I Am OLD! And a Taste of Mexico

 I turned 37 a couple of weeks ago. It was a Sunday so we had an amazing breakfast together before church

Then we went to the park with Grandma and Grandpa Bullock. Henry had fun pushing Grandma on this thing

Her revenge was spinning him on this thing

After a delicious roast beef dinner (not pictured) I got to open some presents. Mason made me a hat!

I got a cool moose card from my parents

And Kim bought me some new beach wear

Then it was time for hugs

And cake. Our neighbors also came over to help us eat the cake.

Grandma got a crash course in perler beading

Kim and I got to go to Los Cabos, Mexico for a partner retreat with work. In the Portland airport we at at Henry's!

After many long hours on the plane we made it

This is the view from our room

Our first sunset

The ocean was beautiful

We had delicious tacos for dinner

And cake and sorbet for dessert

Here is a video of our first day

The next morning we got up bright and early for a trip to the arch and to go snorkeling. This is the main view from the hotel lobby

The first major stop of our tour was to a glass factory where we got to see them create a glass elephant

After the glass factory we went to a few shops and did a little shopping

After that we went to the Cabo San Lucas marina and got in a boat to tour the Arch, which is also known as Land's End

We saw lots of cool boats

Including a cruise ship

Parasailing

The rock you see protruding out of the water looks like a howling wolf

Here are some pelicans at pelican beach

Here is a sea lion

I think this is called Pelican Rock where the sea lion was sunning

More pelicans

My beautiful wife

Here is the howling wolf

Here we are in front of Lover's Beach

I thought this black boat looked so cool

I think this opening was called the Window to the Pacific

This rock formation is called Scooby-Doo

Get ready for lots of pictures of the arch, or El Arco

Sea lion

Pelicans

Here is the Pirate's Cave on the Pacific side of Land's End (Land's End is where the Sea of Cortez (Eastern part of the peninsula) meets the Pacific Ocean (Western side of the peninsula)).

Crazy looking bird. I think it is a Brandt's Cormorant

View from the Pacific side

The Pacific side of Lover's Beach is called Divorce Beach

Just beyond Divorce Beach there is this resort

We also saw some whales as part of our tour

This was our group

She is my favorite

And some more pictures of the arch for good measure

Those clouds look so cool

Lover's Beach

Cruise ship

Pirate ship. You can do cruises on this ship. Next time...

Senor Frogs is a famous Mexican chain and this is one that we saw from the marina

Here is a video of our trip to the arch

After the arch tour we went to Chileno Beach for some snorkeling

Here is a panorama of the beach 

And here is the tiny planet photo I made

This is our group at the beach

Here are a few shots from snorkeling. I was amazed at how many fish there were and how they were so close to us...until I learned that the guide was feeding them tortillas...

After the snorkeling we relaxed on the beach and were treated to same whale acrobatics

If you missed the whale initially you couldn't miss the splash

I took some artistic license on this photo. I got a sequence of a whale jumping out of the water and as I looked at the shots I realized it was spinning while it jumped. I combined 5 shots to show that spin

Here is one a little closer so you can appreciate the spin

This one did a back flip

Here is a video of our snorkeling trip to Chileno Beach

That is it for today. Lot's more Los Cabos adventures to come!