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<\/a>The Malec\u00f3n<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Bouncy Castle!<\/p><\/div>\n
On Monday we hit the ferry office first, buying tickets for the following Monday. The whole thing was pretty simple. It took about an hour and cost $320 for us, our van, and a cabin on board. Next stop, the playground. We found a parking spot, and guy offered to wash the van, which it badly needed.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The playground even had a tiny little coin-op Thomas, which Q loved.<\/p><\/div>\n
Next stop, the taco stand for lunch. We got our tacos to go, which is quite a challenge. The beauty of Mexican tacos is all of the accompanying salsas, which makes a to-go order pretty difficult. They had little plastic bags that you could fill up with the salsas, but unless you\u2019re practiced at it, it\u2019s a big mess. We took our tacos down to the waterfront to eat. It was nice, but we\u2019ll opt for a place with tables next time.<\/p>\n
Next we walked to the offices of Mar y Aventuras, a local guiding company, and booked a sea kayaking trip for Saturday. This is the same company that my friends Ed, Annette, and I went through for a 4 day kayaking trip over 16 years ago!<\/p>\n
With 5 days until our departure for the mainland, we headed out to explore the rest of the cape area. First stop, Todos Santos, for an amazing but expensive lunch at a boutique hotel overlooking the sea. We decided to go to Cabo San Lucas to camp for the night, in hopes of getting some beach time. The campground turned out to be not so nice, with an ugly walk on a busy dirt road to get to the beach. See, this trip isn\u2019t all roses and sunshine for us!<\/p>\n
Lunch in Todos Santos<\/p><\/div>\n The next day turned out much better. We drove to San Jose del Cabo and pulled off the road where it crossed a bridge over an arroyo and parked under the bridge for some shade. We found a palapa on the beach and spent a couple of hours playing the waves.<\/p>\n Chillin’ on the beach<\/p><\/div>\n The waves here a little too big for Quinn to play in, but he liked it when I held him and let the breakers crash over us.<\/p><\/div>\n For lunch we had a choice: The tourist restaurant on the beach with views of the ocean, or the guy who had a stand set up under the bridge serving seafood out of a cooler at his three tables. We\u2019re seeing this a lot: eat where the locals eat and there won\u2019t be a view of the beach, the food will probably be great, and it will be inexpensive. Eat with a view of the beach and the food will also probably be good, the view will be great, the staff will speak English, and you\u2019ll pay US prices. Today we opted for the view. \u263a<\/p>\n After lunch it was time for something completely different. We headed inland to camp near a waterfall we read about. It was a great choice. We drove up a dirt road into the hills to a nice, if primitive, campground. The waterfalls were about a 15 minute hike away, and although the water was too cold to play in for long, we had a good time talking to a family on holiday from Michigan. That night we had a blissfully quiet evening under the stars.<\/p>\n Paradise Found?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>