Awake with the rising sun to the sounds of
birds and the waves on the beach below and a cool ocean breeze – what a
beautiful way to live! Over the next 11
days I’ll get accustomed to waking like this.
I never tired of it, but today it’s extraordinary; a wonderful reminder
that I’m on vacation in a special place far, far from my normal routine.
After coffee and cereal I headed down the
coast to Cabo San Lucas in Ken’s borrowed truck for a morning of SCUBA
diving. The dive charter was Sunshine Dive Center. Ken’s directions were great and I located the
shop without any trouble.
The cliffs and beaches of Cabo San Lucas are
stunningly beautiful! The dive sites are
just a 5 minute boat ride from the marina.
First we dove at Land’s End (by the famous stone arch). At Land’s End you’re in the Pacific
Ocean when on the west side of a small rock island, and the Sea of Cortez when on the east
side. There were large numbers of
schooling fish, some big green moray eels (guarding their live lobster “pet” in
a cave). The second dive was by Pelican
Rock where there’s an interesting underwater sand flow – a constantly moving
river of sand that flows down the sloping sea floor and over a cliff into the
dark depths 800 feet below. It’s like an
underwater “waterfall” of sand.
I was back at Ken and Ru’s by about
1:30. Everyone was napping so I decided
that was the order of business and took one for myself. In the afternoon Ken and I relaxed at home
while Mom and Ru when into town for some shopping. That evening Ken made us some yummy pizza in
his stone pizza oven under the Palapa.
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