Nov 9, 2012, Cabo San Lucas. 

We are here.  We made it.  I send off a spot but the internet still will not work.  Hopefully we can figure that out today.  The morning projects are to unfold the dingy, put up the solar panels, put up an awning for shade and then go to town to take care of the customs/immigration paperwork.  It was possible to pay $50 in San diego for someone to take care of all the Mexican paperwork for you but we decided to do it ourselves.  We figured that we will have to do it a lot over the next several years and we might as well learn how it is done here, where we have lots of help from other people.  As you might expect, all of the getting ready took until after noon.  We finally launched the dingy, rounded up all of our paperwork and took off. 

First stop, the marina office to get a map and directions on where to go.  The waterfront of Cabo is a combination of american style luxury condos and shopping plazas and unfinished projects and taco stands and souvenir shops. We promptly got lost.  Bu the time we found the customs office it was closed.  Office hours are 8-1, M-F.  This is Friday which means we can’t do anything until Monday.  At least we tried.  Back to the dingy and on to the Haha party on the beach.  Margaritas and tacos and friends from other boats.  Some are heading back, some are going on.  The party ends with the From Here to Eternity kissing contest in the surf.  Yes, we entered and no we did not win.  Coming from LA, I am finding it hard to believe how warm the water is, 75-80 degrees.

We headed back to the boat early and once again were in bed before 9.  The sun goes down about 6 and once it is down, it is really dark.  It will be interesting to see if we keep this pattern of going to bed early.  I have always been an early to bed person, but Alan  typically stayed up till midnight and slept as late as possible.  I think he is just adjusting to a new life.