WEBVTT 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:03.490 Hi everyone, I'm Vince and I'm Emily and you're 00:00:03.490 --> 00:00:14.250 listening to the lighthouse lowdown Welcome to 00:00:14.250 --> 00:00:16.690 the show one of the very few times I get to touch 00:00:16.690 --> 00:00:19.190 this button Don't look at the screen for a second. 00:00:19.230 --> 00:00:24.410 Okay Gotta get up our get up our slides All right, 00:00:24.469 --> 00:00:26.570 let's go to the very last slide. So I think that's 00:00:26.570 --> 00:00:30.000 kind of the beginning. All right Now we're on. 00:00:30.140 --> 00:00:33.859 Excellent. I'm at a 200 % zoom on my screen. 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:37.039 So as you may hear, we're a little bit rusty, 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:40.920 especially myself behind the microphone. So we're 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:44.219 back in the game. Welcome to episode 73. Is there 00:00:44.219 --> 00:00:45.799 anything you want to say about today before we 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.039 get taken off? Any pointers? Well, I have returned 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:52.219 to the Lucky Charms latte that I had from Scooters 00:00:52.219 --> 00:00:55.280 last time. And I'm having it again, even though 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:58.560 now I'm supposed to be on a diet. You may proceed. 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:03.939 Everybody understands that. So, first thing first. 00:01:05.500 --> 00:01:07.500 Today we're going to talk about one golf course, 00:01:07.620 --> 00:01:11.980 two lighthouses. Wait, what? I know. I thought 00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:15.819 when I first saw it on the screen, I thought 00:01:15.819 --> 00:01:17.659 that you were going to be covering, I don't know, 00:01:17.700 --> 00:01:22.219 multiple golf courses. Multiple lighthouses. 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:24.359 Really? But this seems to be more interesting. 00:01:24.540 --> 00:01:25.939 Why did you think that? Where did you see that? 00:01:25.939 --> 00:01:27.159 Because I remember you saying that you wanted 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:30.200 to do coverage of lighthouses at golf courses. 00:01:30.579 --> 00:01:32.359 So I figured that was going to be more of an 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:35.280 expansive coverage. I kind of gave that away, 00:01:35.379 --> 00:01:38.239 huh? I like this. Our partner, Joey the Cat, 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:40.579 has settled in. Good. He's ready to listen, too. 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:45.099 Here comes Bo. He also wants to do that. I mean, 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:46.760 I guess I'll try. If everybody else is in here, 00:01:46.819 --> 00:01:49.359 then I guess I will too. So one golf course, 00:01:49.459 --> 00:01:52.859 two lighthouses, episode 73, the lighthouse history 00:01:52.859 --> 00:01:54.620 buoy for the day. What do you think? You have 00:01:54.620 --> 00:01:58.780 one. Of course. How many golf balls have broken 00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:02.260 lighthouse windows? I don't know. But the history 00:02:02.260 --> 00:02:07.060 buoy of the day is what's the deal with lighthouses 00:02:07.060 --> 00:02:09.620 and golf courses? Okay, because there are a couple. 00:02:10.180 --> 00:02:14.199 It turns out there are a lot, actually. So I'm 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:16.659 going to get to the content of our episode today 00:02:16.659 --> 00:02:21.240 because I found an article that inspired me. 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:24.560 It was Lynx Magazine, which is obviously about 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:26.840 golf. Oh, yeah. It's a golf -focused article, 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:30.580 but it was the top lighthouses in golf, top 10. 00:02:31.099 --> 00:02:34.599 Number six on the list was, can you have a guess? 00:02:34.939 --> 00:02:38.039 Highland Lighthouse? Highland Lynx, yes. Excellent. 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:40.879 So it was the top lighthouses in golf, not necessarily 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:44.039 the best. Golf courses that have lighthouses. 00:02:44.139 --> 00:02:46.400 Oh, there is some, there's some crossover, like 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:50.800 the best lighthouse at a golf course versus the 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:53.319 best golf course. Okay. At a lighthouse. So it's 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:55.699 more lighthouse forward than golf forward. This 00:02:55.699 --> 00:02:57.900 particular article. Yes. Okay. Which is kind 00:02:57.900 --> 00:03:00.520 of interesting for a golf magazine, especially 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:03.740 an internet publication. But, um, they have like 00:03:03.740 --> 00:03:06.960 the history of each one in their, in their article. 