Monday, April 29, 2013, Las Vegas, NV

Since I had requested and got a late check out time of noon instead of 10 AM, our day didn't start in a rush.  Actually it was just like our other days here. We lingered over coffee checking our e-mail and Facebook accounts.

I went to the lobby and settled our bill at about 11 and then went back to our room to help Gerri finish up getting ready to travel.. At noon we sent our luggage to the lobby.  We went to the La Playa Restaurant at the Westin for lunch.  Gerri had fish tacos and I had a Cobb Salad.

Our shuttle to the airport was scheduled to pick us up at 1:20, we waited in the Lobby until then. The shuttle was actually a taxi.  Instead of taking the toll road from Jan Jose to the airport we went on the old road through town.  We hadn't been that way for several years,  There is now a Walmart and a City Club as you leave San Jose del Cabo going north toward the airport.

We were checked in for our flight and waiting at the gate by 2:30.  Boarding started at 3:40 and the flight was scheduled to take off at 4:22.  Because I was was taken to the gate by wheelchair we boarded with the business class passengers.  I have no idea why it's called business class instead of first class.  We were seated in the first row of coach class.  Immediately on boarding it was obvious that the head flight attendant was quite a comedian. He really seemed to enjoy his job.

Because of the pain in my left knee we have been requesting a wheelchair to take me from gate to gate.  This really paid off at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana.  We had to go through Immigration,  pick up our luggage, go through Customs and then take the baggage to the Air Tran counter for transfer to Las Vegas.  After that we had to go through the security routine.  This all went quicker because of the wheelchair.

While we were waiting by the gate we saw our flight attendants in the area and learned we had the same crew going to Las Vegas as we had from Cabo to John Wayne.  On boarding we realized we had the same seats as did a couple of ladies that had sat on the same row as we did from Cabo.  The flight attendant's personality immediately began to assert itself.  He informed us that the flight wasn't full so after everyone was aboard we could sit where we wanted.  There was space in business class so we joked, can we move up front.  His response was there would be a contest.


The flight attendant, Stanley, announced that if there were any active military on board they could move up to business class, there were none.  He then asked about retired military, again there were none.  Then he said the couple married the longest would be moved up.  He set the minimum as 25 years.  Gerri told him we had been married for 41 years.  No one with more years of marriage spoke up so we moved up to the wider seats with more leg room.

On arriving at McCarran we were picked up by a young man with a wheelchair.  During the trek from the ramp to baggage pick up we learned that we had worked with both his grandfather and father at LVMPD.  We both know his Grandparents, David and Eileen Freeman, and are acquainted with his father David Freeman.

When we arrived at John Wayne Airport, Gerri had called her brother Hollis and ask if he could pick us up and drive us home.  He was able to and met us in the pickup area.  We got home about 9:30 PM.

What a great trip.  Two weeks at the Hacienda Del Mar with Gerri's mother, Neva.  And then two weeks at the Club Regina.  It was tough to say good by to the surf and the Sea of Cortez.

Sunday, April 28, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

The last bloom

Our last full day began like most of our days during the last few weeks. I caught up my e-mail and Facebook and then relaxed on the balcony while having my coffee and doing a Sudoku puzzle. I'm almost out of the ones I can solve. I didn't start a new novel, I read six this year. I had read two of them before, but couldn't remember how they ended. Gerri caught up e-mail and Facebook while having her coffee.

We made it to the Adult pool in time for Loteria. We started with only three players the first game. Another lady joined us for the second game which Gerri won. Another couple joined in the third and fourth fifth games, I won one and Gerri won the final game.

After Loteria we had the daily special, today it was a Margherita Pizza with hot wings.

We left the pool area earlier than usual. Gerri went back to our unit and I went to the Lobby to pick up our voucher for transportation to the airport. I also requested a later check out time since our flight tomorrow isn't until 4:22. We don't have to check out until noon. We may have time for another round of Loteria before leaving.

