Hi everyone, I'm Vince and I'm Emily and you're
listening to the lighthouse lowdown Welcome to
the show one of the very few times I get to touch
this button Don't look at the screen for a second.
Okay Gotta get up our get up our slides All right,
let's go to the very last slide. So I think that's
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Excellent. I'm at a 200 % zoom on my screen.
So as you may hear, we're a little bit rusty,
especially myself behind the microphone. So we're
back in the game. Welcome to episode 73. Is there
anything you want to say about today before we
get taken off? Any pointers? Well, I have returned
to the Lucky Charms latte that I had from Scooters
last time. And I'm having it again, even though
now I'm supposed to be on a diet. You may proceed.
Everybody understands that. So, first thing first.
Today we're going to talk about one golf course,
two lighthouses. Wait, what? I know. I thought
when I first saw it on the screen, I thought
that you were going to be covering, I don't know,
multiple golf courses. Multiple lighthouses.
Really? But this seems to be more interesting.
Why did you think that? Where did you see that?
Because I remember you saying that you wanted
to do coverage of lighthouses at golf courses.
So I figured that was going to be more of an
expansive coverage. I kind of gave that away,
huh? I like this. Our partner, Joey the Cat,
has settled in. Good. He's ready to listen, too.
Here comes Bo. He also wants to do that. I mean,
I guess I'll try. If everybody else is in here,
then I guess I will too. So one golf course,
two lighthouses, episode 73, the lighthouse history
buoy for the day. What do you think? You have
one. Of course. How many golf balls have broken
lighthouse windows? I don't know. But the history
buoy of the day is what's the deal with lighthouses
and golf courses? Okay, because there are a couple.
It turns out there are a lot, actually. So I'm
going to get to the content of our episode today
because I found an article that inspired me.
It was Lynx Magazine, which is obviously about
golf. Oh, yeah. It's a golf -focused article,
but it was the top lighthouses in golf, top 10.
Number six on the list was, can you have a guess?
Highland Lighthouse? Highland Lynx, yes. Excellent.
So it was the top lighthouses in golf, not necessarily
the best. Golf courses that have lighthouses.
Oh, there is some, there's some crossover, like
the best lighthouse at a golf course versus the
best golf course. Okay. At a lighthouse. So it's
more lighthouse forward than golf forward. This
particular article. Yes. Okay. Which is kind
of interesting for a golf magazine, especially
an internet publication. But, um, they have like
the history of each one in their, in their article.
They had a quick overview. I can actually bring
it on screen here. I'm kind of curious. Just
like how well are they representing? Oh, I can't
view it anymore. Hold on. What's another? You
could probably still scroll down. It's just that
you couldn't see it very well. What's another
browser? Firefox. You have that on your computer?
Just one minute. I just need one minute. I can
hack into the mainframe. I just need one minute.
I can hack. I can hack in. Just give me one minute.
Look, three of three free articles remaining
this month. Amazing. Thanks, Lynx Magazine. And
thank you, Firefox. I'm going to zoom. Zooming
in. Well, so I can see. I've got the old man
glasses on. So we're not going to read the whole
article. No, I just want to see how much they're
working. I'll give you an example. So we'll go
Tasmania. This one's beautiful. Cobble Beach.
Oh, my gosh. Amazing. It's been added to my list.
We'll come back. It's added to your list? Uh
-huh. I latched onto that so fast. I was like,
I'm doing that. Fine. I'll leave it. So here
we have the coverage of Highland links. And if
you don't know, when we visited Cape Cod, we
played nine holes at Highland links. I kind of
wish we played 18, but it is a nine hole course.
Yes. We think it's the oldest links in the United
States. And it's a, it's, I've only played a
couple of links style courses, but we'll talk
about that. What that means is it's along the
water. There's usually not a lot of trees. The
characteristics of the golf course are such that
it's based on the beach landscape. So there's
sandy greens. This one was built in the 1800s,
but their coverage here says North Truro, Massachusetts,
which is accurate. It's a nine -hole treasure
perched along cliffs overlooking the Atlantic
Ocean. The Scottish -inspired course, which had
originally had sand greens when it was founded
in the late 1800s, is one of the oldest golf
facilities in Cape Cod, and it's situated next
to the Highland Light Station that's owned by
the National Park Service. Okay, so they don't
have a lot of details. They actually really don't
have any details about the lighthouse. Yeah.
