my nice little life

Well, we’re back home (earlier than we expected, due to personal considerations).   We’re tan and rested.  We didn’t gain any weight.  And we had a good time.  We spent more money than we had planned.  In fact, we spent more than we had budgeted for the entire month, even though we were only away for [...]

Until this trip, our travels in Mexico have been inexpensive.  Not so Cabo.  We’ve been told that Cabo is one of the most expensive places to vacation in Mexico.  Not much different from home.  Eating out was more expensive than home.  The prices we show here for breakfast and lunch were about the cheapest we [...]

On Thursday we made the approximately three hour drive from San Jose del Cabo to La Paz.  La Paz is on the eastern coast of Baja, on the Sea of Cortez.  If you remember, we were originally going to make the drive from Cabo San Lucas to La Paz.  That drive was said to be [...]

We’ve eaten at La Sirena three times.  Twice for breakfast and once for lunch.  We’ve eaten out a total  of 7 times and 3 of those were just beers and nachos.  Makes you think we like La Sirena, hunh?  Well, the food is excellent.  Made from scratch.  And cheap, compared to other places here.  And no one [...]

Ah, the laid back Mexico morning (and yes, the slums of Friday are still in our minds and conversations).   This morning, after doing our chores (which is mostly taking care of the pool), we swam, did our yoga exercises, showered, ate a light breakfast and headed out to San Jose del Cabo (SJC from here on).   [...]

Did I mention  we got a car?  No choice, really.  Had to.  We aren’t happy about not having a choice, but we’re happy to have a car.   It’s an expense we hadn’t planned on.  The price for the car wasn’t bad;  it’s the insurance that kills you.  I know my credit card covers, what”s it [...]

Okay.  Let’s start with this.  I’m an idiot.  Today we got to do something, go somewhere, few people get to experience.  And what’s rule #1 when traveling?   Always carry a camera.  And did I?  No.  Why?  I’m an idiot.  Let’s start over.  I guess this tone is a bit too flippant for what we witnessed [...]

We had an interesting experience yesterday.  If you remember, I mentioned Doug and Leslie that picked us up at the airport on Tuesday.  Nice people.  They belong to a church called Foursquare . Foursquare is doing several things in the Cabo San Lucas area, among them running three or four “kitchens” and helping to establish Freedom [...]

Well,  we’ve arrived in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.  After spending Monday night at a Best Western in Dallas (where it was 108 degrees), we landed in SJC about 11 am on Tuesday.  Our greeters had dental appointments so Doug couldn’t pick us up until 1:30, but that wasn’t a problem.  It took a while to [...]

  We’re going to Mexico for a month.   This will be the longest vacation we’ve ever taken -  the previous longest being three weeks in Buenos Aires, Argentina.   Because of work and money, most of our trips tended to be 10 days or less – until I retired in February. Now we’re going to explore [...]