Cabo San Lucas
Ok – so I skipped a day. That was a sea day and nothing much happened other than some bickering, tiredness and altogether too much togetherness. I am a free spirit who is constantly on the prowl for a new adventure. I am saddled with an anchor and while that is good, sometimes too much togetherness does not a good thing make! LOL
I am seriously considering letting my 21 yr old DD come with us in August. She is such a daredevil when it comes to trying something new she’ll try anything once. Then again she does then to cling? HHMM?? To bring or not to bring? That is the question.
Anyway, we get to Cabo and I wake up at 8 am to get ready for our 9:30 sea kayaking adventure. All excited as the last time I wanted to do this, the water was too rough. Well, about 8:15 Brent comes on the intercom – the 3rd party operator has cancelled YET AGAIN all water activities. Too dangerous. OK so Cabo does not like me. At least time it let us dock/tender.
We take our time getting off and head off to our tender when it opens to the public at 10:30. We get on the pier and immediately head off to Diamonds International. My type of candy store!! LOL we see something but it really is too big for my finger – as my body may be big – I’m stuck with some small fingers. I was a size 4 ½ in high school and 20-something years later – I am just under a size 6. So, I wonder? If I lose the weight – will my fingers lose the weight too?
So we go wandering in search of trinkets and baubles only to be blindsided with all kinds of wrestling masks which seems to be all the rage. This, of course brings to mind that I really shafted my nephew on the Med cruise by only bringing him rocks so I make up for it this time – Vicki Jo – don’t tell him! I only hope no one else gets upset – Steve was being a Charlie Brown and harassing me for buying stuff. You would have thought I bought all kinds of things along the way. Seriously, I had no intentions of buying anything as the only port that I hadn’t gone to was Aruba. And, I learned my lesson, only magnets and postcards so he got off easy there. Well, to make a very long day short, we walked, had lunch and while at lunch shut my phone off. Why do I mention this? You will see in a moment.
Later in the day we finally walk into Milano Jewelry stores and I find a little trinket, much to my surprise, Steve tries to talk me into this Tanzanite pendant. Very pretty but I didn’t want to spend that much. Then it hits me when he says, he’d rather buy it now than in July when the girls come. Hm……is DH being a scrooge? Anyway, I resist and only get one SMALL tanzanite pendant and chain. Why? Because in Puerto Vallerta I got my Firefly fire opal – now that one folks is very nice – and an ammolite pendant which I now have to find a chain for. Oh the stuff I have to do just to please Steve! Tough job but someon has to do it.
So we proceed to get along with the charade and Steve picks a fight – come to find out later he just didn’t want me to be there while he bought it. If he’d of asked med – I would have stepped out and continued my shopping. Doesn’t he know that jewelry shopping takes away from my regular shopping? So we leave mad and without candy, only to have Steve go back and buy the pendant. So we decide to have dinner as I wasn’t really satisfied with lunch which consisted of Nachos with beans and cheese and 4 tacos – one Carne Asada, 2 chicken and 1 Nopales – which is cactus for you non-Spanish speaking people which totally grossed Steve out. I should have made him try it. Darn it! Anyway, by this time I’m good and mad as Steve is playing Scrooge to the tilt. So he decided to head back to the ship and drop off my packages which are making Steve feel like a pack mule (he wasn’t really all that packed down either). We book it to the ship on the way passing “Carlton” who was with a very nice looking young lady. Not sure if its his wife or companion. But anyway, we get on ship and Steve hurries me off again. I almost stayed there when I realized that the ships clock said it was 7. Last tender for the ship is at 8 pm. I tell Steve – forget it – I’m tired I can get my beans and chili at home. He gets this horror look on his face which immediately tells me – he bought the necklace. I tell him – you bought it didn’t you?
