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Cabo — Seals, Pelicans, Rocks, and Scooby-Doo


Pelicans on the prowl

Pelicans on the prowl

Cabo San Lucas has some pretty extraordinary wildlife that doesn’t seem quite so wild.  Indeed these pelicans are almost tame in how close they come to the tourists and fishermen.  They’ll even jump into the boat looking for morsels, but they don’t seem eager to share.

Sharing is caring

Sharing is caring

Ursula and I haggled down the price of a water tour and boarded a boat to go out to El Arco de San Cabo San Lucas (which you’ll see in a later post).  Along the way we stumbled upon the pelican board of directors at the weekly executive meeting.

Conferencing

Conferencing

And then we caught up with some very chummy seals sunning in the surf.

Seals of Cabo

Seals of Cabo

Not all the seals were overtly social, however.  We found one who preferred to tan alone.

The Seal of Approval

The Seal of Approval

As we headed out to Land’s End — the southernmost point of the Baja Peninsula where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean — we spotted a celebrity of sorts.  I know what you’re thinking, but it’s truly him.

Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo

By the way, if you’re reading this and other material authored by me on The Destinary website, this post was not “Posted on (fill in the date) | By destinary” as they’ve been erroneously claiming; this material was in fact reposted.  The Destinary have also been claiming the right to do so, without links back to the original and without full attribution (“by RDoug” and a nonworking link is not proper attribution) with a rather bizarre interpretation of U.S. copyright law in which they claim I’m responsible for changing my RSS feed settings so that they cannot skim my material for commercial purposes.  That would make reading my blog less convenient for you, which I’m not willing to do.  As such, I’ll be running this little diatribe on all travel related posts until they cease and desist, along with this:

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Fun Photo Friday — Springtime in the Desert


Why do hummingbirds hum?

Why do hummingbirds hum?

Springtime in the desert.

Because they don't know the words.

Because they don’t know the words.

My second favorite time of the year in the Great Desert Southwest.

You saw the bird; here's the bee

You saw the bird; here’s the bee

The Chihuahua Desert is a thing of beauty.

P1010378Today I devote Fun Photo Friday to the sights and sounds of spring in the Chihuahua Desert.

Cactus Flower

Cactus Flower

Click on any image below to bring up today’s slide show:

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Fun Photo Friday — Day of the Dead and Old Town Favorites


Día de Muertos, San Diego Old Town

Día de Muertos, San Diego Old Town

Today I present one final look at San Diego Old Town and the Día de Muertos decorations that were going up throughout, but mostly in the Fiesta de Reyes (Festival of the Kings) commercial area of Old Town.  Click on any image below to bring up today’s colorful slide show.

By the way, if you’re reading this and other material authored by me on The Destinary website, this post was not “Posted on (fill in the date) | By destinary” as they’ve been erroneously claiming; this material was in fact reposted.  The Destinary have also been claiming the right to do so, without links back to the original and without full attribution (“by RDoug” and a nonworking link is not proper attribution) with a rather bizarre interpretation of U.S. copyright law in which they claim I’m responsible for changing my RSS feed settings so that they cannot skim my material for commercial purposes.  That would make reading my blog less convenient for you, which I’m not willing to do.  As such, I’ll be running this little diatribe on all travel related posts until they cease and desist, along with this:

© 2015 R. Doug Wicker (RDougWicker.com)
All right reserved — that includes you, Destinary

Final note:  Considering The Destinary is a site listed as owned by Sonia Bosquez-Platt of Indianapolis Tour & Travel, you may want to rethink doing business with her or her company.

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