Dec 30, 2012 - at sea toward Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

12/30 at sea toward Cabo There was a huge, gorgeous red sun this morning & I was up in time to see it along with Jean & Jerry. We had a very relaxing day aboard ship. Pam is a bit better, Jerry is improving, and now Jean is having some food issues. In spite of hand sanitizers all over the ship plus cool settings on the A/C, the germs continue to spread. We attended a variety of sessions, but mostly relaxed. Jim spent the morning playing pinochle with his lady friends. (I don’t know how to spell it or play it.) He enjoys this card game and...

Dec 29, 2012 - at sea toward Cabo

12/29 at sea toward Cabo I heard that the sunrise was gorgeous this morning. Jean & Jerry saw it, but I was a few minutes late. Jim gets up early (6:15 ish) to work out; Jean, Jerry & I get up early to watch the sunrise and to drink coffee! With today being a day at sea, there were a number of sessions to attend. Many of the small group sessions on this trip have been dealing with drawing and writing. Perhaps one could have become an artist or an author during the voyage! I attended the Biology on an Island presentation. It was interesting...

Dec 8, 2012 - Cabo San Lucas

Up early for breakfast and departure of the ship by tender to our first stop since leaving San Francisco. A place called Cabo San Lucas. Electronic swipe for POB (Persons on Board) and we were off in a bus. First stop a free drink at a restaurant and high vantage point for a few photos. Then to another town to look at Spanish influenced early architecture. A wander around the shops, then back to Cabo for our first Taco and Mescilin drink in Mexico, followed by a Margarita. There are a lot of dressed up skeleton dolls. All started in 1901...

Nov 13, 2012 - I'm going back to the border....

Where my affairs, my affairs ain't abused I can't take any more bad water I've been poisoned from my head down to my shoes.... Here I am in La Paz, Baja, Mexico waiting around for a ferry to take me to the mainland. I figure I should take the time to do an update and wrap my head around the last month of travel. I've been all over the map, 1900 miles of driving in the Land Cruiser, from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, 6 flights, from Cabo to LA to Vegas to LA to SD to LA to Cabo. It's been a blast but none of it has been easy. Let me jump back...

Oct 26, 2012 - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Here we took a scenic tour of Cabo and did some shopping since we had been here several time before. We were amazed however at how much Cabo has grown and the size of the boats in the harbor ... there is sure a lot of money there now. Pictures coming...

Mar 16, 2012 - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Today we are all up early and down on deck 4 at 7 am ready to catch the first tender away from the ship. Pam & Jack have a vacation home here so they are running the tour today. Our first stop was a hill top restaurant Villa Serena for a Mexican breakfast. The view is of the ocean and the restaurant is open air. I had a shrimp Omlette with fresh & hot flour tortillas and refried beans. The meal was delicious and we were off to San Jose Del Cabo. San Jose Del Cabo is a big artist area and a smaller and quieter community than Cabo San Lucas....

Feb 20, 2012 - Baja Sur, Mexico 2012

Dear Friends and Family, I want to share a little of our adventures in Baja and of our neighbors to the south. I think this is especially important right now as Mexico is getting so much negative publicity because of the cartels and because of the unresolved immigration issues. The demand for illegal drugs, the importation of firearms and the lack of a clear and fair immigration/guest worker policy is our contribution to the situation. The Mexican people we saw are so polite and their community and family life so strong, that it is a...

Jan 29, 2012 - Todos Santos via La Paz

Fantastic Book About Baja Pictographs/Cave Paintings Did our business and out by 4:30pm...on dunes at sunset!! Best Internet Service in Todos: PC service, Luis A Rivera Salcedo; -Cebtebarui e/Topete y Obregon; basquetbol_luis@hotmail.com...he's good guy and is very helpful!!! Phone: 612-145-1036 or cell 612-141-1248 2-1-12 Still dealing with problems due to lost address book! Bon is trying to use Skype now only to find out that Skype has eliminated her account because her password did not have enough letters/numbers! So, all the phone...

Jan 29, 2012 - Constitucion

Just a short drive since we do not want to arrive in La Paz until Monday to do business. Staying at Hotel Maribel, cheap and more in line with our $12 ON per day budget, ha! I guess the lost address book is bound to follow me for quite some time! Bon's reminders not-with-standing, we are always facing some difficulty w/o phone #s or email addresses or street addresses...and now no phone to retrieve from! We are also getting into more 'regular travel mode seeking out roadside parking for ON stops I the car and hunting down the cheapest...