March 28, 29, 30 and 31, 2014 Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico

Monday March 28, 2017

Today is moving day for us and going home day for Neva.  We all packed up, Neva completely and Gerri and I for the move to another unit,  Our first two weeks here were in a two bedroom unit, the next two weeks will be in a studio unit.

At a little after ten I went to the office and checked out and into the new unit..  It was then back to the room to wait for the call that the new room was ready.  The call came at about 1 PM.  One of the bellmen came and moved our belongings to the new unit.  Neva's bags were taken to the office.  Her shuttle to the airport was scheduled at 2:20.  Neva came to the new unit with us and took many pictures of the outside including birds around the balcony.

At a little before two we headed for the pool area.  I said goodbye to Neva while Gerri went ahead and found us seats.  I sat at the table near the activity center.  Gerri went to wait with her mom for the shuttle for the airport.  Gerri missed the first Loteria game.  We didn't win any of the four games.

At 3:45 I took a taxi to the Cabo Wabo restaurant in downtown Cabo San Lucas for a geocaching greet and meet,  The organizer of the event was a cacher named Sasq-ache,  Mikey Whitefeet from central California.  He and his wife are on a Mexican Riviera cruise on Carnival Cruise Lines to celebrate his 50th birthday.  GeoNavPros, Karin and Derek from BC also came to the event.  We had a lively talk about caching and our experiences.  The Whitefeets had to be back on their ship at 7, so the meeting broke up after about hour and a half.

After the meet and greet, Derek and Karin took me by a nearby cache and then back to the Hacienda Del Mar.  They have set a goal of a cache a day for 1000 days, they are on day 600 something.  They have also set up meet and greets in San Jose Del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas on Friday and Saturday, that I plan to attend.

Back at our room we had a dinner of the left over chicken enchiladas from a few days ago.

The sunset was unspectacular and our photographer had gone home.

Tuesday March 29, 2016

It was an overcast day.  We had our coffee as usual and went to the pool area in time for the Loteria Game.  I won one today.

We attended the Owner's Welcome Party at 5.  Tonight the main dishes were pork tacos pastor and chicken wings.  Of course they had the usual chips and dips.

Back at our unit at a little past 6 we were in for the night.  Some reading, Sudoku puzzles, TV and computer time ended the day.

Wednesday March 30, 2016

There was some blue showing through the overcast today and a lot of mare's tail clouds.  As usual we started our morning with coffee and reading and then moved to the pool area for the afternoon Loteria game.  Neither of us won any games today.

The clouds had pretty much cleared away by late afternoon.  Back at our unit it was a routine evening.  Gerri made a tuna casserole.  Maybe casserole is the wrong word, we have no oven for baking.  It was delicious and satisfying.

We are going to try to remember to take pictures with out iPads or our phones.  Gerri didn't bring her camera and Neva's went home with hers.

Some small bad news from home,  the electric trap in the attic caught anther large rat.  With the one in one of the outside that makes three rats dead.  Truely Nolan will have to check their work on sealing the attic against rat intrusion.  At least there are no more pipes in the attic for them to damage.

Thursday March 31, 2016

Not cloudy this morning, but a little windy instead.  It was our typical morning before going to the pool area.  Neither of us won any Loteria games.  Gerri read and worked om Sudoku puzzles.

I read most of the time until my iPad went dead.  The falconer was there again today.  Gerri got a few pictures of what the handler said was a three year old Harris Eagle.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%27s_hawk

We split a cheese burger and fries for a late lunch.  Gerri left the pool area before five.  She planned to do some wash.   I stopped by the laundry and was just in time to help load the dryer.











There weren't enough clouds in the sky to make a spectacular sunset.

We had left over tuna casserole for dinner,  The rest of the evening was our usual routine of reading, TV and Sudoku puzzles.

March 24, 25, 26 and 27, 2016 Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico

Thursday March 24, 2016

After coffee, reading and Sudoku puzzles we went to the pool area.  It was windy again today.  We didn't get lounges in the same area.  We also didn't all get Loteria cards.  I was the only one that played, no wins.  This week is the first time they have run out of cards.  There are lots of kids here for their Spring Break.