00:03:07.799 --> 00:03:10.500 They had a quick overview. I can actually bring 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:13.080 it on screen here. I'm kind of curious. Just 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.259 like how well are they representing? Oh, I can't 00:03:15.259 --> 00:03:19.599 view it anymore. Hold on. What's another? You 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:21.240 could probably still scroll down. It's just that 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:22.939 you couldn't see it very well. What's another 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:28.479 browser? Firefox. You have that on your computer? 00:03:28.740 --> 00:03:30.139 Just one minute. I just need one minute. I can 00:03:30.139 --> 00:03:33.199 hack into the mainframe. I just need one minute. 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.599 I can hack. I can hack in. Just give me one minute. 00:03:37.549 --> 00:03:39.430 Look, three of three free articles remaining 00:03:39.430 --> 00:03:42.550 this month. Amazing. Thanks, Lynx Magazine. And 00:03:42.550 --> 00:03:45.509 thank you, Firefox. I'm going to zoom. Zooming 00:03:45.509 --> 00:03:47.990 in. Well, so I can see. I've got the old man 00:03:47.990 --> 00:03:50.789 glasses on. So we're not going to read the whole 00:03:50.789 --> 00:03:52.990 article. No, I just want to see how much they're 00:03:52.990 --> 00:03:55.009 working. I'll give you an example. So we'll go 00:03:55.009 --> 00:03:57.969 Tasmania. This one's beautiful. Cobble Beach. 00:03:58.090 --> 00:04:00.550 Oh, my gosh. Amazing. It's been added to my list. 00:04:00.669 --> 00:04:03.229 We'll come back. It's added to your list? Uh 00:04:03.229 --> 00:04:05.740 -huh. I latched onto that so fast. I was like, 00:04:05.780 --> 00:04:09.259 I'm doing that. Fine. I'll leave it. So here 00:04:09.259 --> 00:04:11.300 we have the coverage of Highland links. And if 00:04:11.300 --> 00:04:14.240 you don't know, when we visited Cape Cod, we 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.180 played nine holes at Highland links. I kind of 00:04:17.180 --> 00:04:19.120 wish we played 18, but it is a nine hole course. 00:04:19.379 --> 00:04:23.639 Yes. We think it's the oldest links in the United 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:28.240 States. And it's a, it's, I've only played a 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:29.920 couple of links style courses, but we'll talk 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.639 about that. What that means is it's along the 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:36.459 water. There's usually not a lot of trees. The 00:04:36.459 --> 00:04:38.879 characteristics of the golf course are such that 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:41.680 it's based on the beach landscape. So there's 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:45.240 sandy greens. This one was built in the 1800s, 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:50.180 but their coverage here says North Truro, Massachusetts, 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:53.180 which is accurate. It's a nine -hole treasure 00:04:53.180 --> 00:04:55.579 perched along cliffs overlooking the Atlantic 00:04:55.579 --> 00:04:58.519 Ocean. The Scottish -inspired course, which had 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:00.980 originally had sand greens when it was founded 00:05:00.980 --> 00:05:03.649 in the late 1800s, is one of the oldest golf 00:05:03.649 --> 00:05:05.870 facilities in Cape Cod, and it's situated next 00:05:05.870 --> 00:05:07.810 to the Highland Light Station that's owned by 00:05:07.810 --> 00:05:09.589 the National Park Service. Okay, so they don't 00:05:09.589 --> 00:05:11.610 have a lot of details. They actually really don't 00:05:11.610 --> 00:05:13.370 have any details about the lighthouse. Yeah. 00:05:13.930 --> 00:05:16.810 They have good photos, and then I think they 00:05:16.810 --> 00:05:18.610 want you to kind of delve further. Yeah, they 00:05:18.610 --> 00:05:20.490 want you to do your own research. So there's 00:05:20.490 --> 00:05:24.629 this, and then another citation of mine on this 00:05:24.629 --> 00:05:28.069 episode. So this is like the top ten also. Kauai. 00:05:28.089 --> 00:05:31.069 I was mad I missed this one. Oh, beautiful. When 00:05:31.069 --> 00:05:35.000 I was in Kauai. Ireland. Oh, yeah. Incredible. 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:38.980 Hey, hey, hey. We should do that honeymoon style. 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:43.139 Go to a golf course. Ireland? Yeah, not in March 00:05:43.139 --> 00:05:47.060 or January or February. What? I think Ireland's 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:50.279 more of a summer trip. If anyone knows about 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:54.180 Ireland and wants to reach out, please do so. 00:05:54.420 --> 00:05:56.000 That's one of the... I'm going to get sidetracked, 00:05:56.100 --> 00:05:58.759 but look at this. This green right by the base 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:02.560 of Maine. See, that is... rip rap that i actually 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:08.160 want to walk over it's flat so i mean as far 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.579 