They have good photos, and then I think they
want you to kind of delve further. Yeah, they
want you to do your own research. So there's
this, and then another citation of mine on this
episode. So this is like the top ten also. Kauai.
I was mad I missed this one. Oh, beautiful. When
I was in Kauai. Ireland. Oh, yeah. Incredible.
Hey, hey, hey. We should do that honeymoon style.
Go to a golf course. Ireland? Yeah, not in March
or January or February. What? I think Ireland's
more of a summer trip. If anyone knows about
Ireland and wants to reach out, please do so.
That's one of the... I'm going to get sidetracked,
but look at this. This green right by the base
of Maine. See, that is... rip rap that i actually
want to walk over it's flat so i mean as far
as i know the the beginning of this you're gonna
see our location we're talking about one golf
course two lighthouses today uh came from my
research for our honeymoon then if you're not
familiar emily and i are getting married married
in december of this year yep married you wait
for me to do that every time and uh So I'm looking
to plan a honeymoon. Yeah, I put him in charge
of honeymoon. But now I'm kind of like, I'm getting
tense because I usually have my fingers all in
the pie of vacation planning. So it makes me
nervous to just be like, what are you cooking
up over there? Yep, I cook a lot. When it comes
to these types of pies. Well, golf course and
lighthouses. That sounds like an amazing activity
for a honeymoon. It does. It crosses our two
interests at the deepest level. Also, I will
say this author who did this article, I can't
find his name. Oh, Eric. I was going to say called
Brian. Eric M. He also mentioned in the other
article that I read that shows more lighthouses
that there are several golf courses that have
the word lighthouse in them. That have no lighthouse.
Oh. Or that the lighthouse is not even visible.
Like it's, yeah, it's over there. Yeah. Like,
oh, we're close by. It's 1 .2 miles on the other
side of this. You sully the name. Like if you
look up lighthouse, you're going to find a lot
of church stuff. If you're in our area. Yes.
Like beacons of hope sort of thing. The lighthouse
church. They don't even have a lighthouse. We
have lighthouse stuff around us. And I'm like,
whatever. So, so what's the deal, right? That's
the history of Bowie. We talked about Highland
Links. We get it. If you get to one of these
courses, especially Highland Links, in our experience,
you'll understand that there's a significant
crossover where you could just go and play golf,
and the lighthouse is a key feature of the things
you're going to look at. It's beautiful. It's
awesome. First -order lens. But if you just go
to the lighthouse, you're also going to be going
through the golf course property, which is true
of a lot of these things. There's a crossover
right there. There's local history and culture
around lighthouses and some of these historic
courses, uh, links style courses are always on
the coast. And so often our lighthouses. Yeah.
Um, and then like we talked about the view, it's
a, it's a wonderful view to have a lighthouse
and a coastline. So exciting. That's my buoy
of the day. And we are back. It's like a picture
that's. Relevant to our thing today? It sure
is. This is one of the two lighthouses at the
golf course. This photo's a little blurry, and
you're going to probably see it again later.
But if you look down to the left, you're going
to see some fairways. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Where would
you guess that this is? Oh. I see Rocky, maybe
some cactus. So I'm going to say Arizona. Is
it close? It's kind of close. We're in America?
No. Okay. Mexico? It is Mexico. And now that
we say that, I can say there's going to be a
lot of mispronunciations in here. Sorry, folks.
I never took any Spanish at all. No. Albanyo,
I think, is bathroom. Por favor, I think, is
please. And I think faro is lighthouse. Yeah.
