Vacation to Los Cabos

Joe and I enjoyed a very lazy vacation away from the kids in early January in Cabo, Mexico (thanks again mom and dad!). We were away for 6 nights, and only left the hotel twice (very unlike us - usually we are on the go more than that). We stayed at The Westin, which is in "The Corridor" between Cabo san Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. This hotel was gorgeous to look at (it was HUGE!), but the food was, at best, average (a big deal to me for those of you who know me well!). This is a view of the hotel from the beach (it is in the structure of an arch to replicate the Cabo san Lucas rock arch formation - pics later).

And a view from the lobby. This gives you an idea of how large this hotel complex is - not for the out of shape or those with disabilities!

Hmmm...do I want to relax on the beach?

Or at one of the infinity pools (there were 3 infinity pools)?

We enjoyed a few hours of art shopping at San Jose del Cabo. This was a quiet, beautiful little town with this historic Mission San Jose del Cabo Anuiti from 1730. I like this picture with the town's Christmas decorations still visible.

The San Jose del Cabo town square. You can see just how quiet this town is due to the lack of people (very unlike Cabo san Lucas)! However, the art shops here were definitely worth the trip.

View from our hotel room. I loved the "swirls" that the water would make against the rocks (we were on the Sea of Cortez side). The rocks were everywhere here, which made it both beautiful and not exactly safe water to swim in unless you were a very good swimmer!

How many crabs can you find? These little guys were everywhere!

We made it to Cabo san Lucas on our last day of vacation. We hired a water taxi to take us the the famed Cabo arch. This is the entryway to the Pacific Ocean (through the small keyhole in the rocks).

A view of the Arch, and other rock formations with it that were just as beautiful. Our tour guide thinks the one on the left looks like Scooby Doo. The Arch is where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean.

Another view of the Arch.

The only decent photo of us together in Cabo!

We felt like we were back in La Jolla with all of the sea lions!

This big guy didn't give us any thought.

We loved all of the pelicans around.

Good-bye Cabo!