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| Andy and Christina both love to "paint" the cut-out shapes with icing! |
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| Having put "snow" on the roof.... |
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| Even Lynda gets into the act with putting "snow" on the shutters of the house... |
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| ...while Christina adds "lights" to the house |
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| Christina and Andy's first gingerbread house--a beautiful work of art--great job, Guys! |
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| Out to dinner at the 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant--Gayle, Bruce, Joan, Renee, Lauren, and Jim |
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| Here's Renee about to open presents.... |
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| ...and pictured with her cake.... |
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| ....and blowing out the candles! |
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| Once ashore, we boarded this craft which took us on a tour of the harbor and offered great views of the arch. |
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| Birds were everywhere on the rocks. |
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| And the seals! |
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| It reminded me of Antarctica! |
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| Lots and lots of seals!! |
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| And then--the famed arch!! |
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| The Infinity at anchor in the harbor. |
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| What a gorgeous sight as the waves crashed into the rocks! |
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| Another bird on a little rock as we begin circling around the end of the Baja Peninsula |
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| Land's End--the end of the Baja Peninsula, which separates the Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Cortez. |
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| The arch from the Pacific Ocean side |
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| The Infinity as seen from the Pacific Ocean through the opening in the rocks at Land's End |
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| As we cruised north on the Pacific Ocean side of the Peninsula, we saw all kinds of resorts.... |
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| ....and homes built on the edges of the cliffs |
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| Along the beach, a great view of a wave crashing into an unusual rock. |
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| Could they build it any closer to the edge?? |
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| Everyone wants to be closest to the cliff... |
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| Would not want to be here during a storm!! |
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| Beautiful beaches.... |
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| Beautiful homes.... |
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| And we cruise back to Land's End and the Sea of Cortez |
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| The arch with a parasailer to the right |
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| The Infinity can still be seen on our return... |
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| A tender returning passengers to the ship from the dock. |
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| Another view of the arch with a large wave as we return to the Sea of Cortez--notice the kayak! |
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| A beach between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez--easily seen from our craft in the Sea of Cortez... |
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| ...and loaded with people as the day wore on.... |
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| Cabo San Lucas on the Sea of Cortez as we returned from our trip around Land's End. Once we disembarked the small craft, we boarded a bus for a look-out point on the opposite side of Cabo and the arch. |
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| Seen from the bus, a Revolution Day Parade was taking place.... |
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| ...this was apparently a staging area.... |
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| ...all kinds of groups lining up.... |
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| ...women in native costume about to parade... |
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| At our stop, a view of Land's End.... |
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| ...with the Infinity and now a Carnival ship in the view |
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| Another view of the arch from our rest stop. |
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| Jim enjoying a soda at our stop. |
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| Our guide took a picture of Jim and Gayle at our stop--Land's End is in the background. |
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| A rocky coastline.... |
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| ....provided crashing waves |
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| A beautiful bird flying overhead, ends our rest stop and then we return to the port to catch the tender, which returns us to the Infinity. |
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| Back on our ship, I catch a picture of a Carnival ship-- anyone want to take a cruise with Carnival??? |
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| And then I notice from our deck a number of people in the water; their kayak-like craft had capsized. Here they're trying to get back into it... |
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| ...and they succeed as they are towed away! |
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| As the day comes to a close, the Infinity sets sail and we get our last look at the arch with a wave crashing on the rocks.... |
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| ...as the ship makes the turn around the end of the peninsula... |
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| ...we get a last look.... |
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| at Land's End! |
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| Back in our cabin to get dressed for dinner... |
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| ...we catch a sunset through our window that's caught the ocean's spray.... |
