April 8, 9 10 and 11, 2016 Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico

Friday April 8, 2016

Today was clear, overall the whole day was the nicest we had all week.  During our coffee time Gerri tried to get pictures of the birds coming and going from the hole in the saguaro behind our villa.  She used her iPad and didn't get the quality she wanted. Her camera was left behind in Las Vegas.

At the pool area we read and played the daily Loteria games.  Gerri won another game today.  Like I said this was one of the nicest days we have had recently.  The Gulf of California or La Mar de Cortez was back to it's beautiful shades of blue and turquoise.  We stayed at the pool until after 5.

Back at our villa, it was more reading and Sudoku puzzles.  Our dinner was the left over macaroni dish that Gerri froze last week.

Gerri did get a picture of the children's pool in front of our building.  That pool opened last year and a restaurant, Las Fuentes opened this year,  The children' activity center and another water play area are out of sight to the right of the picture.





Saturday April 9, 2016

Another nice day, plenty of sun but not too hot.

Of course we started the day with coffee and reading.  Then it was off to the pool for Loteria, ocean and people watching, and more reading..  Gerri won another game.







During the afternoon Gerri walked up to the hotel area and took pictures of the other pools in that area.













For a late lunch we shared an order of lobster tacos and onion rings.  The food was very good, three tacos.  They were very filling.

We went back to our villa at about 6.  Some reading, TV and Sudoku puzzles brought as to bed time.














Sunday April 10, 2016

This started as another clear day, our last full day in Cabo this year.

We started our coffee and tuned into the worship service at Oakey Boulevard.  Randy delivered a message on the importance of continued teaching and learning.

There were some whitecaps but the Sea was beautiful all day.  I prefer the clear days but they make it harder to go home.  I won one of the Loteria games.  All in all we have been pretty lucky this month.  Over all I think Gerri has won 11 and I have won 7.

We were back in our villa for the night by 6 PM.  We are quite the night owls.  We have been out 3 times after dark, finishing dinners, twice here at the resort and once in Cabo.

Gerri made breakfast for dinner.  We also finished up the last of the left overs.

We read some and did computer chores. We also watched to birds come and go in the cactus behind the villa.  We were hoping for a treat at sunset.  We got more color than we expected.

Our shuttle to the airport leaves at 1:40 tomorrow.  We need to get some things packed and will ask for an extension of our check out time.  They normally give us an extra hour.

Monday April 11, 2016

This morning was unusual in that I set an alarm to get up.  This is check out and go home day.  Gerri had started packing last night, but the bulk of it had to be done with checkout time looming at 10 AM.  I tried to get another hour, but there was a $50 US per hour.  We had our coffee, but our time on the internet had expired.

At 9:40 I went to the office to settle a discrepancy in the bill.  Gerri met me there after having a bell man bring down our luggage.  We went to Tomatoes Restaurant in the Sheraton Hotel for breakfast.  We had a good meal even though I don't care a lot for buffets.  The weather was very pleasant and we had a good view of the sea from our table.

After breakfast we waited in the Vacation club lobby for our shuttle to the airport at 1:20.

More waiting at the airport in San Jose del Cabo.  Our flight to Phoenix didn't board until 3:40.  I got really lucky and was chosen for an extra security screening before boarding.  After an excruciatingly slow time going through customs and immigration, we had another 4 hour wait for our flight to Las Vegas.  Gerri bought us dinner at Panda Express.

We arrived in Las Vegas on time and Montyne picked us up.  We were home by 10 PM.

It was a great trip.  The water was a little unusual in Cabo but overall it was good.  I managed to find 2 traditional caches and attend 2 geocaching meet and greets with a couple I met last year, GeoNavPros.  Our first 2 weeks was in a 2 bedroom unit with Gerri's mother.  The next 2 weeks was just Gerri and I in a Studio.  Even though we missed Neva's company and the nightly domino games, the studio units really wouldn't be comfortable for more than 2 adults.  The kitchen is small and the only dining area is a counter that seats 2.

We have made reservations for about the same dates next year in one bedroom units for the entire 4 weeks.  We have to check back and see if we can get one unit for the entire stay.

Our next adventure is a week in Lake Havasu City visiting our friends Keith and Alice Kerslake.  This will be a short shakedown trip in our motor home in preparation for our trip to the Maritimes starting in May.