I think. Yes. So just get that out there. Um,
but I'm going to interrupt not for a message
from our sponsors, but instead for a Google maps
view of where we're going. You love that. So
we're going to go down to Mexico. I read the
tip of the little, uh, arm. Yeah. So that's the,
the Baja, California, Baja, California, sir,
which I think is South. Oh, okay. Surface below.
I don't know. I'm trying. But right at the tip,
and this is Cabo San Lucas. So when people talk
about Cabo San Lucas, this is where it's at.
If you're going to visit Mexico. Wait, Cabo,
is that somewhere tropical? Or like, is that
where people vacation? It's a big vacation destination.
So people say Cabo San Lucas. They talk about
Cancun. Anyways, Cancun and then Puerto Vallarta.
Hey, Belize, I've been there. These are the names
we hear often. I didn't know that it was connected
to Mexico. I was a child. Oh, my gosh. So Cabo
San Lucas is kind of actually a small town, but
there's lots going on here. And the lighthouse
that we were just looking at. So there's Ferro
de Cabo San Lucas, which is the one we had in
the image. And then the second lighthouse is
Ferro Viejo, which is the old lighthouse. It
looked like ruins. But there's several golf courses,
and we're going to talk about one in particular.
It's down here. So Playa, I think, is beach.
Quivira. So we have a street in our city called
Quivira. I read that it's pronounced Quivira.
Yeah, I can see that. So again, I don't Spanish.
Sorry, everyone. But I'm going to close out of
maps for now. So now you get an idea where we're
at. But this is El Ferro Viejo, which is the
old lighthouse. I want this type of stone architecture
for my future house. It's a little bit Pueblo
style. Yeah. Which makes sense being in Mexico.
How old? 1905. Okay. Not that old, surprisingly.
But I think it's in a rough area as far as weather
goes. And the construction is really interesting
of this lighthouse. So we're going to talk about
this lighthouse mostly. And the other one, I'll
just mention what I found. I didn't find a lot,
to be fair. So this is the old lighthouse. It's
hard. Any lighthouses outside the U .S. aren't
as well documented. Yeah, yeah. Anytime we get
south of the border or north of the border or
east or west of the border. So the old lighthouse
at Cabo Falso, Cabo San Lucas. Faro de Cabo Falso,
Los Cobos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Wow.
Go, Vince. Founded the 5th of May in 1905. Nice.
There was a celebration each year on Cinco de
Mayo. You need to say it right. Every year, Cinco
de Mayo. Just wanted to make sure. I can tell
you, this is not my language. We go to Germany,
I have a chance. I've had some German lighthouses.
We haven't covered any of those. I don't think
we have. Yeah. So I've got. Four pictures here.
This is the first of four that are from the year
2015. There's a big celebration. Like we said,
there's a celebration every year. It's the oldest
structure in Cabo San Lucas. Oh, really? Yeah.
What? Before anything else? Or is it still surviving?
The oldest is still surviving. Okay. Now, as
you're going to see, there's lots of development
in Cabo San Lucas, probably due to tourism. Also,
like, I don't know how to say this, second homes.
Oh. Very nice destinations, whether those be
Mexican or international guests. So 2015, there
was a couple of pictures taken. The credit's
right on the photo, which is nice. But there
was a big memorial that they held at the lighthouse.
And it's the 110th anniversary. So the first
use of the lighthouse. The doors are nice. Yeah,
they did a pretty good job. We're going to see,
if you look real close, you're going to see some...
Oh, yeah. Hatchy items, to be fair. But it's
been there a long time. And like a lot of lighthouses.
Oh, yeah. I see how that happened. It is an effort
to keep up. Yeah, boarded up windows and stuff
is like par for the course. I get it. So good.
Thank you. In the Cabo San Lucas area, there
are... This is a very well -known lighthouse
over 100 years old. Photos dating back to 1905.
Now that I say that, did I include those photos?
No. Because I have them. In case I didn't, I'm
just going to wing for a second and show you
two photos. So here's one supposedly from 1905.
