Honeymoon-Day 7

Our phone rang at 5:30 a.m. to wake us up for Evans fishing trip. He jumped right out of bed...that was a first.  He took a taxi from Cabo San Lucas to San Jose. Captain Antonio, recommended by Reine Shepherd, told Evan to be in San Jose by 6:30 a.m. to take off on their extravaganza.  While Ev went fishing, I laid out by the pool and made some friends. A brother and sister from Philly.  I told them all about Allison Rees and how she works at CHOP (Children's Hospital Of Pennsylvania). I told them some of her amazing stories about the kids she helps everyday. They left our conversation touched by Allison and her amazing work. 

 Evan called me around noon, so excited. He had such a great morning with Captain Antonio and his boat hand, Freddy. He caught a total of six fish.  Five Yellowfin Tuna and one Grouper. His biggest Tuna weighed in at 40 pounds. He just sounded so excited, so I was very happy for him. He sold the majority if the fish when he got back to the marina, but brought some back with him to the hotel. I was laying by the pool when he got back and we headed up to the room to change.  First, Evan had to shower to wash fish goo off of him. We got dressed and headed to Solomon's Landing. This was a recommendation from Ed and Janet. We took the fresh fish with us to have them prepare it for us.  This was by far the best seafood I have ever eaten. They prepared the Tuna sushi style, blackened seasoned and then seared, and also grilled. So we had it served three different ways. The Grouper was prepared two different ways. Grilled with lemon butter sauce and breaded for fish tacos. It was simply amazing.  My favorite was the grilled Tuna, or what they called BBQ Tuna. It was grilled with this teriyaki glaze. All of it just melted in your mouth. It was just so fresh. It was swimming two hours before we ate it. 

 After the best lunch of our lives, we hopped on a boat taxi in the marina. He gave us a tour of Pelican Beach, Lovers Beach, Los Arcos, Lands End, and the Pacific Ocean (that was scary).  We had a blast. Cabo truly is such a beautiful place to visit and live. Everyone there loves living there.  He dropped us off at Lovers Beach for an hour so we could explore the caves and relax on the beach.  What I loved about it was he  dropped us off on the Sea Of Cortez/San Lucas Bay side at Lovers Beach. This is the same body of water our hotel is on. And on the other side of the mountains is the Pacific Ocean where people are not allowed to swim. Signs and lifeguards making sure you don't.  There is a part between the mountains where you can walk through the Sea of Cortez to the Pacific. So cool. Ev sure liked to push his limits on that side. I begged him to stay clear of the water. Everyone else over there had there toes in the water so Evan thought he should probably do that too. Nope, not me.  The waves were so large I didn't want to be near it. I wouldn't let Evan stand in the water. Just if the tide came up far enough he could feel the water-haha! We mosied back over to Lovers Beach and enjoyed the caves and beautiful beaches. Oh and the topless lady. That Evan was sooooo appalled by. Getting on and off the boat taxi was a challenge. I wasn't expecting to have to ride the waves in and jump off and then wait for the boat to ride in on the wave and have a random man pick me up and throw me on the boat. Evan did not have the luxury of having a man toss him on the boat...but he made it just fine.  We got back to the marina and went to a few shops. I wanted a fun, turquoise  right hand ring that I can call my honeymoon ring. I found one! And love it. 

 Yesterday, Ev and I were at the pool and the concierge came and found us. He said that a Mr. Mitchell had bought us a surprise romantic dinner for two on the beach. And we were like, WHAT?!?!?!?! Our first question was, who is Mr. Mitchell? Does he work in the hotel? We were worried it was a scam to get us to buy a time share. He said no.  So we looked at each other and said, Andy Mitchell?  That is one of Evans best friends that was a groomsman in our wedding. Evan continued to say that Andy is the best gift giver. So we asked the concierge if it was Andy, and he said yes! Andrew Mitchell!  We were sooooo excited! We got to choose between two different seafood appetizers and two different lobster entrees.  We were sooooo pumped!  We called Andy to thank him and confirm it was from him. Sure enough, Andy is the best gift giver!! So we got back to the hotel and started getting ready for our big night!  We got on the beach at 7:30 and our favorite waiter, Gustavo, was going to be our server. The night really couldn't get better. They had the most gorgeous table set up for us. There were candles lighting our way to a gazebo. Our table was on a raised gazebo platform with candles and flowers everywhere. We also had our own fire pit. This all sat within 20 feet from the beach. We were both so giddy because we were just so excited!!! When we got to our table, we noticed a small group of adults and kids huddled by the ocean. Gustavo explained that they were having a sea turtle release. Ev and I rushed over to see them because we have never seen anything like this before. They were precious. To hold them you have to rub your hands together with sand and then you can just hold them and play with them. They honestly appeared to like people. Even kids?! They couldn't release them right away because they had to wait until the pelicans flew away. Okay, here is the sad part. One in every thousand sea turtles make it and are not eaten. Isn't that so sad? These little guys are only 3 inches big and swim so cute! How could you eat it? They were precious making a run for the ocean, and the kids loved it. Heck, we loved it! We headed back to our gazebo to start our dinner. I'm smiling writing about this because it was so cool. There was a note from Andy on our table that they printed for us. "Congratulations, Love Brew!" it read, Brew is Andy's nickname. They brought us some Mexican Chardonnay to start. A few minutes later game our first entree. I had Lobster medallions on top of a salad, and Evan had sea scallops with spinach. After that came Lobster Bisque with cappuccino and truffle oil in it. Amazing. Our entrees were also just as amazing. We each had lobster tail with mashed sweet potatoes and veggies. Gustavo put on quite a show with our dessert. He lit it all on fire with baileys and rum. Delish!!! Evan and I could not have imagined a better way to spend our last night in Cabo. We enjoyed having dinner just the two of us, and nobody in sight. We just enjoyed our meals, watched boats anchor, and each others company. Thank you so much, Andy!!! We appreciate it more than you know.