2 years later the adventure continues

Hey this is Fonz from the East Cape:

With a tropical storm brewing due south our hopes were high for some good surf and we were not disappointed. The morning began with a quick surf at Old Man's, a great longboard spot, in front of the Cabo Surf Hotel. Peter and I were sharing a 6'6" potato chip and a 9'6" Olea and just buying some time with this morning surf while we waited to pick up a few boards from a good friend. Old Man's came through and this was a great place to start off the day with some 3-4 consistent rollers. Needless to say, the potato chip was very out of place.

Once we picked up the boards and we headed for the East Cape. Tropical storms haunt the coast this time of year, but those same storms bring much needed water and of course good surf. We didn't make it far before the siren song of the San Jose Del Cabo MEGA lured us in for some "donas" and "agua fresca." Crispy Creme has met its match.

Now back to the surfing. So, we wound our way out to the grated dirt road that follows the East Cape coastline. The windy road would give us quick glimpses of what we had in store for today. Finally we arrived at our first uninterrupted view and it was magnificent. Shipwrecks was going off! There was a bit of a crowd battling for some clean overhead breakers. We were tempted but decided to muscle on as our sights were set on Punta Perfecta.

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I guess it's my turn for an update, so here's Peter's review of the day:

Baja has not disappointed this time or any other time for that matter. It's a beautiful place that everyone should visit at some point. We were actually talking about how freakin' hot it is down here and how people hundreds of years ago had very little chance of thriving down inthis desert on the ocean, but now there's no excuse for anyone who reads this not to come down here for an epic adventure- you can buy as much water as you need and cheat the sun by hiding out in the A/C of your car. There's my Baja tourism plug.

Today was quite simple: tried to wake up at 7:30 but got out of bed around 9ish, went surfing at Old Man's, picked up some boards, went to the East Cape and surfed a head high right point all afternoon until my shoulders about fell off. Not a bad first day by any means, especially if a professional swimmer's shoulders are getting tired.

Punta Perfecta, an appropriately named right point, provided me with the best surfing of my life to date. There were four people out there today including me- are you kidding? Plenty of waves that went unridden and that was the best part. There was no pressure, no crowds, and a ton of space to try something new and see how it works: trying to walk the nose, working on bottom turns, taking off later and later in a wave.

After we finished surfing, Fonz said we should check out a restaurant called "Cross Roads" for lunch. We drove maybe another mile and a half down the dusty and extremely bumpy Baja dirt roads and found your typical bar restaurant with plastic lawn chair furniture for its customers all sitting right on the water. We ordered a couple Pacifico ballenas and some food while we watched the sets roll in at the place we had just been surfing. We could see Punta Perfecta from our plastic chairs and Pacificos, and I'm not sure it gets much better than that.

After I finished stuffing myself with my Dorado sandwich, I decided to teach this little mut that was hanging around our feet how to 'shake.' It seemed like a nice thing to teach the owner's dog, and it was a great way to entertain myself as the Pacifico settled and the waves played the part of the television. I wasn't sure if the dog was ever going to pick his paw up, but after I gave him almost the full top part of my fish sandwich's roll in tiny bits as treats and half an hour, he finally started to pick up his front paw- at least just enough for me to grab it and turn his effort into a shake. Before I left it looked like he knew what he was doing, barely. I'm sure we'll be back to see if he remembers the trick. That'll have to be the next update.

That's all from me for today. Take it easy.