Dudes with donkeys and fantastic cats. I can't
tell. I think there was a caption on this about
the construction. of the lighthouse, whether
it was recently completed or in the works. But
you can see there is a lantern room on top of
that tower. Yeah, there is. And at current day,
there is not anymore. It's also like very Scottish,
I think. The style? Yeah. Yeah. It's got a cupola.
It appears to have a lightning rod on top. Nice
little balcony there. Yeah, balcony with railing.
So it's a full lighthouse. Obviously, there's
a stair tower. But if this really was taken in
1905, that kind of explains the quality of the
photo. Yeah, and it looks like they, like why
is the sky whited out? Like in a way that makes
the lighthouse look like it's made of sand. I
don't know. Don't know. It's interesting. But
cool photo. And then we have one more construction
of the tower. So the structure is not yet here.
Another black and white. I think that's a person
up by the cupola. Yeah, it looks like it. Just,
you know, adding the finishing touches. I don't
know what they're doing. But you see ladders
and framework. And the framework is actually
still there as you walk around the inside of
that house. Oh, cool. I was going to say, it's
cool that they build little wood frames for the
doors before they build the stone around it.
Yeah. Interesting. I mean, you'd have to have
some kind of marker for building up the doors.
Yeah, I don't know how. I've never thought about
that. I don't know how this construction is categorized
or how that really works. Very cool. Very cool.
In 1905, the designer and the executor of construction
for this lighthouse was the engineer Joaquin
Gomez Palacios. Probably Joaquin. Joaquin. I
tried. All right. A native of Madrid, Spain.
Okay. Hey. So a Spanish man. Been there. He was
the engineer and constructor. And we have been
to Madrid. It was constructed at the turn of
the 20th century. The lighthouse of the False
Cape was built to guide ships safely around the
peninsula's tip as they navigated through often
rough waters. I can imagine. I never thought
about having to sail around this long strip of
land. Any peninsula, right? Often happens. So
it's between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of
Cortez. Cortez. Yeah. Wasn't that the guy? It's
inland of the Baja del Sur. Okay. So between
there and mainland Mexico. So what are you saying?
Isn't that the guy? Isn't that the guy? Cortez.
Cortez. Pirate's name. Isn't that the guy? He
was Spanish who came over to like find America
or something? Let me do a quick look. That wasn't
Christopher Columbus you're talking about. No,
no, I'm talking about a Spanish guy. The Spaniards
came to... Oh, Conquistador? Who led expedition
that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. Asshole.
Okay, so I knew that. Rude. We lost significant
culture because of this doofus. If you have seen
the movie Apocalypto, I believe it is a depiction
of Cortez at the end, landing. So is Road to
El Dorado. no way yeah oh yeah that's what i
thought of i was like you know when miguel is
like have you side note have you seen apocalypto
no it is a mel gibson directed the film okay
so kind of a wild card but it's basically he
uh i heard him interviewed recently he wanted
to make a chase movie like a car chase except
on foot that was the original premise that's
i like those kind of movies and it's in the Aztec
early Mexico days. I don't know intelligently
how to say that, but cool movie. If you're interested,
big action movie. Azteci is a term that I would
use to describe. Azteci. So the Sea of Cortez,
right, is the location for a lot of those ships.
The location of the lighthouse was strategic,
but also easily mistaken for the nearby Cape
San Lucas. Oh, no. Thus the name. false cape.
This is the false cape. Shoot. The lighthouse
served faithfully as an aid to navigation and
it was a welcoming site for ships arriving from
distant ports. So recently, which is shown in
this photo, the lighthouse was restored. So the
restoration you're going to see, they did not
put a lantern room atop the lighthouse, which
kind of makes me sad. I think it's because the
other lighthouse, which is Ferro de Cabo San
Lucas, which I think was built 1980s. You can't
really tell, but you're going to see where I
think that. I think that's a real lighthouse,
and it's still in action today. So you can go
up to it. I'm getting ahead of myself. So the
restoration of the old lighthouse was around
the year 2000. In the late 1900s, not much more
than a base remained of the lighthouse built
in 1890. I thought 1905. Maybe that was the lighting.
