Catching up in Cabo

We made it to Cabo San Lucas on Thursday the 16th, at 2:30 am. A shorter trip than we anticipated from Bahia Magdalena (Mag Bay). We had one gorgeous day of sailing, perfect winds, lots of sunshine, whales and dolphins....then the next morning, shortly after 8am we got hit with gusts of 30 + knots. James put a double reef in the mainsail and we pulled in the gybe and still made 6 knots. It was exhilarating and scary as hell.

Cabo seems like a whole other world after days of beautiful desolate landscapes dotted only with the occasional fishing village. From Turtle Bay we went to Bahia Santa Maria, amazing bay, beautiful beaches as far as you can see, but without our dinghy outboard we had to get creative, and found a small nook between big rocks forming a natural breakwater that allowed us to row to shore. James forgot his shoes, so Mika and I took a little hike into the hills to look around. Amazing, I did not expect so much color! Flowers everywhere. Nature truly does persevere.

We left Santa Maria and anchored in Mag Bay for 4 days. We almost stayed there, and can understand how many cruisers end up staying even longer. We met Jose, the owner of a small restaurant where I had shrimp tacos for the first time. LOVED them. He took James to San Carlos via panga to get fuel and supplies. We kayaked and hiked almost every day and fell in love with one of the village dogs we called Colorado (red). He followed Mika James and I everywhere. Truly sweet fellow. The night before we left Jose treated us to shots of tequilla and a very nice man named Abrahm gave me some beautiful seashells and sandollars bigger than my hand! A remarkable place to visit.

Now in Cabo. Everyday here is a party. The beaches are packed with people, music is blasting 24 hours a day. During the day we are surrounded by jetskis and paddle boards, parasailing speed boats and wake boarders.

We made the mistake of swimming to shore, a much easier task for the dog with the life jacket than the two silly humans who thought they'd do it unassisted. LOL. Live and learn.

We've met many amazing people on our adventures, but here in Cabo we found some kindred spirits. A very generous and adventurous couple Richard and Chelsea who are "budget cruisers" as well, and have been working a bit here in Cabo. Our plans have always been a bit flexible, and we may end up buddy boating with them to Puerto Vallarta instead of heading up the Sea of Cortez. Still a bit undecided, but we'll let everyone know when we know.

Today we're going to attempt to get laundry done, but then we are off to a little bar we found that is playing the football games today, so that's where we'll be this afternoon. We'll be uploading all the pix and video we've taken along the way a little at a time.



Here's a few photo's we took in Cabo! Enjoy

 It looks fake, but I really did take this picture :) Amazing isn't it.