Jim woke up around 4am and said that the winds were blowing us ashore so we are up and out and going to Cabo San Lucas. Saw whales off Isla Santa Margarita, not really close just through binoculars. I'm thinking that a monocular is easier than binoculars -- I get a headache trying to see anything when there's any kind of wave action.

The gulls are such a nuisance. One was an excellent shot and nailed Jim behind the wheel! Where's George with his slingshot when you need him?

Switching out all kinds of color for fish lures, nothing working so far. Oops just lost our other Croq. Threw on my pink homemade lure and trolled some more. I was below when Jim starts yelling fish and Shit!. Before he can start to reel in, it's gone with our lure. He said he saw lots of fin, so maybe a Marlin (we were in marlin territory). Oh well, at least they like my lures!

Most of the day was calm and mild all around but of course we're 20 miles offshore when it picks up to 20+ knot winds. We just could not beat into it for hours so ended up going out with the winds and ended up 40 miles out. Jim was hugely tired but kept singing and saying hell yeah when waves were swelling and washing off our decks. What a trooper!

12/5/09

The sunrise was spectacular outside Cabo San Lucas. There are lots of fishing boats over the banks, almost like water world out here. As we enter Cabo we get to see the famous arch being overrun everywhere by tourist boats, jet skis, parasailers and such. It's a bit crazy here. A cruise ship was pulling out as we were headed in....man are those things huge!

We anchored and hailed a water taxi and headed to town for dinner and drinks. With the sun setting early as it does we were lucky to find a someone to take us back to the boat after dark. Cost us 100 pesos (under $10) but at least we didn't end up sleeping on the beach! I tried to get some tv time in on the internet and just discovered I can't watch Hulu.com from Mexico.....what am I going to do without Ghosthunters for 6 months?