But the spectacular view. is still available
from 500 feet above the water. 500 feet? A lot
of the information I was able to find here on
the old lighthouse is based off of people's experiences
in visiting the area. So this is an anecdote
from, let's say, the late 1990s. They say, in
addition to the lighthouse, it has the remains
of a shipwreck below. Turtles use the beach to
lay their eggs, which I've seen photos of. Pretty
cool. And to get there, go down this road, there's
a dirt road, and then you're at the lighthouse.
Access to this lighthouse has changed in how
you can get there and what's there and what land
it's on. And we will talk about that. But before
I forget, I'm really not going to cover the other
lighthouse much. I don't know much about it.
But Faro de Cabo San Lucas. It's still there.
It's an active aid to navigation. And you can
get there. If you want to, there are hikes you
can find to get to it. And there's a road that
goes up to it. It's higher in elevation than
this one, I think, by 200 feet. It's 700 feet
up. That's crazy. Yeah. And I didn't think about
it, but you can tell from this photo how high
up we are above the water. It is. It just goes
on forever. Yeah. It's beautiful. Beautiful spot.
Wow. Okay, so they did a really good job restoring
it, even though obviously it couldn't salvage
the lantern room. So I'm showing images now from
October of 1989 and then another image from 2014
after the restoration. And they did some nice
landscaping, did a nice retaining wall. That's
what we're talking about. And good for them.
I don't know if it's the city that does this
or Mexico as a country. I don't know who funds
it or does the work, but good for them. Before
the restoration, it looks like maybe a fire or
several fires happened in the facility. The large
door to what else? I think it's the keeper's
house is just gone. It's just laying on the ground.
Yeah, it's like blown out. So likely it was vandalized,
likely tourists and other humans and whatnot.
So the restoration. Man, the restoration. did
a really good job to make it into something that's
really appealing to go by. I don't know if you're
regularly allowed in. I couldn't find anything
on tours, but I do have a couple ways that you
can see this lighthouse that we're going to cover.
I feel like the inside of the keeper's area would
be the most exciting. Yeah. If you can't get
up to the lantern room because it's not there.
Oh, yeah. That would do it. So. I'm going to
show you a video off of Facebook, and I do not
speak Spanish. Once again. Okay. So I think this
is a tourism promotion video, and I'm just going
to let it play without volume while we kind of
talk. But here's this gal, and she's going to
take you to the lighthouse. Oh, she's taking
us in? We will see the inside in some clips.
So I think this is about four minutes, and I
think it's just going to play while we talk.
The doors are so beautiful. But small little
squad of folks. So I'm going to talk about access
to this lighthouse. So I have three dates where
people made comments. So as of January 2008,
which is before the restoration, the access road
to the beach and the lighthouse has been chained
off. There's a guard at the entrance gate advising
the original access road is now private property.
Shoot. Most of the area is undergoing some sort
of development. We will continue to look for
an access point at this section of the beach.
Oh, no. Like, they're developing the area around
the lighthouse? Yes. No! Yeah. That's so sad.
You're going to see, and interrupt me anytime
if you see something going on, but we will walk,
they do walk through the lighthouse main areas
here. So that was 2008. If you go back, I have
a picture of people riding horses. It's not a
very good quality picture, but it's in the 90s
on some vacation. Riding horses on the beach
down below. And you can see you can just go up
to the lighthouse. There's like no, it's clearly
open. No, it's just sand. How do you get up there
from sand? You can hike up or ride the horses
up. I feel like 500 feet is a lot. It's not a
cliff, but it's 500 feet in quick elevation.
It looks like a cliff. So we're seeing some shots
of the inside. Wow. I think they show this spiral
staircase terminating, like breaks halfway through.
So this is post -restoration. So I'd say it's
really focused on the outside, a lot of the improvements.
And then, of course, the retaining wall we talked
about. I think it's going to help the structure
stay there for a while. Yeah, all being on sand.
I don't think they've ever moved this lighthouse
in what I saw. So the guy just pounding on the
wall saying it's a strong structure. Something
like that. I looked for translations and everything.
