Thursday–A Fish Tale & More

It is early Friday morning and the sky is pink with hardly a ripple on the Pacific ocean.   Fishing boats both large and small jockey for position in search of the ever illusive “Big One”.  Well yesterday we got to see one of those prizes.

After breakfast we took a quick tour of the property and all of its appendages.  There beautiful homes on the beach,  an adult only hotel that appears to be a wedding destination, and Monte Cristo where we are staying.   It is high on the hill looking down at the rest of the resort.   There is plenty to do with the resort offering everything from planned hikes to tequila tasting classes.   As you may have guessed I supported doing the later.   Registered for a 4:30 class  and it was off to the beach. 

We headed to Cabo San Lucas on the other side of the mountain.  It is a 10 minute drive, but finding parking can be an adventure.   This small town built around a marina is a busy place.   North of the marina is a beautiful beach with every activity known to man.   The sand is white and  the view of the famous “Arches” and Cruise Ship in the distance was awesome.  This downtown beach is a little to active for me with vendors constantly wanting to know if you wanted blankets, baskets, or bracelets as well as anything else you can imagine on the beach.   There was one vendor that truly stood out.  He was peddling fruit.   His stand was mobile in which he carried up and down the beach.   Honestly, I think he was the only one I saw folks buying from the entire time we were there.

Our stomachs told us it was time for lunch.   Heading into town we dropped our stuff by the car that was parked in a garage and cut through the mall.   The mall had a combination of stores only rivaled by Milan.   Every designer, big name jeweler, and trendy fashion was represented.   Popping out of the mall we were in the heart of the marina.   Los Cabos is know to be a fisherman’s paradise, and there were no shortage of men trying to take you out for the day and catch the big one.   We found a quiet cantina and proceed to quiet our noisy stomachs with a bucket of beers.   Lunch followed shortly after with everyone getting some kind of taco dish.   I cannot speak for the others, but mine was excellent!   Grilled Sea Bass, pico de gallo, and guacamole and a bowl of beans that were soooooooo good.

 

Janet did get to use some  EMT skills during lunch as a Canadian visitor appeared to be suffering from heat exhaustion after a hike.  (Told you Tequila Classes are a better option)  The poor lady was not getting better and we assisted her to a cab headed for the hospital.  Hopefully an IV solved her problems.

Stuffed we walked back out to the Marina.  A fisherman was cleaning the day’s catch and his sharp knife peeled off the colorful Dorado (Dolphin) outer layer.   He was carefully watched by a congregation of birds and  sea lion.  A crowd gather to watch this young man quickly clean the fish.   I walked down to snap a few shots from a closer distance when heard the gathered crowd moan.   Backing down into his slot was a large fishing boat, with a man who looked weary drinking a beer.  Popping out over the stern of the boat was a tail.   Yes that is a  tail that was probably 3 to 4 feet across.   It was a huge marlin.   The dock workers and crew scurried to unload the fish and bring it to the scales to be weighed and measured.   12 Feet 1 inch and weighing 394 pounds this fish was a big boy.   After formal picture taking many of the crowd posed with this monster from the sea, as did I.  (see picture of the day on the left side of the blog). 

We headed back over the mountain for a quick dip in the pool and off to tequila class.  The class was held down at the adult only facility and was informative, but more samples could have been offered IMHO.    As the tasting was over so was the sun getting ready to call it a day.   We walked down the beach to see if I could capture the green flash to no avail.  Albeit it was a pretty sunset.  

Back to the villa for a wonderful posole that Sugar made as Rum and I solved the problems of the world.   Bad news the world still has problems.