So now we have to book it off the ship. Which we do – we are stopped at the aft gangway as a tender boat is unloading. So waiting for a few minutes for them to pass, there is this drunk as a skunk gringo which comes barreling down and tries to board. I think – uh oh! Well, we finally get to load at 7:02. We get to the pier at 7:12 but then the tender boat pilot has trouble docking the boat and on his 5th attempt – we finally bang onto the pier. Steve and I hoof it off and I hear the drunk man asking the pilot if he can pilot the boat and he’ll give him his little treasure chest of beer. I don’t know what he was thinking but I booked it off there. I approach Jim , explain our situation and tells us to talk to the Magic Coordinator – forget his name – anyway, he tells us – “Folks, You know the last tender to the ship is at 8 and WE WILL LEAVE YOU. I say – yeah ok – just letting you know. We then go running to catch a taxi to the side of pier, we hope into the first one we come too which is about 3 minutes from the pier – whew – I am out of shape! So we jump in – don’t even ask the price but I explain the situation and that we have to get to the store – there was a minor modification which had to be done in order to get the pendant on the chain. The guy books it- imagine this big old van careening through traffic – only to stop off long enough to let Steve get out – almost slamming his door into a pole and then we have to go about ½ mile to make a u-turn. When we get back, Steve is waiting for us. We make it back to the pick-up point and the taxi driver says – ok – so I throw him a US twenty dollar and a Mexican $20 bill and ask him if that’s enough – of course he says yes – he got about an $11 dollar tip – but it was worth it.
We go running onto the pier and I hear the crew guys asking – so did you make it – I hold up my Milano Bag and he says – Oh – it’s a recommended store – if you’d of missed it – we could have picked it up for you on Tuesday and mailed it home to you – OK folks – imagine the DUH! DIS board icon inserted in here. So I say that’s ok – what life without a little bit of excitement. So do you all want to know what time it was when we stepped back on the tender boat? Keep in mind that we stepped off at 7:14 – it was 7:32 when we were seated back on the tender! We made it in all that time. For those of you that have been in Cabo – the Milano store is where Burger King was – walking distance is about 10-15 minutes. We would not have made it!
As for the time? When I shut my phone off at lunch and switched it back on a minute later – it updated with the PST zone time. I noticed that we “hadn’t spent much time at the taco stand.” Duh – now I know why – we were none hour behind. Had we really gone to have dinner and the to the ship – we would have really been waving good-by to the ship from the pier! So – for all those that hear the saying – everything happens for a reason? Yes it does! I took it as a warning and next time I will be wearing a manual watch. That was just a bit too close for comfort. I was having nightmare scenarios of us waving Goodbye to the ship.
The funny thing – when we talked to our tablemates at dinner – they had a similar experience – they had an excursion of the scenic tour of the bay at 11. They got to go by the Los Arcos and got some wonderful pictures of it. Turns out they mis-read the meeting place – they thought Rocking Bar D when I reality it was on the pier. So they were to meet at 11:30 on the pier. At 11:02 they were stopped by a full tender boat. Had to wait for the next one – get to the pier at 11:28 and come running up to the excursion meeting place where they are asked – are you the party of 6? Yes – ok – we are all here now.
So that folks, was another exciting yet typical experience in the roaming adventures of Steve and Laura – this one not of my doing – when are you men going to learn you can’t surprise us woman? LOL
OK going to shut off now as DH wants to attend the jackpot bingo of $25,000. Yes folks, it is up to that amount and HAS to go this session. But beware – the cards are all electronic – they do have paper ones but they go too fast and a professional to do those. But the price to join? $69 for 48 cards. The other option is $49 for 24 and $29 for 6 and $19 for 3 cards. Yup – I’m going to pass. My vice is not bingo – too slow for me – so I shop. That’s what Steve thinks but don’t hold me to that – I do however recall seeing the charge of $69 on our bill at least 3 times.
So folks, I have got to go and pack the rest of our stuff. Talk to you all later. We will be blowing in tomorrow morning – as today is Saturday and Steve just confirmed – we are drifting off the coast of either Mexico or CA. Wonder what excuse they’ll come up at dinner.
OK folks, let you know later if Steve is a big winner. Bye!