Couldn't find it. 2008, there was development.
No one knew what was happening. 2015, post -restoration,
El Ferro Viejo, the old lighthouse, sits high
on the dunes of the Pacific coast of Cabo San
Lucas within Quivira Golf Course. The seventh
hole is framed by El Ferro Viejo, a 19th century
lighthouse that also happens to be one of the
oldest structures in Cabo San Lucas. Founded
in 1905. Some recurring info. The old lighthouse
is currently available accessible via Kavira
golf course and development. Okay. So they did
allow people in when they were building the golf
course and if you golfed. Okay. And then in 2021,
renovations are being made around the old lighthouse,
making it only accessible with a previous reservation
for a guided visit in very strict hours. Okay.
The entrance is via the Kavira golf course. And
the old routes via the beach are in constant
surveillance by the security of the golf course.
So it's my understanding the only way, well,
we'll get to some more ways. The best way to
see this is to be a guest at the resorts. There
are several resorts that get you access to the
golf course. And you actually can go right by
the lighthouse in between holes. You're going
to see it on several holes. I would definitely
do that. I think you don't actually have to play
golf, but we'll get to that. You want to see
it? I reached out to that resort owner to ask
about access and to ask about golf greens fees.
Like what does it cost if you want to go play?
Cause it's a, it's a, we're going to get there.
It's a beautiful course. So today the lighthouse
is on the course and the course, I'm going to
play another video on screen while I talk is
incredible. And it's a minute long. I might actually
play it a couple times just while I talk about
the course. All right. But it's just like a very
pretty, you know. So this is the course's content.
So they're showing, look at the golf course.
And also. Look at the water. Look at the, yeah,
that's the Turtle Beach. Sorry for people who
can't see what we're looking at. But go to our
YouTube and YouTube can see. Please do check
out the YouTube. Oh, the amount of balls we lose
is. Just ridiculous. Yeah. You bring some extra
balls, you'd have a good time. Don't worry about
it. Have a margarita. But beautiful area. It's
a whole resort, but the word golf is in the name
of the resort. It's kind of their main feature.
As club members and resort golfers at Quivira
Golf Club can attest, the cart path that leads
from the 6th Green to the 7th T skirts a jaw
-dropping stretch of sheer granite cliffs before
arriving at an equally unforgettable sight, the
region's original lighthouse. Amazing. Situated
at kilometer zero at True Land's End. Cool. Oh,
that is cool. True Land's End. The exact place
where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean,
the fortress -like lighthouse is the oldest standing
structure in Cabo San Lucas. Recurring information.
Source of inspiration for poets, painters, and
photographers, it is by far the most famous lighthouse
in Baja, California, sir. It is also an enduring
symbol of the region's navigational history and
a cultural marker for the community. Very good.
Even the most score conscientious golfer cannot
help but marvel at the sturdy construction and
octagonal stone tower at this national historic
monument perched at the edge of a cliff more
than 500 feet above the thrashing surf. Recently
renovated, it was designed and built by the engineer
we talked about, and while no longer operational,
this sturdy edifice, fully exposed to the elements,
has survived intact for over 110 years. Beautiful.
Beautifully well written. Sorry, I'm reading
and reading. Yeah, that's good. Peering down
on the course from its rocky mountain perch nearly
700 feet above the sea level is the newer Cabo
Lighthouse, a cylindrical red and white striped
tower that dates to 1959. I was wrong. Sorry.
I don't even know my own content. Okay. No, it's
fine. Ferroviejo may be dark, but this functioning
lighthouse emits a white flash at night to guide
ship traffic after dark. Interesting content
from the course. I would say that they're doing
a good job. Here's a shot kind of reverse of
what we just saw of the two lighthouses before
restoration. Pretty rough, to be honest. Yeah,
that was on its way out before they fixed it
up. So did the golf course fix it up, or you're
saying you don't know who did the restoration?
