January 31, 2003

January 31, 2003

Our week in Cabo is at an end so we make the most of it. Aimee is in love with the idea of riding a horse along the beach.  To satisfy her dream, we take a couple-hour guided ride along the beach in the morning. It is just us and the guide.

Cabo is famous for whale watching so in the afternoon we shuttle to Cabo San Lucas and take a whale watching tour.  Humpback and Gray whales migrate here in the winter.  I have always wanted to get up close and personal with the whales and we are not disappointed.  We see one breech totally out of the water.  It is very hard to take a picture though.  They dive deep searching for food for several minutes before surfacing again.  We have to guess in which direction the whales will appear.  By the time I get the camera pointed and focused all that is left is the tail descending into the deep for another food run.

While lying on the beach, everyday we have seen an ultra light airplane cruising the area.  Since this is our last day I get brave and negotiate a ride.  When I first graduated college, I really wanted an ultra-light but settled on grad school instead.  The ride is very cool but a little scary.  Good thing I never bought one for myself. The pilot has a wing-mounted camera so I can prove I actually did it, once.

The next morning we start the long flight back to Chicago losing two hours along the way.