April 2, 2007

Still in Cabo San Lucas, Baja Mex

Another day in paradise

We are in our final afternoon here in Cabo, which gives me an opportunity to catch up. We have been busy since our arrival Friday. The drive from Los Barriles featured a couple of ‘off the shoulder’ drifts, due mainly to the cold that was still lingering on (gone now, thanks to mega-doses of Cold-Eze). Janice was even tempted to take over the wheel until I started paying attention.

Activities here have included a glass bottom boat tour, a group dinner at the RV park restaurant (beautiful setting—the restaurant), golf at the Cabo Country Club, a sunset dinner cruise (aka ‘the booze cruise’), visit to a glass blowing factory, and snorkeling.

Cabo is a pit-stop for cruise lines, so the downtown shopping area is appropriately tacky, featuring 4/$10.00 T-shirt stores (and also including every Mexican curio ever created), time share pitch booths (“1/2 price golf”—that caught my eye), and restaurants, restaurants, restaurants! We found San Jose del Cabo, 15 miles south (or east), a more hospitable place with nicer shops and a real town square. One shop-owner insisted we sample her tequila, which I quickly washed down with a melon paleta (frozen juice bar).

Golf was had at the Cabo Country Club for the bargain price of $120—the cheapest deal in the area—a Sunday all you can play special. The Canadian golf pro was over la turista and was gracious enough to give me a few pointers that will tune up my game. Worth the price of the game—if it works. The course was nice, except for three or so holes that were real stinkers—literally. They were apparently sewage treatment settling ponds, doubling as water hazards, with a brown turd-tinged swill bubbling to the surface. I think there were tilapia in there somewhere. A golf ball was floating on the surface.















The sunset dinner cruise departed by van from the RV park (didn’t want this group on the road later on), arriving at the boat docks just as happy hour commenced. It was a long happy hour or two spent cruising the coast, gawking at multi-million dollar cliffside casas which we concluded could only be afforded by high-ranking members of the drug cartel.

Margaritas were forced upon us by a very attentive crew. A light buffet dinner on board was followed by more margaritas and dancing on the top deck. My ‘trick knee’ that usually keeps me off of dance floors didn’t bother me as we moved to the beat of 60s tunes. A good time was had by all.

On the equipment malfunction front, a short-circuit in the overhead fan system keeps blowing fuses. Also included on this circuit are the rear-view camera, the automatic jacks, the power mirrors and the electric window on the driver’s side. We have been forced to drive without the fans, which is somewhat unbearable in these 80+ degree temps. This glitch may have been caused by a modification I made, so I can’t hang this on Winnebago. I am down to my last fuse and can’t locate any in Cabo (Home Depot or Ace Hardware), so I’m through experimenting until we get to LaPaz (next stop).


An amazing sight on the beach today—Janice wearing a hat. Janice doesn't 'do hats,' and this is the first time she has worn one since I have known her. Must be the tropical sun!

I am now using SPF 50, the only thing that is preventing me from getting scorched. The tan is coming slowly.

Dinner in San Jose del Cabo—a last minute decision.
Excellent fish dishes—no tilapia at this joint.