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My wife, Buttercup, and I were celebrating our fourth glorious year of marriage last May and decided to celebrate with a holiday to Baja Sur.  According to Cottage Living, there was a cozy art colony called Todos Santos.  Our expectations ran high and were quickly disappointed with the area.  Trash, dust, cold water, and a chilled air vastly overcame any notion of an art colony.  Not to be deterred from our adventure, we ventured over to the Sea of Cortez to the beautiful La Paz to spend the rest of our trip with our extended family, Seawee and Gui.
The last yacht is where our brother and sister of the sea live and work.  It's what I call, a mobile home, as well as a mobile work.
 
We stayed in the marina's fancy hotel for a few days.  The waters on the east side of Baja were a cool 75 degrees and colors of the Caribbean.
 
One morning I awoke to find a mermaid in the mosaic pool outside of our room.
 
Like any sane sailor, I joined and wooed her.
 
One day we decided to go to the Pacific side, once again, to see where Seawee grew up.  We pulled up with a perfect left point break.  Waves with no one in site...I don't think I would have minded growing up here.
 
Grinning from ear to ear, armed with Seawee's board and a borrowed wetsuit I was off to see about some classy point waves.
 
Upon entering the ocean, my legs cramped from the 60 degree water and a clean-up set sent me back to the beach with my tail between my legs.  With no one to surf with or to rescue me, no knowledge of where to paddle out, and a sketchy sea urchin bottom, I was no match for the ocean this day.  Sometimes she wants you...sometimes she does not.
 
Typical Baja, three people receiving acupuncture with no one in a 30 mile radius.
 
The exception is the odd anorexic cow looking for anything green.  Good luck with that.
 
Yes, another successful trip!  Mexico is a fantastic place to explore, full of culture, excellent food, inexpensive, and you really never know what may exist around the corner.  Within an hour we went from a cold water town dump to a warm water tropical paradise.  If you have the chance, go visit Mexico.  The culture, people, language, and villages are warmer than their tamales.  Alohas and Mahalos for reading my report.
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