How many weeks is too many weeks of Quarantine? Ten. The answer is ten. Kennedy agrees. We are hitting our peak of being “bored in the house, in the house bored”, so we decided it was time to escape for a few small adventures. But first, the latest here in Cabo.

Cabo in the News

• Week 10 started with 124 cases of COVID-19. The cases have been going up and down but have seemed to flatten a bit. However, they’re still reporting the COVID “peak” for our area to be around June 14th & 15th.

• There has not been much enforcement of the “more than one person in the car” rule, outside of a few checkpoints they set up for Mother’s Day weekend to try and limit social distancing.

• They have cracked down on beach arrests and have been taping-off popular hiking and biking path entrances. Outdoor exercise is not essential.

• Due to the hault of domestic beer production in Mexico, there is no tasty beer to be found. No Pacifico, no Modelo, no craft beer... definitely no Corona (not that Corona is tasty). Unless you’ve stocked up, or are a fan of Ol’ Milwaukee, you’re out of luck for cervezas.

• During Week 11, the Los Cabos Tourism Board announced a phased approach with a June 1st opening date for a few hotels and timeshares. That same day the Governor of BCS said Los Cabos would not reopen on June 1st… resetting our countdown to a TBD date. Word on the street is June 15th or July 4th, but at this point we’re just crossing our fingers it’s before we go insane.

• Mexico has come up with a “traffic light” system to decide when and what can open up by state. Unfortunately, the entire country, except one state, is in red.

Our favorite latest quarantine memes before we jump into what we’ve been up to…

Six Feet Apart or Bust

Kyle went to the store and was hit with this line outside. Costco has been pretty quiet recently so we were surprised to see this many people waiting to get in. It still seems vacationers are coming down to Cabo, maybe staying at AirBnBs or owners of second homes here. Only the land borders have remained closed but international flights are still operating, so people are starting to arrive.

Some are saying this time for Cabo’s economy is worse than any recent hurricane simply due to not having an estimated start date to “rebuild”. Over 80% are out of work due to the hold on tourism, so it’s almost unimaginable how much suffering is going on — another reason to count our blessings.

We’ve been trying to find ways to give back, recently making dropping off food to Feeding Los Cabos Kids and donating to Missions for Christ. Both organizations are taking donations to make grocery bags to deliver to families in need. Just a $7 donation to Missions for Christ makes grocery bags for five families for a week. If you love Cabo and want to see it come out on the other side, it’s a great time to give back and help the locals in need.

Escape to the East Cape

The East Cape has been an area we’ve heard about for awhile now but we weren’t quite sure where it was or what it had to offer. Come to find out, the start of the region is only about 20 mins past San Jose del Cabo.

Pressing our luck and dying to get out of the house, we took a weekend drive to scope it out. We figured if we got away from the more popular beach areas we had less of a chance of being told by the federales to go home. Down a few windy paved roads through cacti and desert land lead us to El Encanto de La Laguna. Upon our arrival, there were a few people already out on the secluded beach, to our surprise.

There were beautiful shells lining the beach which made for a fun activity, collecting the cool ones to take home. Most of our afternoon was spent watching the waves roll in and crashing against the amazing rock formations. One rogue wave even managed to wipe out our setup within the first ten minutes of sitting down… a true rookie mistake.

The waves were huge — we both agreed the biggest we’ve seen in Baja and maybe in our lifetime. The sound was massive, hearing the waves crashing into the shoreline. We’ll need a few more visits back to the area to know if this is a regular East Cape occasion or if there was just a storm brewing out at sea. Kennedy enjoyed running around but without an umbrella, she was back to her “hot dog” status.

Quarantine Cuts

Ongoing ‘Stay At Home’ orders presented us yet again with another need for a haircut for Kyle. Second time around and Leigh was much less afraid of screwing up than the first time. She whipped out the kitchen scissors (the only we have in the house) and gave Kyle a pretty damn impressive fade and trim that’d give some of his past barbers a run for their money (Kyle’s words, not Leigh’s).

Memorial Day Weekend

Wait, it’s MDW? We’re not quite sure how it’s possible, but we were looking forward to the long weekend. Leigh has had something to say every year about not being at the beach for this long weekend since she left Jersey after moving to landlocked cities of Dallas and Denver. And while we knew we were fortunate to be healthy and have work, boy was it a tease to be right next to the Cabo beaches this year and not be able to go!

Regardless we both had Friday off and enjoyed another sunny day on our rooftop pool (did we mention how this was the best quarantine purchase ever?). Our favorite DJ, Kygo, released his second album ‘Golden Hour’ so we turned up the tropical house tunes, caught the mountain breeze and soaked in the ocean views.

We did a hefty grocery run on Saturday during the day, and for the evening headed to our friends Jessica and Eddie’s house who invited us over for dinner and drinks. Again, no photos... but these friends we have been taking about are real, we swear.

After a “late night” for us, we spent Sunday morning making breakfast at home, relaxing and blogging. It was nice knowing we had another day ahead of the long weekend.

Back to the Beach!

After much debate if we ride out another weekend at home, we doubled down on another trip out to the East Cape. Hey, being in the car for an hour these days is excitement in itself… and with ocean views the whole way, we decided it was worth it. Back to our same spot at La Laguna, we explored the washed out sandstone rocks, further cracked open a few Modelos and enjoyed some much needed time in the sand.

On our drive home we snapped a few pictures along the awesome back roads of San Jose. The palm filled roads are so pretty as you get close to the marina. It’s hard to believe a palm tree can get this big!

Later that evening we spent our time sipping on red wine and starting to get our vacations lined up for the second half of 2020. Surely, we’ll be back to “normal” soon so we want to be ready for that green light. The countdown is on….

Neighborhood Nature Walks

As it’s begun to get warmer, the flora is in full bloom. Since we have nothing better to do but go on walks, we decided to photograph all the beautiful colors taking shape around the neighborhood. So to round out this blog, we’ll leave you with a few of our favorites.