2024_08_26

IMG 9683  The spanish word for puzzle more or less translates as broken heads. Eek. IMG 9684  Do we really even need to buy sunscreen? There's always plenty left by other guests. IMG 9687  Nearby house under construction #1. IMG 9689  Nearby house under construction #2. IMG 9690  Every stretch limo drive in Cabo needs to learn for themself what a bad idea it is to serve Pedregal. IMG 9695  Digrammia, says the iPhone.
IMG 9696  A little something to tide a traveler over until some lovely airport food. IMG 9697  We score this one as a nearby house undergoing renovation. This was probably the noisiest one until the last day. IMG 9698  How did we do on pre-stocking? Results are wildly skewed by breakfast provisions being eaten for dinner. IMG 9699  Pretty good guess at the water and beer. Could have used a bit more juice this year. IMG 9700  Too much beans and garlic. [And onion and potato.] Good call on the bread. IMG 9701  I suppose having too much whisky is better than not having enough? We should definitely have hit the airport duty free.
IMG 9702  Chips we did OK on. Potato chips disappeared first and fast. IMG 9703  Too many limes is sort of unavoidable. And they gave us extra avocados, or there were leftovers. IMG 9704  Nearby house under construction #3. Very close. That big concrete pumper crane was loud and imposing. This shot was while we waited for the ride back to the airport. Tons of laborers were driving in to work in the neighborhood while we sat there. IMG 9705  A thing we never seem to need while we are here. IMG 9706  Our way of life follows us around. IMG 9707  It was fast food.
IMG 9708  Watching the comings and goings out the plane window. Was B1 boarding position and was probably around the 75th person to board, but got a window in row 3. Interesting to see the crazy geography of Baja out the window. IMG 9709  Moving. I think the other guys are in some of these planes. IMG 9710  Those landing lights looked like they were pointed right at us for a minute. IMG 9715  We hold just short of the runway waiting our turn. IMG 9716  Faint rainbow under that column of water vapor. The rain in Baja is not replenishing the aquifers as fast as they are being depleted, and development is just constantly increasing. Sounds like California (and everywhere else.) (Yay?) IMG 9717  Killing time in John Wayne. Plane we go to Oakland on is the same one that brought us from Cabo. Two hours of layover is just time to clear customs and recheck bags and go through security again. Customs was the fastest I've ever seen. No line.
IMG 9718  Decided to grab a banh mi for the flight. Good call. Didn't have any food ready and waiting for me at home. IMG 9719  Not exceptional but more than passable for airport food.