10 February ‘07
Saturday
The sun is shining and the temp is rising…Heck, another beautiful day here in Cabo…
There is a window sticker here that says “No Bad Days”, and I almost believe it. Not too much has changed as far as our daily routine goes, but today, after checking the waves coming onto the beach, we pulled the kayak out of the car. This was the first time since we arrived in Mexico. Some things that are immediately different are the large area of sand. That gives us a positive, we can pull the kayak easily to the water instead of carrying it. The negative we have to learn to conquer is getting into the kayak at just the right moment to have the wave take us out with it. Then there is the coming back…hitting the wave just right so that we will “surf” up to the sand and then have enough time to get out and stabilize ourselves before the next wave comes in, fills the kayak and dumps us on our bum in front of all the beach bathers watching. We put in just beside Club Cascadas and paddled around past all the hotels and restaurants. Then around past the entrance to the marina and out to “Playa del Amor” (Lovers/Divorce Beach). Lovers Beach is located at the very end of the Baja Peninsula. Lovers Beach is then tied to Divorce Beach by a common sand bar. On the Pacific Ocean side the waves come onto the beach with a large cresting wave and crashes with so much force that it almost rocks the large rocks around it while on the “Lovers” side (the Sea of Cortez) the wave action is very calm. Well anyway, we made our first stop at Lovers Beach. We went surfing in with the wave beautifully, but then as I got out my paddle got stuck between my legs and damn near took me down. If I had gone down, the kayak would have come over me and that isn’t what a “graceful” landing is supposed to look like. Fortunately I recovered just in time and saved face. After enjoying both sides of the beach we pulled out to see the famous “Cabo Arch” and then around the end of the peninsula (now into the Pacific) just to say we had been there. The winds had come up quite a bit so the surf was becoming more pronounced and our ride was comfortable but more strenuous because cause of the additional hard paddling we had to do. Getting back across the opening of Cabo Bay proved that we could make it through moderate boat traffic (the fishing boats coming back) and facing a pretty good head wind that seemed to stay close to the water. Each paddle that Louise made brought water up and all over me, which kept me cool while again asking, “can you keep your paddle a little lower?”. Wanting to time ourselves, I checked my watch…1:10 pm. Arriving back at our starting point, surfing the wave in, handling my exit like a pro, we finished our paddle like we knew what we were doing. Checking my watch again I found out that it was no longer running…what is this???
Saturday
The sun is shining and the temp is rising…Heck, another beautiful day here in Cabo…
There is a window sticker here that says “No Bad Days”, and I almost believe it. Not too much has changed as far as our daily routine goes, but today, after checking the waves coming onto the beach, we pulled the kayak out of the car. This was the first time since we arrived in Mexico. Some things that are immediately different are the large area of sand. That gives us a positive, we can pull the kayak easily to the water instead of carrying it. The negative we have to learn to conquer is getting into the kayak at just the right moment to have the wave take us out with it. Then there is the coming back…hitting the wave just right so that we will “surf” up to the sand and then have enough time to get out and stabilize ourselves before the next wave comes in, fills the kayak and dumps us on our bum in front of all the beach bathers watching. We put in just beside Club Cascadas and paddled around past all the hotels and restaurants. Then around past the entrance to the marina and out to “Playa del Amor” (Lovers/Divorce Beach). Lovers Beach is located at the very end of the Baja Peninsula. Lovers Beach is then tied to Divorce Beach by a common sand bar. On the Pacific Ocean side the waves come onto the beach with a large cresting wave and crashes with so much force that it almost rocks the large rocks around it while on the “Lovers” side (the Sea of Cortez) the wave action is very calm. Well anyway, we made our first stop at Lovers Beach. We went surfing in with the wave beautifully, but then as I got out my paddle got stuck between my legs and damn near took me down. If I had gone down, the kayak would have come over me and that isn’t what a “graceful” landing is supposed to look like. Fortunately I recovered just in time and saved face. After enjoying both sides of the beach we pulled out to see the famous “Cabo Arch” and then around the end of the peninsula (now into the Pacific) just to say we had been there. The winds had come up quite a bit so the surf was becoming more pronounced and our ride was comfortable but more strenuous because cause of the additional hard paddling we had to do. Getting back across the opening of Cabo Bay proved that we could make it through moderate boat traffic (the fishing boats coming back) and facing a pretty good head wind that seemed to stay close to the water. Each paddle that Louise made brought water up and all over me, which kept me cool while again asking, “can you keep your paddle a little lower?”. Wanting to time ourselves, I checked my watch…1:10 pm. Arriving back at our starting point, surfing the wave in, handling my exit like a pro, we finished our paddle like we knew what we were doing. Checking my watch again I found out that it was no longer running…what is this???