Bahia de los Suenos, California Del Sur, Mexico

Ashley's mom Melissa and step-dad Dan invited us to join them for a weekend trip down to their house in Mexico. What an awesome trip! Ashley and I took a morning flight to Phoenix where we met Melissa and Dan to take a flight down to Cabo San Lucas. Taking off from Denver. About to take off from runway 7L in Phoenix. Notice all the Southwest planes waiting behind us on the left. A quick two hour flight down south and we finally arrived in Baja California, Mexico. What beautiful water and white sand beaches! Bienvenido al Aeropuerto Internacional de Los Cabos! Dan walks down the outdoor stairs after getting off our plane. I wanted to take a photo of the plane but a guard quickly told me that wasn't allowed. I had been awake since the previous day because I had to work, so after the two hour flight to Phoenix, two hours down to Cabo, and another two hour drive to the house in Bahia de los Suenos, I was exhausted. Their house is SO beautiful and offers some fantastic views of the Sea of Cortez. A sweet infinity pool makes you wonder where the pool ends and the ocean begins. Currently their property consists of two guest houses, so that's where we stayed at. Dan and Melissa stayed on one side, and Ash and I stayed on the other. In between the two houses is what is called a palapa. It is a is a covered, open-sided structure. The cover is typically made of dried and woven palms from palm trees. Dan and Melissa's palapa covers a table as well as a barbeque area. View from the back patio near our two room spot. The house seen next door used to be owned by former NFL player Kyle Turley. Thursday morning Ashley and I went to go play golf at Bahia de los Suenos Golf Course.  It's a very beautiful course hidden in the desert. This is the view from the 2nd green. Ashley took some golf lessons earlier this year, and we went to the driving range a few times recently, but this was her first round of golf. She did a GREAT job! Why am I so happy? This is why... Out of the bunker, right next to the cup! The 14th green. The 18th hole. Several years ago, Bahia de los Suenos used to be called Bahia de los Muertos, which is Bay of the Dead. When they decided to build a community and resort in the area, the developers decided that in order to make it more enticing for potential residents and visitors, they needed to change the name of the area. So they changed it to Bahia de los Suenos, which translates to the Bay of Dreams. You can see why they chose that name. Back at the house after a long, hot round of golf, there was not better place to be than the pool overlooking that bay. Dan noticed an Osprey flying around their house, and it was quickly determined that the bird was showing off its catch, a rather large fish. Apparently osprey like to flaunt their food, and so he (or she) made several passes. You can see that half of the fish is missing, so I don't know if it was eaten or somehow got lopped off. That night we went out to a very nice dinner at the resort just down the road. Friday morning I woke up before sunrise so I could capture some cool morning photos. I lucked out on this one because I really like how the bird if sort of flying through the sun. This is a still-in-progress community, so there are only a few houses that have been built and completed. Here are some of the waterfront properties that surround the bay. Apparently this house has multiple elevators in it. Crazy! Hanging on the boat as we drive around the bay. Dan and Melissa's neighbor's house. Dan and Melissa's house. The two guest houses on the lower level, and the garage is on the upper level. Ashley reeled in a needle fish that we quickly cut out and threw back in the water. Melissa and Ashley. I like how you can see the shadow of the cloud over this island. While driving the boat around the coast, we came across a few pelicans. We docked the boat to eat some lunch. Here is Dan pulling the boat onshore. We had a quick lunch and then got ready to get back on the water and head back to the house. It's amazing how BLUE the water is here. Another view of the largest house I've ever seen. Saturday morning we took the kayaks and a paddle board out to the beach. Here I struggle to stand up on the paddle board. It took a while, but I figured it out! Rain is very rare in this area, so I'm sure the locals appreciated the LITTLE bit of rain they got throughout the day. Dan on the paddle board. Attached to the golf course pro shop, is the 1535 Restaurant. Since there are few visitors and even fewer residents there, it was no surprise we were the only people in the restaurant besides the workers. Their food was great! After eating some appetizers, I decided I wanted to kayak back to the house, so I hopped in and 37 minutes later, I was in front of Dan and Melissa's house. That's me the little orange dot in the middle of the photo. It was so much fun! Night shot of their palapa. Sunrise Sunday. It was going to be a long day for me because I had to go into work later that night. One of the bedrooms in the guest house. This guard shack is manned 24/7. I bet hours if not sometimes days go by between times the guard here has to manually raise and lower the bar to get in and out of the community. A long winding road awaited us on the way back to the airport. So long Cabo San Lucas, Mexico! Ashley and I had such a great time, and we look forward to coming back down with Dan and Melissa sometime soon. Thanks so much to them hosting us down there. They have such a beautiful house! Next month we head to Michigan for Thanksgiving and back to California for Christmas.