Ok – so I skipped a day. That was a sea day and nothing much happened other than some bickering, tiredness and altogether too much togetherness. I am a free spirit who is constantly on the prowl for a new adventure. I am saddled with an anchor and while that is good, sometimes too much togetherness does not a good thing make! LOL
I am seriously considering letting my 21 yr old DD come with us in August. She is such a daredevil when it comes to trying something new she’ll try anything once. Then again she does then to cling? HHMM?? To bring or not to bring? That is the question.
Anyway, we get to Cabo and I wake up at 8 am to get ready for our 9:30 sea kayaking adventure. All excited as the last time I wanted to do this, the water was too rough. Well, about 8:15 Brent comes on the intercom – the 3rd party operator has cancelled YET AGAIN all water activities. Too dangerous. OK so Cabo does not like me. At least time it let us dock/tender.
We take our time getting off and head off to our tender when it opens to the public at 10:30. We get on the pier and immediately head off to Diamonds International. My type of candy store!! LOL we see something but it really is too big for my finger – as my body may be big – I’m stuck with some small fingers. I was a size 4 ½ in high school and 20-something years later – I am just under a size 6. So, I wonder? If I lose the weight – will my fingers lose the weight too?
So we go wandering in search of trinkets and baubles only to be blindsided with all kinds of wrestling masks which seems to be all the rage. This, of course brings to mind that I really shafted my nephew on the Med cruise by only bringing him rocks so I make up for it this time – Vicki Jo – don’t tell him! I only hope no one else gets upset – Steve was being a Charlie Brown and harassing me for buying stuff. You would have thought I bought all kinds of things along the way. Seriously, I had no intentions of buying anything as the only port that I hadn’t gone to was Aruba. And, I learned my lesson, only magnets and postcards so he got off easy there. Well, to make a very long day short, we walked, had lunch and while at lunch shut my phone off. Why do I mention this? You will see in a moment.
Later in the day we finally walk into Milano Jewelry stores and I find a little trinket, much to my surprise, Steve tries to talk me into this Tanzanite pendant. Very pretty but I didn’t want to spend that much. Then it hits me when he says, he’d rather buy it now than in July when the girls come. Hm……is DH being a scrooge? Anyway, I resist and only get one SMALL tanzanite pendant and chain. Why? Because in Puerto Vallerta I got my Firefly fire opal – now that one folks is very nice – and an ammolite pendant which I now have to find a chain for. Oh the stuff I have to do just to please Steve! Tough job but someon has to do it.
So we proceed to get along with the charade and Steve picks a fight – come to find out later he just didn’t want me to be there while he bought it. If he’d of asked med – I would have stepped out and continued my shopping. Doesn’t he know that jewelry shopping takes away from my regular shopping? So we leave mad and without candy, only to have Steve go back and buy the pendant. So we decide to have dinner as I wasn’t really satisfied with lunch which consisted of Nachos with beans and cheese and 4 tacos – one Carne Asada, 2 chicken and 1 Nopales – which is cactus for you non-Spanish speaking people which totally grossed Steve out. I should have made him try it. Darn it! Anyway, by this time I’m good and mad as Steve is playing Scrooge to the tilt. So he decided to head back to the ship and drop off my packages which are making Steve feel like a pack mule (he wasn’t really all that packed down either). We book it to the ship on the way passing “Carlton” who was with a very nice looking young lady. Not sure if its his wife or companion. But anyway, we get on ship and Steve hurries me off again. I almost stayed there when I realized that the ships clock said it was 7. Last tender for the ship is at 8 pm. I tell Steve – forget it – I’m tired I can get my beans and chili at home. He gets this horror look on his face which immediately tells me – he bought the necklace. I tell him – you bought it didn’t you?
