End of the road

If you're following our map, you already knew that we reached the end of the road today: Cabo San Lucas. Now, the rest of the story.

We were a bit disappointed that the RV caravan was not traveling to Cabo, since there is no longer an RV campground around Cabo. It seemed like a shame to drive the length of the Baja peninsula - nearly 1000 miles - only to stop about 70 miles short of the end. Today, we set out to correct this error. Earlier this week, we announced our plans to the rest of the caravan. We picked today because Cruise Mapper said there were no cruise ships expected in Cabo. One couple decided to join us, taking the extra seats in our RV.

First, we drove R2V2 past the Tropic of Cancer, its first official trip into the tropics.

Next, we approached the San Jose del Cabo airport, which is far larger than anything we've seen in Mexico. Planes from US airlines were landing, one after another. Then, we got stuck in traffic - not from the airport but from what appeared to be a Mexican cowboy funeral. We eventually reached the other Cabo: San Jose del Cabo. It seems like a charming town but there's basically no parking in the old city center. We circled a few times and failed to find street parking; the only reasonable pay lot had a tree that was far too low for our RV. We gave up and headed to the more famous Cabo, Cabo San Lucas. To get there, we drove past numerous mega-resorts from all the international hotel chains. When we reached the marina in Cabo San Lucas, we were disappointed to see a 4000-passenger Carnival cruise ship. So much for missing the crowds. However, we did find parking, then walked around the usual tourist traps found at a cruise ship port. We had a pretty good lunch, then decided to take a boat tour around the rocks at the very tip of Cabo. This turned into a private tour for the 4 of us, and it lasted 45 minutes, far longer than expected. (And it didn't come with a pitch to buy a time-share, either!)

And of course we saw a couple of whales and some sea lions.

The drive home was smoother, in part thanks to taking the new toll road that connects Cabo San Lucas with the airport, bypassing San Jose del Cabo. No potholes or topes (Mexican speed bumps found in every town).

Mission accomplished! But all good things must come to an end: tomorrow the caravan officially starts our return north.