We had supper in our unit, finish up some left overs and throwing out some.

We were able to maintain internet connection and tuned into the service net cast from Oakey Blvd. Church of Christ.

Saturday, April 27, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Happy 30th Birthday Luis

Rinse and repeat. Our day started like most of the others here in Los Cabos. Coffee, internet and read on the balcony.

We went to the pool for Loteria. There was a lot of whale activity off shore and I tried to get some video. Today was our regular pool attendant, Alexi's day off. We found out it was Luis', the activity director, birthday. There were only three of us playing and we all won a game.

We stayed by the pool until about four. Gerri went back to the room and I went to the lobby to arrange transportation to the airport for our flight homeMonday.We had reservations for dinner at La Panga in downtown San Jose. We got a taxi at about six thirty. The Taxi was only able to take us within about 5 blocks of the restaurant. There was a big civic function going on. Police and military everywhere and the streets blocked in all directions for three blocks. There were grandstands set up and speeches going on from a stage. We also saw a military marching band.

The LA Panga Restaurant didn't look like much from the outside. Once going through the door it opened into a large courtyard with a second even larger one beyond that. The courtyards were nicely

On the Plaza, Jan Jose Del Cabo

landscaped. Our waiter told us the restaurant had been there for 165 years. We had a three course meal starting with tortilla soup. For an entree Gerri had Talapia filet over mashed potatoes and I had flank steak fajitas. Dessert was one of the best Flans we ever had.

Tortilla soup

Talapia

When we walked back to get a taxi to the resort, the speeches were still going on. A policeman flagged us a taxi and we were on the way. We shared the taxi with a couple from Los Angeles who were staying at the Pamillia. We never realized how far off the highway the Palmilla is. It was dark but it seemed like the grounds were very plush.

Fajitas

Flan at La Panga

Back at the Club Regina some computer time wrapped up the evening.

Friday, April 26, 2013, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico

As we are use to doing we had our coffee while catching up on e-mail and Facebook. Surprisingly I worked out two more Sudoku puzzles.

We went to the adult pool for Loteria. Pam and Steve were there. Once it was Loteria time another couple joined us. I won the first game. Steve won one. I tied the last game with Pam and she won the draw for tie breaking. We stayed at the adult pool the entire afternoon. Gerri ordered onion rings as an afternoon snack. This was Steve and Pam's last day and they made dinner plans in San Jose del Cabo.

Pinata at the children's party

As we left the pool we saw parts of a party being put on for the resort employees' children.  They were playing musical chairs and had a giant pinata.

We went back to our unit and relaxed before dinner. We were watching TV until the cable went off. Gerri fixed pasta and cheese with ham. Kind of like mac and cheese only using spaghetti.

Tonight's sunset lit up the sky briefly. The moon didn't rise until much later.

If you look real close you can see the arch

We played dominoes after dinner.  Gerri won two, I won one.  Pam and Steve stopped by when they got back from their dinner in San Jose.  Pam brought us the SD card from her camera. Last night at dinner Gerri's battery had died.  Most of the dinner and sunset pictures were on Pam's camera.  We chatted for awhile as I picked out the pictures from last night and copied them to my computer.  Even though they were taken yesterday, I'm including some of the pictures with this blog.

Sunset from the Mona Lisa Resaurant

Although we may see them briefly tomorrow before the leave, we said our goodbyes.  Their fligt leaves at two so they will be leaving for the airport a couple of hours before that.

In case you don't notice the sunset, they blow conch shells just before sunset

This soup was supposed to have beets in it, but it looked more like pea soup

Gerri' s couscous and eggplant appetizer 

Thursday, April 25, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

I had my coffee on the balcony and worked a couple of Sudoku puzzles. I'm getting to the back part of the book and they are getting harder, I was surprised that I finished both.

Gerri and I went to the adult pool in time for Loteria. Luis talked one other person into playing. They only played four games. We each won one and the lady Luis had talked into playing won the last one.