So now we have to book it off the ship. Which we do – we are stopped at the aft gangway as a tender boat is unloading. So waiting for a few minutes for them to pass, there is this drunk as a skunk gringo which comes barreling down and tries to board. I think – uh oh! Well, we finally get to load at 7:02. We get to the pier at 7:12 but then the tender boat pilot has trouble docking the boat and on his 5th attempt – we finally bang onto the pier. Steve and I hoof it off and I hear the drunk man asking the pilot if he can pilot the boat and he’ll give him his little treasure chest of beer. I don’t know what he was thinking but I booked it off there. I approach Jim , explain our situation and tells us to talk to the Magic Coordinator – forget his name – anyway, he tells us – “Folks, You know the last tender to the ship is at 8 and WE WILL LEAVE YOU. I say – yeah ok – just letting you know. We then go running to catch a taxi to the side of pier, we hope into the first one we come too which is about 3 minutes from the pier – whew – I am out of shape! So we jump in – don’t even ask the price but I explain the situation and that we have to get to the store – there was a minor modification which had to be done in order to get the pendant on the chain. The guy books it- imagine this big old van careening through traffic – only to stop off long enough to let Steve get out – almost slamming his door into a pole and then we have to go about ½ mile to make a u-turn. When we get back, Steve is waiting for us. We make it back to the pick-up point and the taxi driver says – ok – so I throw him a US twenty dollar and a Mexican $20 bill and ask him if that’s enough – of course he says yes – he got about an $11 dollar tip – but it was worth it.
We go running onto the pier and I hear the crew guys asking – so did you make it – I hold up my Milano Bag and he says – Oh – it’s a recommended store – if you’d of missed it – we could have picked it up for you on Tuesday and mailed it home to you – OK folks – imagine the DUH! DIS board icon inserted in here. So I say that’s ok – what life without a little bit of excitement. So do you all want to know what time it was when we stepped back on the tender boat? Keep in mind that we stepped off at 7:14 – it was 7:32 when we were seated back on the tender! We made it in all that time. For those of you that have been in Cabo – the Milano store is where Burger King was – walking distance is about 10-15 minutes. We would not have made it!
As for the time? When I shut my phone off at lunch and switched it back on a minute later – it updated with the PST zone time. I noticed that we “hadn’t spent much time at the taco stand.” Duh – now I know why – we were none hour behind. Had we really gone to have dinner and the to the ship – we would have really been waving good-by to the ship from the pier! So – for all those that hear the saying – everything happens for a reason? Yes it does! I took it as a warning and next time I will be wearing a manual watch. That was just a bit too close for comfort. I was having nightmare scenarios of us waving Goodbye to the ship.
The funny thing – when we talked to our tablemates at dinner – they had a similar experience – they had an excursion of the scenic tour of the bay at 11. They got to go by the Los Arcos and got some wonderful pictures of it. Turns out they mis-read the meeting place – they thought Rocking Bar D when I reality it was on the pier. So they were to meet at 11:30 on the pier. At 11:02 they were stopped by a full tender boat. Had to wait for the next one – get to the pier at 11:28 and come running up to the excursion meeting place where they are asked – are you the party of 6? Yes – ok – we are all here now.
So that folks, was another exciting yet typical experience in the roaming adventures of Steve and Laura – this one not of my doing – when are you men going to learn you can’t surprise us woman? LOL
OK going to shut off now as DH wants to attend the jackpot bingo of $25,000. Yes folks, it is up to that amount and HAS to go this session. But beware – the cards are all electronic – they do have paper ones but they go too fast and a professional to do those. But the price to join? $69 for 48 cards. The other option is $49 for 24 and $29 for 6 and $19 for 3 cards. Yup – I’m going to pass. My vice is not bingo – too slow for me – so I shop. That’s what Steve thinks but don’t hold me to that – I do however recall seeing the charge of $69 on our bill at least 3 times.
So folks, I have got to go and pack the rest of our stuff. Talk to you all later. We will be blowing in tomorrow morning – as today is Saturday and Steve just confirmed – we are drifting off the coast of either Mexico or CA. Wonder what excuse they’ll come up at dinner.
OK folks, let you know later if Steve is a big winner. Bye!
Dam! Go figure - now I can add a picture! God sure has a sense of humor doesn't he?
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