Our trip to Cabo was my most favorite trip so far of all of the Amarr Summit trips so far. The main reason was because we made friends and also socialized more and met some fun couples. Don't get me wrong. Cancun and Orlando were great and I love any trip with Marshall but this trip was all of that plus more. I also liked our flights better for this trip. We left first thing in the morning so I wasn't exhausted from the red eye flights we normally take.
It was a snowy morning so they had to de-ice the plane. This was a first for me so I thoroughly enjoyed the process. It's the little things sometimes.
Another great thing was our layover in San Francisco. I have wanted to see the Golden Gate Bridge ever since I learned about the Golden Gate Movement. It is a pro kindness/pro social club named because the Golden Gate Bridge connected communities and the club is all about forming connections and being social. I think it's so great! We were able to see the Golden Gate Bridge when we left San Francisco headed to Cabo. It's not the best picture but it made me so happy to see it.
Going to a foreign country is tricky when you don't know the language. Thankfully Marshall knows how to act so we don't get taken advantage of. Another funny thing with the language barrier is how we would read situations differently. We would be communicating with a hotel employee and he would come away with a different interpretation than I would. They were usually opposite each other so then we were even more confused.
Took this picture for the kids...they said it looked like Grandma Ruth's car got stretched out.
The resort was all inclusive which is so so nice and stress free. I liked the resort in Cancun better for the food, beach, weather, and entertainment but I'm not complaining. It was still nice, just different pros and cons. This resort had a yummy buffet, ping pong, was smaller for walking from place to place, and shopping close by.
We got checked in to the hotel that afternoon. Then we signed in with Amarr and normally we would just bolt so we wouldn't have to hang around everyone drinking. This time we went to get appetizers at a little restaurant near the check in and we ran into a couple from Utah also there for the summit. They were getting appetizers too and had the same plan since they also don't drink. Dinner was going to be much later so they had the same thought to get something to tie them over until dinner. Well we sat there and visited and it was so fun! They were so nice and easy to talk to. I know I had met them at other garage door related trips but we usually just said hi in passing but never got to know them. My mind was so boggled at how we went so long without getting to know them. They were so nice and fun! Way easy to talk to.
This was the outside dining area for the buffet. I love how they were growing herbs in the garden. I also love the lights. One day I would love to have lights like this in my backyard.
These pictures were for the kids. We walked all around the hotel the first night checking everything out.
These are different angles of the lobby. It was large and open.
This is a view from the back of the resort towards the pool.
This is outside our balcony the first morning.
This is the courtyard outside our door the first day. We moved to a different room on the second day and it was just as beautiful.
Thursday morning Marshall had meetings and I got to sleep in, exercise and study and relax. Then after lunch we went on a glass bottom boat tour. The glass bottom boat was probably the least exciting part of the boat ride. It was more about the view of the rocks.
Some of the rocks look like they have faces on them.
This is coyote rock.
Hole in the rock. One side is gulf of California and the other side is the pacific ocean.
The middle rock looks like a profile of Scooby Doo.
Arch of Cabo San Lucas
We had time to shop for souvenirs after the boat ride.
We moved rooms when we got back from the boat ride.
This was the outdoor dining area for the Japanese restaurant.
Friday morning Marshall had meetings and I slept in, exercised and then sat out by the pool. The high for the day was 74. When Marshall finished his meetings we ate lunch at the buffet and then went to the beach. The sand was beautiful but more course. The waves were pretty rough and the water was cold. I didn't got swimming but Marshall took a dip.
We walked down the beach. It's hard to see it in the picture but the beach was pretty sloped so it wasn't comfortable to walk very far.
This is the courtyard outside our second room. Marshall is a kid at heart and had to walk in the fountain.
We played ping pong twice. I won the first time and Marshall won the second time.
This was a sitting area that we thought was really cool. There is a candle in each hole.
View from the back at night and the other picture is inside one of the restaurants.
The last night we had a catered dinner, ya know those meals where each course looks super fancy but the portion size is really tiny. It was yummy food but we all said how we were still hungry afterward. We got to sit by our friends- Trish and Jerry. We also met two other two other couples that we had a lot in common with. Since we were all hungry after and all of the couples had the same standards as us(no alcohol). We decided to head over to the buffet and we continued talking for at least another hour. We learned how all of the couples met, about their kids, etc. It was SO fun!
We had plans to have a ping pong tie breaker on the last morning but ran out of time before we needed to leave to the airport.
We talked with Trish and Jer while we had lunch. Hopefully we can meet up with them in Utah sometime!
We had a layover in San Diego and then headed to Utah. We took this picture for the kids.