After Loteria we went to another pool and met our friends Pam and Steve. Gerri and I had chips, salsa and guacamole to tide us over to supper.

At Sunset da Mona Lisa

We left the pools area earlier than usual because of our 6 o'clock dinner plans.

We met Pam and Steve in the lobby and Steve drove his rented car to the restaurant which was closer to Cabo San Lucas. The restaurant is named Sunset da Mona Lisa. Quite a place, it is built on a cliff over looking a popular surfing area. It is on several levels along the cliff and has a view of the arches which are directly

Our friends Pam and Steve from Vancouver, WA

across the bay. We watched many small boats going back and forth, but there was a haze that prevented a clear view of the arches. At sunset the view was spectacular. We could see the sun going down in the west and the full moon rising in the east. We didn't get as many pictures as we would have liked, the battery died in Gerri's camera and the spare was back at the Club Regina. Tomorrow I plan to get copies of the pictures Pam took.

As you might have guessed from the name of the restaurant there was an Italian flair to the menu. We all had sea bass fillets prepared in a couple of different ways.  After enjoying the company, the view and the meal we went back to the Club Regina and called it a night.

The full moon over the Sea of Cortez, from our balcony

Wednesday, April 24, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Gerri slept later this morning. I made coffee and caught up on my e-mail and Facebook.

That is a bird house in the center, no birds were home

We went to the Adult Pool in time to play Loteria. The activities staff puts on five games, there were five of us playing. Unlike the Hacienda Del Mar they don't allow players to win a second game until the fifth game. They also draw high card to decide ties. Gerri tied a game, lost the draw, and then won a game. Into the last game everyone had won but me, but I won the last game.

After awhile we went to the other pool area, we were assured there would be a regular BINGO game there. Only four of us played. From the start it got interesting. Alan, the activities guy, had never played BINGO. He had the cards and the tray to hold the balls with the numbers that have been called, but not the numbered balls or the hopper to draw the numbers out of. We explained the game and some of the various ways to Bingo, single line, picture frame, X, etc. We were using small rocks to mark the cards, so Alan threw one rock at a time on the tray and called the number that it landed on. Gerri won twice and Steve, Pam and I won one each. We had a lot of laughs, Alan also tried tossing wads of napkin into the holes in the tray. Maybe by Friday he will find the rest of the game pieces.

How do you like my Hat?

Our original plan for dinner was to go with Steve and Pam to one of their favorite restaurants, the Mona Lisa closer to Cabo. But Pam had called earlier for reservations and we couldn't get in tonight. We have reservations for tomorrow evening. We had supper in. Gerri made a one pot dish with sauteed onions, Tuna, wild rice and quinoa. Avocado on the side. Very good.

Surf outside our unit

We tuned into church tonight on the internet. Mark Reagan gave the invitation after a short lesson.

Tonight's domino results; Gerri two games to my one. I'm still ahead having won the previous two sets of three.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

El Cardon en flor al lado nuestra habitación

We relaxed a lot today. Gerri got up very early. Our morning routine is pretty much the same every day; I fix and serve coffee, we check out everything on the computer and I have coffee on the balcony while reading. I misplaced my Kindle and have been reading novels found at the towel stands at the resort. I'm pretty sure I have read a couple of them before.

The maid service here at Club Regina comes twice a day. In the morning or early afternoon they make up the room and then in the early evening a maid comes and turns down the beds and offers to get us ice if we want it. A couple of days ago the evening maid left throw rugs by the bed with the Raintree Vacation Club name and logo. We thought that was very nice. When we came back from the pool the next day the rugs were gone. We thought that was odd.