I don't think the golf course fixed it up, but
I think the golf course purchased the land. Okay,
because it is good. I could see how it would
be a... like a pleasant point of focus for a
golf course to be like, and look at this history.
Look how beautiful. Yeah. And who knows? Like
there's some weirdness with taxes. Oh, for sure.
Historical sites in the United States. I don't
know if Mexico has their own set of laws. Yeah.
That I'm sure they do. I don't know. Oh my gosh.
You could fall off the edge of any point of this
golf course. Theoretically. Yeah. Just don't
go over the edge. Don't go looking for your ball
over there. Yeah. You're in that sand trap. Just
pay attention. Oh my. Gosh, it's a sand trap.
And the other side is just cliff edge. There's
another green going up to the newer lighthouse.
Beautiful. Some desert area. Obviously, it's
a lynx course. It's a very difficult, narrow
fairways. It's another green just down on a cliff
edge. So beautiful. I imagine the wind would
play hell on your shots. I mean, look at the
flag. The flag is moving. It's straight out.
Also, I don't know if you noticed, all the shots
we've seen, the ocean has been kind of rough.
And it's, like, choppy. It's not, like, even
waves. Yeah. But. But it's very windy. We are
going to look at the resorts here soon. It's
nice. Oh, yeah. Is this you trying to pitch something
for our honeymoon? No. We're not going to go
to Mexico. That's the whole thing. Well, that's
so sweet of you to actually, like, listen to
my requests. And it's. I got to. For the people,
they got to know. Why not Mexico, Emily? I just
don't want to. I don't know why. You don't want
to go here? I've heard no good stories about.
like people visiting Mexico. It's always like
getting sick from water or getting sick from
drinks and food. And like, I have a fear of that.
So I have an aversion to going to Mexico. I know
that there's more good stories than bad, but
like even one of my close friends from my friend
group went to Mexico and got a parasite. What
am I supposed to feel? Well, to be fair, and
I don't want to turn you off to travel altogether,
but I know that story from India. I know that
story from China. I know. I even know that story
from Germany. And usually, you know, us Americans
have pretty consistent diets. We're eating foods
that we don't usually eat. Way back in the day,
parts of Mexico, like in Tijuana, like my dad
told me a story of he saw ice being handled like
on a sidewalk. No, no, no. That's a long time
ago. Yeah. A very different place than where
we're talking about. I think that you can be
safe from getting sick if you eat at the right
places and you're careful about water selection
and whatnot. From what I read, especially in
Mexico, that's really a thing of the past on
all of the resorts and all of the nice developed
areas. Anywhere that you would go, it's not a
street vendor. A street vendor may have different...
handling of food or whatever so maybe i don't
know i don't want to turn everybody and and you
off to traveling but i don't think it's mexico
specific i know that's just where i've heard
the most so it's just like it's one of those
obvious ones that i'm like i don't want to go
well you've probably heard it the most because
it's the best place for us to travel here from
the u .s affordable beautiful anyways i'm trying
folks but we talked about how california or california
how Mexico is not one of the places that we're
looking right now for our honeymoon. Maybe a
future trip to Mexico would be in the cards,
but still working on it. Yeah, I'd have to, I
don't know. I'd have to prepare myself. So I'm
going to show us another site from the resort.
So Pueblo Bonito is the name of the four resorts.
Look at that. You see that? Yeah. The green is
on a cliff. Very beautiful. Same area it's showing.
How many balls do you think are down there? Oh,
infinite. In the cracks of the rocks and stuff.
Just such a beautiful place. And then you can
go through and you can see, we're just going
to browse for a little bit, but there are resorts.
So that was the golf page. Oh, look at that.
Specifically in Cabo, there are, what is this?
Sunset Beach, Rose, Los Cabos, and then you start
getting into Monte Cristo. But then there's also,
I don't know how to say this. Mazatlan? Mazatlan.
I don't know. A lot of these are, you know, right,
so there's eight total. They're all on the oceanfront.
This is the one I think I looked at was Pacifica.
It's closest to the course. But you can play
at the course if you're a guest. Or if you're
an owner, there are, I have a fact sheet here.
