Mexico

By now you know we like to travel...right?!  So it shouldn't be a surprise that Craig and I went to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for a few days back in October?  We asked Craig's niece Jaleese to come up from Boise to watch the boys.  She did a fabulous job.  In fact, Gavin said he wants her to come again next time we go out of town!

Craig and I have been to Cabo before, but that was for one day while on a Mexican Riviera cruise.  

This is the first time we stayed at an all inclusive hotel.  Expedia was having some deals so we  checked the reviews for various ones and chose the Santa Riu.  It was beautiful with a great staff and beach.  We were a few minutes from downtown.  One day we took a taxi and another day we took the city bus. {which is an OLD school bus with the seats lining the walls.  They crammed the people in.  It was only $1 per person and the experience was PRICELESS}.
We went to church Sunday and enjoyed talking to the missionaries.  One looked like Skyler Packard and the other looked like Jake Niska.  We learned that the Bishop was a former missionary to the area.  After returning home and getting married he felt he needed to live in Mexico and build the church there and share his church leadership skills.  They were about our age with 4 kids.  

This is a school we passed one of the days walking downtown.  

We bought one excursion.  We rode dune buggies along  riverbeds and  along the ocean.  Just our luck they had a previous storm and the riverbeds were not dry.  We got soaked to the bone!  It was a blast because there was only one other guy with us.  So we go to go fast and have a more tailored tour without 20 extra buggies.  It was very memorable when a wheel from our guide flew off while his buggie was in midair after going over a jump!  Not too surprising with our old 80s Mexican buggies.

After the tour they have everyone take a picture with the trained vulture.