March 14 - Cabo San Lucas (Day 2)

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Happy Pi Day! That was the text message from my son that woke me up this morning! As a former math teacher, it was a day that was always celebrated in my classroom!

Jon and Michelle were off on their adventure before we even crawled out of bed. Jon had found a tour company in town yesterday and had booked a combination tour that included three different activities. I knew my knee would not be up for what they had planned and when Bob heard the cost, he declined as well. 

 

If you haven't figured it out by now, our travel styles differ from Jon & Michelle's. I am now definitely limited by what I can do physically, but we also monitor our spending much more closely than they do. For the two days we were in Cabo, J & M ate all of their meals at restaurants in town. For us, eating out at a port is something we do occasionally. I'm not totally sure, but I would estimate that by the time J & M finished their Cabo tour it had cost close to $1000! (Tour cost, extra for private guide, insurance, photo package, taxi...) There have been times we have spent quite a lot on excursions (a penguin tour in the Falklands, flight over glaciers in Alaska, Iguazu Falls in Argentina, etc.) but we are not willing to spend that much on what Bob referred to as "cheap thrills". Having said that...J & M had a lot of fun so to them it was worth the cost! Here are a few photos from their tour:

For me it was a very low key day, but still enjoyable...and especially so since our home town was under a blizzard warning! We were able to check up on news at home while we ate breakfast outside overlooking the pool and according to our son, people were acting like the world was coming to an end based on the forecast. Minnesotans are used to blizzards so to have that kind of panic means it must be a pretty big storm!

Our son texted the current weather warning!

After breakfast, Bob tendered into town. He wasn't gone long before he returned with purchases he had made. He bought some maracas to use along with Native American flutes he has been making (Bob has more hobbies than anyone I know!) He had also bought some bird whistles for our grandsons. I reminded him that he had bought the same type of whistles a few years ago for the kids in Costa Rica and they never worked. (Note: These whistles broke before he even gave them to the boys!) 

Bob and I sat on the deck watching all of the boats, jet skis, and people parasailing. During the night the ship had turned completely around (by chance? or intentionally?) and now instead of facing the rock arch, we had a view of the town. This also meant our balcony was totally in the shade which made the temperature perfect. 

LOTS of jet skis.

When it was time for lunch, Bob suggested we get something at the buffet and come back and eat on the balcony. Our cabin location is so handy to just go straight up on the elevator to the buffet. 

After lunch, we both got so sleepy. Bob took a pillow outside and snoozed on the balcony and I napped on the bed. I woke up when he came inside to leave and go walk on the promenade deck. I went back outside with the binoculars and watched rays leaping out of the water...and the occasional whale spout off in the distance.

I was torn between watching sail away or going to dinner in the MDR. (I remembered how scenic it was to sail around the arch and along the coastline going north from our Panama Canal cruise in 2018.) Since we had missed dinner in the MDR for the last two nights, that was our choice. I tried beef wellington for the first time. The meat was more rare than I prefer, but otherwise it was delicious! I have been quite impressed with the quality of the beef dishes I have had on the cruise. Jon and Michelle filled us in on their day's activities while we ate.

The 7 pm show in the theater was comedy juggler, Michael Connell. All four of us "thought" we had seen his show previously so we decided to not go. In retrospect, I think we must have confused the description with Mark Nizer's show which we HAD seen. Both did comedy juggling routines.

But anyway...we went back to the cabin for awhile after dinner. We just barely missed sunset, but the orange glow in the sky was still beautiful!

The main plan for our evening was to watch the second tryout for the Voice of the Ocean at 9 pm. We knew it would be hard to get seats so we went around 7:30 and played cards in the Explorer's Lounge while we waited. We did participate in the 80's movie trivia but did horrible. Out of 21 questions, we got 6 correct. 😒

There were seven contestants that sang in the competition and there was one gal that easily topped the others. The votes were combined with the ones submitted at the first round and 6 finalists were chosen to compete at the end of the cruise. 

Tomorrow begins the last stretch of sea days before the cruise ends...