A Long Overdue Trip

The day after Christmas Scott and I headed to Mexico and Carter stayed with Pa Joe and Grandma Bonnie.  Scott and I have not taken a vacation for just us (without having anything else to do) in about 15 years.  Aunt Ellen and Aunt Janet have family that have a place in Cabo Pulmo.  They arranged for us to be able to go and spend a week at their house.  It is a great little town of about 100 people or so and not a resort town at all.  A few pictures from this wonderful trip.

The view from the deck.



Walking on the beach every day was wonderful.

We were able to do some snorkeling while we were there.  This was a huge step for me because I am not a big ocean person, and I admittedly am a terrible snorkeler.  It was great to be able to do it with Scott though, and he was so patient with me.

Not a great picture, but we were able to see a mom and baby humpback whale.  The migration was just beginning, so we were excited to be able to see them.  After this we also saw a giant pod of dolphins go by our boat.

We also went over to seal island and swam with the seals.  Two side notes. First, after returning to shore and going to dinner that night, we learned that one of the seals had been attacked by a shark that day.  It is a REALLY good thing that I didn't know that before we left.  And, second, seals STINK!

Probably one of the big highlights, especially for Scott, was the day we drove up to La Paz and swam/snorkeled with whale sharks.  We went there thinking we would probably have to search for a place and get lucky if someone had availability, because we hadn't made any reservations.  We walked in to the first place hoping and they told us they had spots on the trip leaving in 15 minutes!  We didn't even have time to go back to the car and change clothes.  This was probably better because it didn't give us time to think about it.  The whale sharks were HUGE and a little intimidating, but we did it and I am so glad we did.  Scott would have stayed in the water all day.

There were a handful of great little restaurants.  For New Year's Eve, we hit one up and had a great dinner, listened to the band and got to do some dancing.  The evening was wonderful and ended at about 10:00pm (also known as Cabo Pulmo New Year's time).  :) 



It was a wonderful week, and one the two of us hope we can do again soon.