It's almost over!! :(

The last few days have flown by... probably because we have stayed really busy w/ two activities a day. One in the morning, and one in the afternoon (usually). I'm glad we scheduled things relatively early in the day because it forces us to get up and get moving. I know I'm going to be so messed up when I get back since we are 3 hours behind right now.

Funny story:
I thought I was originally going to catch a break w/ the time change because when we landed, we were only 2 hours behind. And then I knew the next day, we were springing forward an hour, so it would really only be like 1 hour's difference because everyone would be still be adjusting to the time change back home. Sort of. Anyway, we get up SUPER early on Sunday at like 6:25am because we were still on Eastern time. We knew the gym opened at 6, so we were going to kill some time before our 8:15 breakfast. Craig goes down first and then shortly comes back and says it's closed. My reasoning was, "Okay, they forgot to spring forward an hour and the gym isn't open yet because of that." So, we called the front desk and asked what time the gym opened. They said, "In 10 minutes at 6am." So Craig asked, "No, it's daylight savings - you forgot to push your clocks forward 1 hour." They retorted, "No." Craig was thinking they just didn't understand him, so he said it again, and they again said, "No." Finally we determined that they didn't participate in daylight savings. I had no idea that it was option.

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Anyway, on Tuesday morning we went to a nearby canyons to do some zip lines. We had a really good time, but we didn't know that we'd have to be in shape in order to enjoy it. After the first trail, you had to hike UP to the next trail. This was at like 10:30am so it was starting to get steamy. Luckily we discovered that that was the worst of the hikes, so we just gritted our teeth and pushed forward. Some of the people in our group bailed out of the last 2 trails because they didn't want to hike anymore. Our theory: we paid for it so we ARE going to finish this activity. It was hot and some of those hikes were rough, but it was still fun.  Some highlights:

On this trail, I didn't have the braking thing down yet, and my knees rammed him in the back when he put on the brakes (which is what I should've done as well).  Woopsie.

On this one, we didn't make it all the way so we had to turn around and pull ourselves up.

 

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Our second adventure for Tuesday was ATV riding on the beach. THAT was fun. I've never ridden(rode?) an ATV before and being able to take it through trails and finally out to the beach where we could ride them wide open was a blast. I have to say that I was so nervous when we were heading out to the beach though. I was trying to get used to the gears (it was a semi-automatic), and trying to keep it steady without flipping it (or me). And of course, mine breaks down about halfway to the beach, but the guide fixed it somehow after he rode it for a while. Whatever. It was still a lot of fun. I even caught some air on one of the hills.. it was a hill on the way back though because I was extremely conservative on the way out.

GO PACK!!

Craig had a John Wayne moment.

 

 
Ok, I'm going to add a separate blog for the rest of the week's activities later on, since this got kind of lengthy.  We still have the dinner cruise tonight and then that's it! :(  We leave tomorrow and won't get in until LATE tomorrow night.  We're off to spend the rest of the day at the marina and then the dinner cruise.  Hasta manana!

Hola from Cabo San Lucas!

I completely did not update my blog like I said I was going to last night. But I'm going to put up a tidbit about what we've done so far. Luckily in this case, it hasn't been much.


We arrived on Saturday around 1pm. Of course with a crying baby seated behind us for 4 hours. I'm pretty sure that's karma for complaining that there were a bunch of spring breakers at our terminal before we left. So as soon as we approach our seats, I see that there is a 1-2 year old patiently waiting for us in the seat directly behind mine. She only cried significantly twice so she wasn't that bad. And I could tell that the parents were trying their best. No harm done, so no biggie.


Oh, on the flight down, we also watched "The Blind Side"... I've seen this in the theater already, but it's such an awesome movie. And I cried like a baby again, pretty much through the whole thing, but mostly at the end. I consider that my "cleanse" moment right before vacation officially started in Cabo so my happy time could start after that. :)


Anyway, we get to Cabo and go through customs - it wasn't that bad. Until we were dumped from Customs into this Sea of men dressed in white clothing swarming you, asking you if you need a taxi, how old you are, what you have planned. I was quickly becoming uneasy as I didn't know what to do. I'm sure I have "sucker" plastered across my forehead because they all approached me. Craig kept saying "No gracias" and pushed through. We finally got outside where it began again, until I was approached by Stacey, who Craig has arranged to pick us up. Thank goodness. Stacey is the lady I've been talking to for the last month or so arranging activities and reservations. He was sneaky about arranging that, but I was happy that he did.


So.. we get to the resort, and it's beautiful. It's not completely done, they've been completing in phases, but it's really new and not busy. It's a timeshare resort so hardly any spring breakers are here. They have several pools and it all overlooks the ocean. It's awesome!

From our balcony:

From balcony overlooking pool:

From the oceanfront pool:

And yesterday, we did our first activity (Sunday was a lazy day), and we went up to a canyon in Santiago where we hiked around a waterfall.  It was a great hike and Craig decided to be a daredevil and jump from the top of the waterfall into the water at the end.  I got video of that, which I'll try to post once I'm back.  Here are some pictures:

Lunch was included w/ this trip and we went to what you would call a "rinky dink" place in the states, but they had the BEST food. Mexican of course, w/ the best guacamole I've had. We had a sample of everything from fish tacos, to chicken molѐ, and quesadillas. It was so good. We went and picked fresh oranges off the tree afterwards. We had a great time!

Off to the next day.. hasta luego!

Batter up!

Sooo.. maybe it's just the jock in me, but as I've grown up, I've constantly wondered..

"Ok, if I were able to pick any song when I'm going up to bat, what would it be?"

This is probably limited mostly to softball/baseball players, but there is intro music in many sports, so just go with it. Anyway, I finally figured out what song it would be! It's too early to tell if it's just because song is relatively new, or if it's always going to be one of those songs that gets people movin' and be-bopping around(yes, be-bopping), but it does the trick for me for now. This is another song that I put on blast in the car if it comes on, and I always get so bummed if I turn it on when it's already past the first verse. Clearly this is all just for fun, because I obviously never had a real shot at going pro in softball, so I'd never really get to experience this. But every time I go to a baseball game and hear each batter's song, I would always sit back and think about what mine would be. Well...