Cabo San Lucas stop 8

February 14 and it is Valentine’s Day. Winston had found the neatest Spanish card. He asked if I knew what it said. After turning it over on the back was the English translation. We had breakfast for the last time back at the Resort. Then it was time to get the Jeep hooked up and head for the next campground. We traveled with Norm and Lois. They have a 39 foot motor home so I guess we look like rich Americans traveling together. We saw the monument for the Tropic of Cancer but so many AIrstreams were there we kept on going. We were headed to Cabo San Lucas, one of the major tourist areas in Baja California Sur. The roads really improved as we got close – four lane even. They have it so you go off the main highway and onto a frontage road and then before long there will be a bridge or underpass to get back on the other side. That is what we had to do to get to the campground. One of the landmarks on the way was a Glass Factory. We saw there was no way to get to it. We pulled over to the side where there was extra room and parked, both of us. We walked back and enjoyed going to the factory. There were actually glass blowing and it was fun to watch. In one of the shops that had interior design items, the owner (from Missouri) told us that the little drink shop there had the best prices in all of Cabo San Lucas for Norm to get some beer so we went there. She was correct and the owner sold us the prettiest Tequila and then gave us another. We now have our alcoholic souvenir. We followed the intricate directions and got to the campground. They had been told how many sights we needed but turns out there were only 21 sites for our 25 rigs. We and Sally used the same site. For some reason the electric did not work for us so more dry camping. After getting settled in, we found the view was nice – the water fairly close by. A young Mexican lady came by and asked if we would like our rig washed. Oh, boy, would we! Winston and she came to an agreement to do the Jeep and motor home (without the top) for 300 pesos or about 25 US dollars. It surely looked good when she finished. Later most of us walked to our dinner at Puerto Vieja Restaurant, about 2 blocks outside the campground. We had a very nice dinner but we ate early so they could serve others for their Valentine’s Day dinner. We ambled back to the campground and ended up with a good game of Joker with Dick & Judy and Tom & Penny.

February 15 is a free day. Since it is Sunday, we looked for an “English speaking Church. We were with Dick & Judy and W.D. and Martha were with John & Judy. We wandered through some of the interesting narrow back streets of Cabo San Lucas, found an American who said we were only a block away. Sure enough, there was “English Speaking Church.” They really did like to sing, about 30 minutes standing and singing followed by a good sermon. We re-found our vehicles and made for the “tourist section.” Wouldn’t you know it, after finally finding a parking place and wandering through a mall we found a Burger King. We went around the wharf checking out all of the vendors. Seemed like each was selling similar items but just a little different. Their wares were often arranged on a blanket on the sidewalk or else they walked around with jewelry in cases or necklace whistles on their arms. The vendors were all ages from about 10 up to elderly. We found our way back to the cars and found Sam’s and Costco on the way back. You know we had to stop. There was another good Joker game – I think Tom and Penny are hooked.

February 16 and another breakfast is on the schedule. We carpooled and that was an experience! We hung on Bruce’s (the leader) back bumper to get there rather than get lost. We made it through downtown and all to a narrow cobblestone road straight up to the parking lot. Sure were glad we didn’t have our motor home! The breakfast was way up on top of the hill with a beautiful view from Hotel Finisterra. The buffet was awesome, even had made to order omelets and wonderful pastries. Afterwards we walked around the hotel and heard the fee began at $400 per night. Don’t think we’ll be staying there anytime soon. We went back to the campground so Winston could feed the dogs and work on a work on a water problem we had with the filter. Then we were off again but in the other direction to San Jose de Lucas. It was a much nicer town but again very touristy. We drove past lots of really nice hotels and found the plaza which had some wonderful shops around it. We bargained a little and had a good time. We had to be back in time for the busses for our sunset cruise. Vans picked us up and first took us to a glass blowing factory. I didn’t think it was as good as the other one although it was larger. They had 5 different young men blowing and working with the glass. There was so much to buy but it was dusty, high and poor quality. We left it there. Then we went to the wharf only to discover we had some waiting and wandering time. We joined a number of others, must have had over 100 on the boat and we were stuffed in. We got a table on top but it was so tight we could barely move. We headed out off the coast and wandered around for 2 or 3 hours. We did see some blows, some seals and had gulls chase us for the food we had. They served drinks and had dancing as well as giving us a meal with chicken on a skewer. The sunset was awesome. The gulls following us were fun to watch and we were able to figure out where we were camped. The vans met us and returned us to our campground.