After more lounging we went back to our unit.  We took a taxi into town for dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant, Pancho's. http://www.panchos.com/p-rest.htm





We had an excellent meal and Neva had her picture taken with the mariachi band.  I also checked on a cache located in the restaurant.  The cache, Alan Kaschube Memorial Cache GC1C4QN, was placed in 2008 and I logged it as a find in 2011.  This cache has been found over 1100 times and has 102 favorite points.  Because of the location it has survived longer than most urban caches in Los Cabo.  The cache showed an inventory of 8 travel bugs, but none were present.  This isn't all that unusual, some get lost others are taken by non cachers.

After dinner it was back to the resort for our nightly domino game.  Gerri won tonight.  My losing streak continues.

Full moon tonight

Friday March 25, 2016

 We had another leisurely morning with coffee and reading, before heading to the pool area.  The sky was way gray with clouds that first looked like the ripples on sand dunes.

 The cloud formations change to a chevron effect and then to what looked like columns.  Very impressive.

 We all got Loteria cards today, but none of us won any of the games

We lounged around the pool all afternoon, reading and doing Sudoku puzzles.







Back our timeshare Gerri made Chicken enchiladas in a green sauce.  They were served with a salad and we each had a portion of the left over chili relleno from Poncho's.

Tonight I won the domino game.  The score now is five each for the ladies with me still bringing up the rear with two games won.

A lot of people checkout tomorrow.  It should be less crowded by the pools.  Of course later in the afternoon new people will be checking in.  More spring breakers.  Of course most of the partying occurs in town and the partyers are pretty subdued during the day around the resort.

Saturday March 26, 2016

We watched a lot of people departing while we enjoyed our coffee on the balcony.  Saturday and Monday are the check in days here at Hacienda Del Mar.  Of course that makes them check out days too.  The only trouble with Saturday and Monday traveling is generally the airfares are higher.  Oh, well that is part of the price for leisure time in this beautiful place.

 We got to the pool area and located  three lounges beside the sports pool.  This is the first time we have sat up here this year.  Most of the time we sat with our backs to the pool, facing the gulf.

After Loteria, which none of us won, we ordered Coconut shrimp, onion rings and fish tacos.  Service was really slow today and it was after four when we got our order.  This turned out to be our supper.  We stayed later at the pool than normal.  I didn't get back to our unit until after 6.  It had gotten cool and most people had left the area.  Just before I left two large groups came and took up most of the lounges by the side of the pool where I had been sitting.  They must have checked in later in the afternoon.

We played our nightly domino game.  Gerri won tonight

The end of a golden day

Sunday March 27, 2016

We had our coffee and then tuned into worship services from the Oakey Boulevard Church of Christ.  Last week the picture was better than we are used to, today we could hardly recognize the men who were conducting the service.

We had reservations for Brunch at the Cabo Del Sol Country Club.  The country club is only about a half mile away and they have a shuttle from the timeshare office.  This brunch had been recommended by several people over the years.  It was our first time there.  It was very busy, probably busier because it was Easter Sunday.  The country club was decorated for Easter.  

They even had rabbits, chicks and ducklings.  There were a lot of families with small children dressed for the occasion.  The wait was about 40 minutes.  During the wait the staff served champagne, mimosas and a variety of soft drinks.  

They had a large variety of food choice, a breakfast bar, a salad bar and entrees including grilled lobster, crab, shrimp, flank steak and a variety of sushi.  After all that there was a expansive desert table.

Back at the time share area we changed and spent the rest of the afternoon in the pool area relaxing and reading.

After the large brunch, none of us were very hungry.  We played our nightly domino game.  Gerri won again.  The score for the two weeks ended up; Gerri 7, Neva 5 and 2 for me.  After dominoes we all had a light supper of left overs.  As for dessert we had PEEPS that Neva had brought from home for the occasion.