We didn't go to the pool until almost two. On the way we met a lady that comes around every day and asks if there are any problems with our room or anything else around the resort. Gerri told her about the rugs. Later she found Gerri and told her that the Blue membership level owners got the rugs. They were put in our room by mistake, we are only Platinum members. When we returned to our unit we had rugs. We jokingly told the story to Pam and Steve and found out they didn't get the turn down service, hadn't seen any rugs and also didn't have Terry robes provided in their unit. One of the things we have noticed about both of the resorts we stay at here in Los Cabos is the difficulty of getting washcloths, sometimes the maid leaves them and sometimes not. It is then difficult to describe what we want to housekeeping.

After making requests we have had paper towels and more bath towels delivered but seldom face cloths. Over they years this has become a standing joke or quirk of staying here. Pam and Steve have always got washcloths. I guess it all depends on your luck of the draw when maids are assigned to the different buildings.

We only stayed at poolside until about 3:30. Our evening plans we to have tacos at the Altura restaurant on property. Before going to dinner we visited with Curtis, Dana Brandon and Vanessa for about 40 minutes on Skype.

La luna creciente

At the Altura restaurant we had pork tacos, three for $65.00 MPN, about $6 US. There is a pool by the Altura and of course it overlooks the ocean. We saw the moon rise, it was high in the sky and almost full before the sun started to set. There were several local artisans that had their crafts on display. Gerri bought a small beaded sombrero and fish.  We met three people from Hershey, PA and visited with them. They thought it was funny that the maid left Hershey kisses on the bed every night.

La vista al Mar de Cortez de la Altura

We got back to our unit about 9 and guess what, Gerri was tired. Go figure she was awake at 3 AM. No dominoes tonight.

Pescado y sombrero 

Monday, April 22, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur

Monday, April 22, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

I had coffee and read on the balcony until the ants got too numerous to tolerate. I told the head housekeeper about the ants and she reported back that they had sprayed.

Do you like my hat?

Gerri worked on, and solved a blogger problem with the size of the main picture on our page. She got the picture into proportion with the rest of the page.

We went to the adult pool in time for Loteria. The activities staff never came. The lack of Loteria will certainly go on our evaluation. We shared a club sandwich with macaroni salad.

Later we went to pool C, which is just below our unit. We met Steve and Pam there. They had driven to Todos Santos and had lunch and shopping. Todos Santos is the home of the Hotel California of Eagles fame. It is now a sort of artist and crafts colony. We haven't been there for several years, Steve said the road is now four lane with guard rails. From our timeshare it is about 70 miles.

When it started to cool off we went back to our unit for the evening. We ate in tonight, left over spaghetti, with ham, sliced tomatoes, avocado and sauteed onions.

Tonight is almost a full moon, it was rising in a thinly clouded sky as the sun was setting. The pictures don't depict either as spectacular as they were.

Day is done, gone the sun

We played three games of dominoes, I won two.

All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

Sunday, April 21, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Over toes to pool and the Sea of Cortez

I spent most of the morning finishing my coffee and reading on the balcony.

Gerri made an appointment for a Spa treatment and pedicure at noon. I went to the pool at about 1 after I ate a plate leftover spaghetti. I just happened to find a seat next to Steve and Pam who we met on Wednesday, they are from Vancouver, WA. We talked about cabbages and kings until Gerri joined us. Gerri was hungry so she ordered a chicken burrito and we split it.

Before they left Steve and Pam invited us to go with them to a restaurant called Mona Lisa closer to Cabo San Lucas. It is their favorite restaurant in the area. We stayed at pool side talking to a lady named Gloria.

Our unit is just to the left of the cardon cactus

Back at our unit neither of was hungry. We spent some time on the computer and reading. We did play three games of dominoes, we started with double sixes instead of double nines. The games went pretty quickly. Gerri won the first game. I won the next 2, then we called it a night. 

Saturday, April 20, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

After coffee we decided to go to the adult pool in time for Loteria at noon. We got there and waited until after 12:30, no one showed up from the activities department to play the game.

The view from pool side

We then went to the pool area closer to our unit and shared a cheeseburger with fries.

