steel French press coffee maker……LOVE IT !!! We’ll look forward to taking it with us to Europe for sure. We put the lap top into the backpack and headed off the internet café we had scoped out last Saturday. Well, it was out of business so we had to hit the bricks (concrete and dirt) roads to find another. After some searching (about 20 minutes) we were in and sending/receiving emails and uploading to the web site. Next stop, off to see Joanie at her real estate office. She is Ms. World Traveler and told us to meet her and some friends in Italy this September. Would be fun Joanie…. Then over to see Eddie again as we want to get a ring for Louise (Eddie ALWAYS has the Best). We were offered his car to go to COSTCO…as always we spent too much money. After dropping off our purchases and a long conversation with Eddie, fixing all the wrongs of the world and learning about a new game (what is the definition of….pismire?) we headed out the door for our trek back to the condo and straight to the barbecue. It was steak, quesada’s, salad and a Pacifico. It was great !!! Doug and Bonnie are coming by in the morning and we are heading to the SANDBAR (on the beach) for breakfast with Juancho and Doris. Great couple and a great place to have fun when you get to Cabo San Lucas.
This all started on Wednesday the 7th… The weather forecast was for snow, lot’s of snow and it ALL arrived on time !! We were heading out to the airport at the early hour of 6 am ( early for us anyway) and it had really dumped a lot of snow and the streets were covered with lots of ice. Upon arriving at the airport with one million and two people we found ourselves in the longest line imaginable. After hours in this line we were all told there would be “NO FLIGHTS….GO HOME !!!”. We did. Two days later we have left all that cold and snow behind and are now basking in the sun of Cabo San Lucas. Cabo is like a second home to us after having the experience of living here for just over 3 years back in ’88. We have been here many times since and still when we arrive back it is startling all the changes this “small fishing community” is going through. I constantly hear from the X-pat’s and those visiting for the first time that “it is too bad that this small fishing village is now just another American town with all the McD’s and all”. Well, maybe the “locals” would like to have some of the experiences here in their town that we find available in ours. It’s good to be back !!! Sunrise in Cabo San Lucas, ain’t it great!!! After showering and getting dressed I made bacon, eggs, & toast while Louise cut up the most incredible Papaya. Donning the backpack off we go to the CCC again for additional groceries and a Bar-b-que. We are looking forward to putting it to use while we’re here although I could eat at the taco stands day and night. Doug & Bonnie invited us to join them at a barbecue this afternoon at a home of one of their friends in Cabo San Jose, Baja California Sur. Alex and Susie invited us in as if we had known them all their lives to have a wonderful afternoon eating, drinking, relaxing and enjoying their family and many friends. They were wonderful hosts and we thank them very much for the wonderful hospitality. What a party !!! Thanks Tom & Bev.... again you have entertained all of us with a great party that we will miss a lot while we are away on our "Journey". Louise and I are wondering now just were we might be for our celebration next year but, wherever it is we will be thinking of all of you and holding a glass (plastic) high.
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