Tomorrow Neva leaves for home at about 2:40 and we move to another unit.  This has been a good two weeks, spent with family in a beautiful place.

March 21, 22, and 23, 2016 Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico

Monday March 21, 2016
Last night I stayed up very late, finishing a book I was reading.  I got a late start, I didn't make our coffee until 10.  We had food bars and fruit before going to the pool area,

It was a little busier today.  We got lounges near the central poll, but not together.
We were able to move around later so we were sitting together.  None of us won at Loteria today.  We stayed at the pool area until about 5.






























Tonight Gerri made a pasta dish with meat sauce and it was served with a salad

Our nightly domino game was won by Neva.  She is dominating the the game playing this trip.  Dominating the dominoes?

Tuesday March 21, 2016
We had our coffee while reading on the balcony.  The marine layer was very thick on the horizon looking toward the mainland of Mexico.  by 11 AM it had thinned to just a far off haze.

We made it down to the pool area at about 1 and found lounges by the north end of the activities area.  We played Loteria and none of us won any of the games.

We stayed at the pool until time to go to the weekly Owners Welcome party.  Besides the usual chips and dips tonight the featured fish cakes and chicken wings.  During the arty they have drawings for prizes, we didn't win any.

A daily ultra light flight

Not a sunset, a moon rise

After the party we went back to our unit and played our usual domino game.  Neva continues her winning ways, beating us sounder than usual.


Wednesday March 23, 2016

Today was pretty much the same as the last few days.  We had our coffee.  Lounged around the pool are before and after the Loteria game.  No winners in our group.  We did talk to a family from Boise, Idaho before returning to the room.  They are here for the week.  Chad is an executive recruiter for sports steams, he recruits executives not players.  Maureen works for Blue Cross/ Blue Shield.  They have two small daughters.

Back in our unit we had a dinner of left overs and salad.  Gerri won the the nightly domino game.  I am falling way behind with only one win.

Neva walked around the north end of the property.  She got pictures of the Sea of Cortez and some of the boat traffic the goes by the area.

March 18, 19 and 20, 2016 Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico

Friday March 18, 2016

We spent the morning reading and doing Sudoku puzzles.  It seems like I get worse at them rather than better. We went to the pool area at about noon, surprisingly we got lounges near the activity center pool.

At two we played the Loteria games.  No winners here for us.






We had some snack around the pool and stayed there until about 5.  It wasn't as windy as yesterday.

Back in our unit we relaxed some more before a dinner of left overs from Monday and Thursday's meals.

I won the nightly domino game.  My first win on this trip.  The score now is two wins each for Gerri and Neva, one win for me.

Tonight there was a nice but not spectacular sunset.

Thanks and praise, for our days,
'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, neath the sky;
As we go, this we know, God is nigh.

Saturday March 19, 2016

There was a falconer around the pool area today

Another afternoon at the pool area.  Gerri one of the Loteria Games.  We relaxed around the pool until about 5 and then headed back to our unit.  

Tonight Gerri fixed salad and a spinach quiche with bacon for dinner.

Sun has set, shadows come,
Time has fled, Scouts must go to their beds
Always true to the promise that they made.

Neva won our nightly domino game,  It seemed like a long day but we really didn't do much except enjoy the day. 

Sunday March 20, 2016

This morning we tuned into the net-cast from the Oakey Boulevard Church of Christ and worshiped with our home congregation.  We didn't bring communion supplies so we couldn't participate in the Lord's Supper.  We usually don't have dependable internet, so we hadn't made provision for the worship service.

In the afternoon we went to the pool area.  Gerri won two Loteria games today.  We all did some reading and I napped for awhile.

Gerri made salmon croquet for supper and served them with a salad and a rice with vegetables dish.  Very good.

Neva took some pictures around the property and I have included some of them.

Another domino game resulted in another win for Neva.

While the light fades from sight,
And the stars gleaming rays softly send,
To thy hands we our souls, Lord, commend.