The pool near out unit

It got cool around 4 and we went back to our unit. I sat on the balcony and read. There was a wedding party taking pictures on the beach. The wedding photos will be spectacular if the photographer shortened the depth of field. If he did it will look like the 10-12 foot surf is almost breaking on the wedding party.

Looking out at the ocean this evening I may have discovered the true way to enjoy the time we have in Mexico. I don't know if I can do it, if there is no blog tomorrow you will know.

Friday, April 19, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Slept in late this morning. It was cool and windy. This morning from 10-2 most of the power was off to our unit. This outage was planned and we received notice. Cable and internet were interrupted, but essential power stayed on.

Alexei

In the late afternoon we went down to the pool area. We were pleasantly surprised to meet our pool attendant from years past, Alexei. We have seen him so may times over the years that we consider him a friend. We have seen pictures of his children growing up and his house in San Jose being built.  He says it is now 98% finished after all these years.

We met Steve and Pam from Vancouver, WA. They are also long term customers of Alexei's. They told us about a great Italian restaurant closer to Cabo San Lucas with a great view. We exchanged room information and may get together and go there.

Friday Sunset

We went back to our unit and later called it a night.

Thursday, April 18, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Another lazy day. There was some overcast and a steady breeze. It was cool on the balcony while I had coffee.

Cardon cactus in bloom

I noticed that the large bud on the cactus had opened and took a couple of pictures. I thought I might get a better picture when the sun was past it's zenith. Wrong, in the early afternoon the bloom closed.

I went by the deli to check if they had AAA batteries, they didn't. I sat by the adult pool for awhile, but it got cooler so I went back to the unit and read.

We read on the balcony and I had chips and salsa. Gerri made herself some nachos but ate them inside because of the cool temp. More reading and some TV and computer time took us to dinner. Gerri fixed spaghetti with chicken and bacon in the red sauce.

We had a great sunset

Gerri went to the bedroom and read for awhile. I stayed up and finished the novel I was reading. This only makes 5 on this trip so far. The number will go up if the weather stays like this.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

We started our day with coffee and taking advantage of the wifi.

At 10:30 we headed up to the lobby for our owners update, read that as sales pitch. We had a late breakfast. Our salesman reminded me of a coworker from years go, Craig Lovato. After breakfast we went to the arm twisting room where we were offered an up grade that would double our available usage and double our maintenance fee. After we turned that down another offer was made that didn't interest us either. For the hours time we got a free breakfast and a certificate for $100 toward a meal at La Panga in San Jose, actually $90 toward the meal because we had to pay $10.

After we got back to our unit Gerri noticed a leak under the sink in our bathroom. We called maintenance. While repairs were being made Gerri sat in the sun on the balcony and I read. The repairs involved several workman and at least two trips to a plumbing supply store. The banging and other noises extended into the early evening.

El Cardon from our balcony

While reading on the balcony in the late afternoon we saw a little whale action off shore a ways.  I also decided to take some pictures of what appear to be blooms developing on the  Cardon cactus that grows up past our balcony.  We are curios to see of the change over the time we are here.  We are also hoping they are really blooms and we will see the flowers.

The center bloom is the one we will watch closely

We had egg salad and avocado on tortillas for supper. I enjoyed the meal and the taste of the onions for hours afterward.

Tomorrow we may actually do something beside relax. Gerri plans to find out what activities are available at poolside, or the the adult pool where we have gone in the past and the pool nearest our unit.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Since we still had the rental car until the afternoon we decide to go for lunch at the Tropicana restaurant in San Jose. After driving to town we changed our minds and decided to go to Habanero's instead. Habanero's is a restaurant that has been recommended to us by several people over the years. After 13 years we finally made it and we will now be recommending it to others. We got there in time for brunch and there were a variety of items on the menu, several egg dishes, French Toast, crepes, breakfast burritos and the like. All came with coffee or tea and a side of fresh fruit and all priced at $100 MP, about $8 USD according to the exchange rate posted. The food was plentiful and as in most restaurants in Los Cabos the service was excellent. This was good food at a good value. Gerri had Huevos Rancheros and I had Eggs Benedict served with avocado and shrimp. This is the first restaurant in Los Cabos where we didn't have to ask, “dame la cuenta, por favor.” The waiter brought the bill without my asking.

