Cabo San Lucas - Our Last Day

This was our last day on vacation. We were all so sad. Cheney was trying to figure out how to get a job passing out towels at the pool so he could stay in Mexico!

Our Family

The boys

The girls

Cheney & Chandler with two of their favorite people-MeMe & Pop!!

My beach bum

Playing around on the rocks

Just wading in the water

MeMe & Chandler were relaxed to the max!!

Heading out for our last meal.....

I love her expression in this picture!!

Silly boy!!

Cheney knows exactly what he is doing....Chandler on the other hand has no idea & will be sufficiently embarrassed when she is a teenager. This chair is in a restaurant....things are just different in Mexico!!

As we were flying home the next day, Cheney told Pop "I wish vacation was everyday!" So do I!!

Cabo San Lucas - Day 5

This day, we went into town to have breakfast on the beach. We like to eat at a restaurant called "The Office." It is a great place to do business!!

The rock behind us is called "Land's End." If you look at a map of the Baja, that rock is the very tip....hence the name "Land's End." The Sea Of Cortez & the Pacific Ocean meet here.

After breakfast, Cheney & Daddy rode on the jet skis. There were 2 cruise ships in town so they had fun looking at them up close.

Chandler & Pop played in the sand while we waited for them to ride.

The cutest sandy bottom EVER!!

3 generations of feet!!

At our hotel, there is a man who bring pottery for the kids to paint. After you paint it, he takes it home, puts glaze on it, & brings it back the next day. Pretty cool!!

Cheney has painted several times before but this was Chandler's 1st time....she is pretty artistic....not like her Mama!!

Cabo San Lucas - ADVENTURE

When I was growing up, my family would go on a vacation in Mexico & our vacation would regularly include a road trip. There were always great memories made on these road trips--hiking through the jungle, seeing an octopus in its natural environment, and broken seats in VW buses!! It was always a lot of fun. When my cousins, my brother & I get together, we still laugh at the fun we had.

Since we have had kids, we haven't really gone on road trips. We tried to play it safe & stay around the resort. This year, we felt like we could venture out to some new places.

Here are pictures from our "adventure day."

Cheney on top of the Tropic of Cancer marker....strange marker in my opinion! But he sure is lucky. How many other 2nd graders can say they stood at the Tropic of Cancer this summer?

Cows are "free range" in Mexico.

We visited the "zoologico" in the town of Santiago. It is free zoo that takes donations. Pretty cool for a little bitty town in Baja Mexico.

After we left the zoo, we drove about 20 km down a dirt road to a National Park. Right in the center of this picture, is the "cascada." It is dry season right now, so the waterfall was small, but we hiked to it anyway.

We passed this "caballero" coming back from the water. He had been collecting trash that people had left behind.

Daddy & Cheney climbing up the rocks to get to the top so they could....

....jump off! Yes, Mommy was a little nervous!

It was about 40 ft. tall!!

Climbing out to leave....going up was a lot easier than down!

Eating lunch at the Hotel Palomar. The legend is that this hotel was built by Bing Crosby so that he & his Hollywood friends would have a place to stay when they went to Santiago to dove hunt. At the time, the only way into Santiago was by airplane. This was one of the best meal we had all week.....too bad Chandler was pretending she was like her cousin, Angela. She missed the entire meal!!

I am ready for more adventures like this one!! The kids can definitely handle it. YAY!!

PSF-Tradition

The summer of 1993 was our 1st trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Mommy had just graduated from high school!! On that trip, we found a wonderful shrimp restaurant. It was called THE SHRIMP HOUSE. They sold boiled shrimp by the kilo. We would get a kilo of cold & a kilo of hot. On that trip, a tradition was born. Every year that we went to Cabo San Lucas, this was the 1st stop we made. We became friends with the waiters & they remembered us when we returned year after year....I think this is amazing considering how many people visit each year. Our favorite waiter was Maro. In 2007, we decided to visit Cabo San Lucas again.....and sadly, we found out that the Shrimp House had closed. The owner decided to retire!! WE WERE LOST!!

But guess what? We returned this year & were walking down a street on our 1st day there. Billy said "Hold on a minute. I recognize that guy." Can you guess who it was?? MARO!! He had opened his own restaurant. AND IT IS EXACTLY LIKE THE ORIGINAL SHRIMP HOUSE!! We were so happy to find him & he was happy to see us!!

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

Cabo San Lucas - ATV Tour

While Chandler & Mommy did this.....

Cheney & Daddy got up super early to do this.....

Pop joined them too!!

Cheney said this day was the best day of his trip. After coming back & playing in the water for the afternoon, we headed into town to eat.

Chandler fell asleep at the table.....trying to take after someone else in our family. Guess who in your comment!!

Cabo San Lucas - Day 2

We didn't do much today.....just laid around the pool & watched the waves roll in.

Our condo has a HUGE jucuzzi tub in it & every year it gets filled with bubbles.....Cheney was relaxing!!

Eating at one of our favorite restaurants....Mariscos Mocambo.

Cabo San Lucas - ARRIVAL DAY

We arrived in Cabo San Lucas on Monday, July 27th. The weather was perfect!! After checking into our condo, we found that we had an awesome view for the week.

Then, we quickly headed into town for some YUMMY lemonade!!

And we spent the rest of the evening doing this.....

And this....

MORE PICS LATER!!