Finally at Cabo an adventure ashore

In the last three times that we had taken this cruise I had always stayed on ship when we arrived at Cabo. My daughters, however, have found places to be the last thee times and enjoyed the idea of having a margarita on shore at Cabo.

So this time Sue and I decided to get off the ship and get on the little boats and buz into Cabo San Lucas. Sue had her non powered chair to go aboard and the tender (the little boats) were patient. There were only 12 steps out of the big ship to get on the tender. Sue did this very easily. We also picked a time when the excursions were through jamming people on shore and the people anxious to get ashore quickly had done their bit to be on the first tender to the shore.

The weather was great. Even though it was a bit cool and breezy on the way down, Cabo in the afternoon was in the mid 70's with just a wisp of cloud in the sky. The tender dock was set up to provide some shade and easy exit. The waves on the way in were a little bouncy (but not worrisome like Mom had experienced on her trip). There is a long walk from the dock area to the city itself. All along the way there were street merchants with there wares and walking merchants with their wares in there hands. There were many many people trying to sell the silver that makes Mexico famous, There were many walking vendors that were trying to sell ocarinas in the form of little birds. These are clay flutes that easily fit in side a hand and have distinctive whistles. There were vendors on the side that were were pitching tee shirts, and dolls and clothing and trinkets. At times they were a little pushy, One grabed Linzi by the elbow and she wheeled around and told him off.

Linzi was looking for a piece of jewlery for Sean her husband. She found a lovely piece. Sue found a lovely green gauze blouse with ribbons tied through it. She was pretty happy about her purchase. She also found a couple of really nice bunches of seed beads strug together. The girls were looking for the place they had gone before and had a marvelous adventure. This place was not longer there. Heather collects crucifix art and nothing was in the realm of what she was looking for.

Sue and I stopped to dicker with a street vendor and Linzi and Heather plowed on a head. They missed us as we got to the tender.. but we reunited when we got on the ship. Overall it was a great adventure.. I am not sure that I would recommend Cabo as a place to do all of your Mexican crafts shopping if you have Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta ahead. The prices were a bit higher than in the other spots and the chances to bargin for a great price seemed limited.

Cabo seemed like a great place to go ashore and enjoy the day. We did a lot of that and it was rewarding.

: ) Pat