Gerri asked our waiter about finding coconuts that were firmer than most sold at stands. He recommended asking for Coco Viejo. Most of the fresh coconut here is green and the meat very soft, Gerri may like green bananas but she doesn't like soft, green coconuts.

We stopped at a Mega store before heading back to the Club Regina. Mega is a local store much like Super Walmart. We bought tortilla and cheese, some yogurt and some avocados. I was impressed with mountains of fresh fruit and vegetables available

Just south of San Jose is a section of road labeled “Curva muy Peligrosa” and it is also at the top of a hill with a scenic turnout. This is where Gerri wanted to stop and try the phrase Coco Viejo. The turnout is on the north bound side so I had to go a place down the road where there was a turn around and go back north. We parked near the Cocos Frescos truck. As I approached the truck, Gerri noticed the third item on the “menu,” Coco Dura. I recognized that as meaning hard coconut, so that is what I ordered. These stands serve the coconut out of an ice chest in the husk with a hole cut in the top to use a straw to drink the water. After drinking the water you return to the vendor and he cracks the whole thing open and scoops the meat into a plastic bag. Like I said the locals like the meat soft and usually add lime and hot sauce that is available on the truck.

Back at the Club Regina I turned in the rented car. I decided to try again with the internet connection and while we were gone it had healed itself and I was at the correct log in screen. I got yesterday's blog done. After we got the few groceries put away, Gerri went to the laundry room and washed the clothes we had worn during the last two weeks. It was mostly bathing suits. She proof read yesterday's blog and I published it and shared it on Facebook. I signed Gerri's computer on to the Raintree network with no difficulty.

Our unit here is close to the Westin Hotel, on the second level overlooking the hotel pool which is the only thing between us, the beach and the ocean. We can hear the constant surf. Late in the afternoon we sat on the balcony and watched the ocean. There were whitecaps at first and then the waves calmed down. At least they did out from shore, on the beach the waves continued to crash.

We both read for awhile and then caught up with our internet and e-mail. It is nice having internet anytime we want it, even if it is a little slow.

We had snacks while sitting on the balcony and later finished the left over molcajetas for supper.

Monday, April 15, 2013, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Moving day. For Neva it was flying home to Las Vegas. For us it was up the road a few miles to the Club Regina at the Westin, closer to San Jose Del Cabo. Neva's shuttle left at 9:20. We hung out at the Hacienda Del Mar until after playing Loteria. Gerri won one the second game, so our record wins was me, 2, Gerri, 2 and Neva, 1. I picked up the rental car at 3 PM and we went to Costco to pick up a few items before heading north.

We got checked into the Club Regina at about 5:30 PM. We made reservations for dinner at 7 at the El Herradero in San Jose and headed there planning to do a little shopping before eating. We parked and Gerri went through some shops looking for some large size napkins suitable for bread or tortilla baskets. No luck so we walked the couple of more blocks to El Herradero.

Decorations under the palapa at El Herradero's

Cooking tortillas

Gerri had the Molcajeta with shrimp and I had one with beef, chicken, chorriso and bacon. The Molcajetas are served in a lava bowl that must be 1000 degrees. The food and bowl are still hot long after being served. It is so hot that you have to start the meal carefully so as not to burn your mouth.

Back at the Club Regina we parked the car in valet since all the free parking was taken.

When we checked in we got instructions on how to access the internet. They didn't work. After several attempts, a couple of phone calls and restarts, I gave up and called it a night. I was able to sign on with my iPod, but not my computer. I thought that was weird.

