What we've been up to lately.
10/1/07 - Cabo Cruise
Another cruise has just ended. Don wanted a cheap, quick, lazy cruise to relax and kick-back. Luckily it's hurricane season and the rates are quite cheap along the Mexican Riviera this time of year. So we jumped onboard for a 4 day cruise down the coast. We hopped onboard the Carnival Elation ship in San Diego on Thursday and spent Thursday and Friday sailing along the coast with beautiful weather. There were lots of crazy partiers onboard from San Diego and LA making it easy to be entertained in watching them make fools of themselves. On Saturday we arrived in Cabo at 8am and immediately joined a tour to explore the area. We cruised along the coast in a HUGE catamaran to see the awesome rock formations at Lands End with lots of little boats and kayaks all around the coastline. After tons of pics and video of it all we hopped in a bus and rode off to see the Glass Blowing Factory in town. Then off to an awesome overlook with amazing views of the bay. After that we rode to San Jose just down the coast to wander around the shops and get away from the typical touristy areas. On our way back up the coast we stopped at a cactus garden to see all the different types of cacti...did you know peyote is a cactus? Tastes Great! Less Filling!
9/1/07 - New Orleans, LA ~ Southern Decadence
Labor Day Weekend in New Orleans. I had to go check it out and see if it was in the mess that it was described as being. We had a good time but it was way too hot and humid. At least we got to enjoy the pouring rain, thunder, and lightening for an hour...we loved it since we haven't seen rain out here in over year. We walked all over the French Quarter, took a horse carriage ride, photographed the hell out it all and took some video too, and recharged my tshirt collection. We got to see some old friends and met some new ones too. Bourbon Street and the French Quarter are alive and well. I think the news stories are scaring people from visiting the city mainly. Several places have spent a year cleaning up and refurbishing everything. Some places had closed and a few new places had sprung up. Southern Decadence had the streets packed with partiers each night but the parade itself was a bit short and not so crazy. All in all it was fun to check it all out and refresh our memories from being there in 1999.
Check out some of my photos on my Smugmug site.
