south of the border for 8 days to soak in the sunshine and each other
during the thanksgiving holiday.
we found great airfares on volaris, and flew out of mexico {tijuana} to cabo.
we rented a car, and left cabo as soon as we could and headed to a small village/town
where there was a hotel directly on the beach called the surf colony. we stayed here
a week and spent every day in the 83 degree water. what a treat for a so cal family used
to 70 degree water at the warmest. no wetsuit was needed...just sunscreen! we also stayed
the last 2 nights, we went into todos santos, a larger ex pat/artist town for a little more
urban experience. we visited the mission, the hotel California and explored new beaches.
highlights:
- surfing every day
- lots and lots of mexican food {c couldn't get enough of enchiladas con mole}
- lengthy and competitive 'ocho loco' card games
- meeting a family from solana beach (scout even had a sleepover with their kids at their villa)
- shopping at the local 'super mini' for groceries for breakfast and snacks
- the boys fishing in the ocean and finn catching a 30 lb dorado
- spanish lessons for mom and the boys
- scout purchasing a futbol (soccer ball) and playing at a local field
- driving into cabo to watch spectre in english {with spanish subtitles}
- releasing olive ridley turtles on the beach at sunset
- lots of yummy drinks all vacation long {i need to run another half to burn the calories i consumed}
- reading - lots and lots of it (we read 5 books between all of us)
the trip allowed us to have much needed family time - just the 4 of us - to soak each other in.
with busy lives, it was so nice to slow down and just spend hours in play and conversation,
and to do it in a place that we love so much was a beautiful thing.
i'm excited to go through the photos (and video), as i haven't seen anything but a few i snapped on
my phone. c uploaded them all to our home server and i hope to get on tonight and pull some into this post.
in the meantime, here are some photos from google of our casual hotel right on the beach.
(it was a really rough week for me. hehe)