Sunday, April 14, 2013, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico

I neglected to get the coffee ready to brew last night. Gerri believes the husband should make the coffee. I think that that belief comes from fact that there is a book in the New Testament titled “Hebrews.” Gerri went to the office and got coffee for herself and Neva. She also put towels on lounges at a palapa on the beach. I made the coffee as they left for the beach. Gerri plans to come back and get more coffee after finishing her first cup on the beach.  

The palapas on the beach are mostly near the hotel but still accessible to the beach vendors. In Mexico all beaches are public, but there is some definition of beach that only allows the vendors to come to the edge of the resort's property. Needless to say the vendors made some money off Gerri and Neva.

Mahogany bowl vendor

We planned to use a certificate we received for going to the time share presentation for eating this afternoon. I noticed that the certificate expired on the 13^th, so I had to stop by the sales center and get the date changed.

I then joined the ladies on the beach. Even though it's on the sand the palapa offered more shade than the umbrella by the pool with out paying so much attention to re-positioning. For lunch we all ordered cheeseburgers with fries. The hamburger patties were huge and had all the trimmings, Very good.

After lunch we went to poolside for our daily drubbing at Loteria. After Loteria, Neva and I went to the concierge's desk and had them confirm her flight and shuttle for in the morning. I also called Club Regina and confirmed that we were assigned to a street level unit. That is the closest thing they have to handicapped units.

Looking south along the beach

Back on the beach I ordered a shrimp cocktail to bring the bill up closer to the $75 we had on the certificate. I was so full I let the last $10 go. We closed the bill and Gerri and Neva went back to the room. I had started a Stuart Woods novel so I stayed and read until about six.

Gerri and Neva were on our patio and welcomed me back to the unit.

Last day in Mexico

Check out for us tomorrow is at 10 AM. Neva meets her shuttle to the airport at 9 AM,

I have arranged a rental car for the move to Club Regina and in the morning I will ask for a later checkout time. We plan to lounge around the pool area and pick up the car at 3 PM, check out our kitchen at Club Regina and then go shopping for food stuff for the next two weeks. `

Saturday, April 13, 2013, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico

A little fishing activity near the surf

I slept in after Gerri and Neva went to the pool. Gerri came back later and reminded me that I hadn't made the coffee. I made the coffee and Gerri took hers and Neva's cups to the pool.

While I drank my coffee I caught up on the e-mail that I downloaded last night. Before we left Las Vegas I stopped delivery on the e-mail groups I subscribe to and sent out e-mails to several people that routinely forward me jokes, UTube clips and political e-mail. I asked them to hold the forwards because of limited internet time. A few didn't heed that request. I sent them reminders, to no avail. I have now blocked their e-mails to me. I don't know how that blocking shows up at their end. I know it was a drastic step. With only a half hour on the internet between the two of us we have no time to slog through forwards of the same information from several different sources. In the past I have received similar requests when others are out of town and always comply and hold the e-mails until they let me know they can again receive it easily. Those of you that didn't get a request or reminder are still clear to send us e-mail. Only a few prolific forwarders are affected.

There were a lot of empty lounges by the pool so we got one of our favorite spots. Neither the lack of people playing or our good spot helped us any at Loteria. None of us won.

Gerri wasn't feeling well and went back to the unit right after Loteria. Neva stayed longer and then went back to cleanup. I stayed until everyone but the towel boy was gone.

We all had different meals. Gerri only had pasta and some avocado. Neva had scrambled eggs, bacon, tomato, pasta and avocado. I had the left over fish from last night along with some pasta, bacon, tomato and avocado.

Our domino game turned out as always for me, loser. Gerri won with Neva in second place.

The maid came to turn down our beds and left a paper flower and mints,

Flowers and friut

Flwersad mints

Tomorrow is Neva's last day. We have decided to do things differently. Instead of going to the pool we will sit under a palapa on the beach. We will probably come back to the pool for Loteria.