So, Cavera Las Cabos. There's a roughly 1 ,900
-acre community. on a stretch of land destined
to be the crown jewel of Los Cabos. Old lighthouse
clubs, a private gated residential enclave, blah,
blah, blah. And so there are, what's this? This
is a bunch of homes, basically. 13 spectacular
custom home sites nestled atop dramatic dunes
perched 300 feet above the ocean. Prices start
at $2 million. Oh, God. But it's all private.
They say the average annual temperature is 78
degrees Fahrenheit with 340 days of sunshine
per year. Whoa. How is that possible? That's
what I'm saying. Also, an average of 78 over
the entire year makes me suspicious. What is
it usually? 100 degrees? No, the average is 78.
Yeah, if you take the average over the entire
year, that can include some very low lows and
very high highs. If we go to weather .com, let's
look at, why is it so small? I don't know. We're
looking at a 65 -inch TV, so I don't know if
I'm blowing your guys' eyes away. So today, 71
degrees. We're going to go to monthly. What?
Oh, you're looking ahead. Maybe go backwards.
No, it usually shows averages. Oh, sorry. Okay,
never mind. It's not international. We don't
get to have the nice things. But really what
I want to do is look at this on hotels .com.
So we're going to look at Pueblo Bonito, Pacifica
was the one that I mentioned. All -inclusive.
It's interesting. It's like this big resort building
surrounded by just sand and rocks. Yeah. You
know how a lot of resorts, they're not off by
themselves. They're like nestled up to a bunch
of other resorts. Yeah. They want to maximize
the area. Yeah, there are. I think they own a
big chunk of land and they have their resorts
a little bit spread out. I think it keeps people
probably from going between them maybe. Yeah,
and it would feel more like exclusive. Yeah.
Big, beautiful beach, cabanas. There's one of
the rooms has a pool in the room like overlooking
the ocean. Goodness gracious. Yeah, like a little
infinity pool. Kayaking. Nice rock formations.
Let's get back on track, comments. So if you're
not a golfer, there are other ways that residents
or guests of these places can visit Ferro Viejo.
QLife, a lifestyle club that offers a comprehensive
and synergistic approach to overall individual
and group well -being, features yoga lessons
in the beautiful location of the lighthouse.
Oh. As well as guided tours through the natural
trails around the lighthouse. Okay. While it's
man -made, Ferro Viejo is every bit as iconic
as El Arco, which is the natural sea arch visible
from vantage points throughout Cabo San Lucas.
Very famous large opening arch. So that is actually
all I had. Wow. For one golf course, two lighthouses,
Cabo San Lucas. I wish we could know more about
the second lighthouse is like red and white striped
on top of the crest of a... The high point, for
sure. High point, yeah. I wish we could know
more about it. White flashing? Yeah, white flash.
There's some small buildings down here that are
kind of cropped out of this photo. They might
be like research stations. I don't think they
have a keeper's quarters there. Yeah. But I think
that it's probably news or weather, telephone,
you know. Probably. Because of its position.
Pretty cool. There is an airport there, Cabo
San Lucas, so it might be related to that as
well. Oh, true. Very nice. I've done some talking.
I've got some people at work weighing in on if
we had a t -shirt, what color the t -shirt would
be. Really? Yeah. I said, what about these colors?
Like which one would be the base t -shirt color?
We're talking comfort colors, of course. Of course.
I think the light blue that's on our tower is
most appropriate. Yeah. And when I made a shirt,
that's what I used. Yeah. I forgot about your
shirt. I know. I saw it in the bottom of my drawer
yesterday. I was like, oh, I've got to wear that.
Yeah. I thought it was appropriate. Golf season's
coming up. The Masters is coming. When's the
Masters? April, I believe. And so I kind of did
some research and thought maybe let's just cover
one of these for now. Yeah, very good. I enjoyed
that. Beautiful spot. If they want to sponsor
us to go visit, that'd be great. That'd be spectacular.
We can try out the course and let you know how
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