Back from paradise

 I flew home from Cabo San Lucas Monday evening, how incredibly smart we were to plan travel the day of "fall back".  Ha ha, just kidding - no foresight there but a wonderful gift.  Sunrise. 

Photo from our condo at TerraSol.  Ridiculous, we stayed there last year and it's wonderful... if you enjoy grabbing a cup of coffee and walking 20 rigorous steps out to the sand. There is a nice little sprayer there on the step to wash sand off your feet.  The palapa to the left is a pool/ bar/restaurant (including swim-up seating if you are so inclined).  We enjoyed SO many pina coladas, we were scared to see our bill on check-out.  But in the end, multiple orders of 3 pina coladas for $19 didn't break the bank!

The sand next to this walkway was raked in different patterns throughout our stay.  We did spend a few hours at this pool (there are 2).  It is not advised to swim in the ocean, the waves are quite rough.  We did see whales a few times, well at least their big spouts of water shooting up! 

We were there for Halloween and Day of the Dead, what a blast!  The main street downtown was closed for trick-or-treating at bars & restaurants, families all dressed up in costume. A party and a half! 

The costumes were impressive!  

Tina with Ozzy & Sharon - we saw them several times, there was live music here & everywhere!  

Unlikely couple, catwoman & Ronald McDonald.

This guy was creepy, never smiling ACK!

Hulk Hogan with a couple of beauties.

Richard Simmons was hilarious, throwing in stretches & exercise moves- I bet he was sore in the morning.

Our new friend, Sally bought us a round while we were dancing.  We didn't go to bed until 4 a.m., which is saying something for me. I had a martini headband, but lost it dancing at Cabo Wabo prior to this. 

Ahem.  A happy couple - I had run across the lady a couple times, then spotted them together & A-HA. 

I didn't want to include kid photos, but he seemed disguised enough.  All the locals were so kind and warm.  As they say, never a bad day in Cabo!

We came across several priests and nuns during the evening. 

A cute pirate, she said the contact lenses were difficult to see out of - that's commitment!

Day of the Dead memorials were set up in front of establishments, honoring friends and family that had passed.  I thought these were lovely tributes.  

Oh, almost forgot one of my favorites - there were 4 old guys dressed as Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.  They were having a GREAT time, hahaha. 

I'll stop there - that's a lot of photos.  I'm happy to be back home, and continuing with the front garden reno.  I had initially wanted to take out the tulip tree, and changed my mind (too big of a job!).  Ivan has convinced me that we can handle it.  I adore his enthusiasm and complete support of my nutty decisions.  So back at the BIG REMOVAL!  Dr. keeping tabs on me.  

Welcome November!