as i know the the beginning of this you're gonna 00:06:11.579 --> 00:06:13.920 see our location we're talking about one golf 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.939 course two lighthouses today uh came from my 00:06:16.939 --> 00:06:20.560 research for our honeymoon then if you're not 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:24.800 familiar emily and i are getting married married 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.160 in december of this year yep married you wait 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:31.699 for me to do that every time and uh So I'm looking 00:06:31.699 --> 00:06:34.560 to plan a honeymoon. Yeah, I put him in charge 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:38.379 of honeymoon. But now I'm kind of like, I'm getting 00:06:38.379 --> 00:06:42.819 tense because I usually have my fingers all in 00:06:42.819 --> 00:06:46.879 the pie of vacation planning. So it makes me 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:49.060 nervous to just be like, what are you cooking 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:54.519 up over there? Yep, I cook a lot. When it comes 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:57.360 to these types of pies. Well, golf course and 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:00.170 lighthouses. That sounds like an amazing activity 00:07:00.170 --> 00:07:02.290 for a honeymoon. It does. It crosses our two 00:07:02.290 --> 00:07:09.490 interests at the deepest level. Also, I will 00:07:09.490 --> 00:07:13.370 say this author who did this article, I can't 00:07:13.370 --> 00:07:16.269 find his name. Oh, Eric. I was going to say called 00:07:16.269 --> 00:07:21.449 Brian. Eric M. He also mentioned in the other 00:07:21.449 --> 00:07:23.649 article that I read that shows more lighthouses 00:07:23.649 --> 00:07:26.550 that there are several golf courses that have 00:07:26.550 --> 00:07:29.029 the word lighthouse in them. That have no lighthouse. 00:07:29.269 --> 00:07:31.850 Oh. Or that the lighthouse is not even visible. 00:07:32.129 --> 00:07:33.829 Like it's, yeah, it's over there. Yeah. Like, 00:07:33.829 --> 00:07:35.949 oh, we're close by. It's 1 .2 miles on the other 00:07:35.949 --> 00:07:38.910 side of this. You sully the name. Like if you 00:07:38.910 --> 00:07:40.310 look up lighthouse, you're going to find a lot 00:07:40.310 --> 00:07:42.490 of church stuff. If you're in our area. Yes. 00:07:42.490 --> 00:07:45.589 Like beacons of hope sort of thing. The lighthouse 00:07:45.589 --> 00:07:47.410 church. They don't even have a lighthouse. We 00:07:47.410 --> 00:07:49.089 have lighthouse stuff around us. And I'm like, 00:07:49.170 --> 00:07:53.189 whatever. So, so what's the deal, right? That's 00:07:53.189 --> 00:07:55.769 the history of Bowie. We talked about Highland 00:07:55.769 --> 00:07:58.230 Links. We get it. If you get to one of these 00:07:58.230 --> 00:08:01.410 courses, especially Highland Links, in our experience, 00:08:01.610 --> 00:08:03.949 you'll understand that there's a significant 00:08:03.949 --> 00:08:05.949 crossover where you could just go and play golf, 00:08:06.029 --> 00:08:08.529 and the lighthouse is a key feature of the things 00:08:08.529 --> 00:08:10.269 you're going to look at. It's beautiful. It's 00:08:10.269 --> 00:08:14.629 awesome. First -order lens. But if you just go 00:08:14.629 --> 00:08:17.269 to the lighthouse, you're also going to be going 00:08:17.269 --> 00:08:19.889 through the golf course property, which is true 00:08:19.889 --> 00:08:23.139 of a lot of these things. There's a crossover 00:08:23.139 --> 00:08:25.459 right there. There's local history and culture 00:08:25.459 --> 00:08:27.519 around lighthouses and some of these historic 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:31.220 courses, uh, links style courses are always on 00:08:31.220 --> 00:08:34.659 the coast. And so often our lighthouses. Yeah. 00:08:34.779 --> 00:08:37.620 Um, and then like we talked about the view, it's 00:08:37.620 --> 00:08:39.019 a, it's a wonderful view to have a lighthouse 00:08:39.019 --> 00:08:42.600 and a coastline. So exciting. That's my buoy 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:46.860 of the day. And we are back. It's like a picture 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:49.700 that's. Relevant to our thing today? It sure 00:08:49.700 --> 00:08:52.159 is. This is one of the two lighthouses at the 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:55.159 golf course. This photo's a little blurry, and 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:56.379 you're going to probably see it again later. 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:58.399 But if you look down to the left, you're going 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:02.340 to see some fairways. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Where would 00:09:02.340 --> 00:09:11.299 you guess that this is? Oh. I see Rocky, maybe 00:09:11.299 --> 00:09:15.480 some cactus. So I'm going to say Arizona. Is 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:18.649 it close? It's kind of close. We're in America? 00:09:19.129 --> 00:09:27.129 No. Okay. Mexico? It is Mexico. And now that 00:09:27.129 --> 00:09:30.690 we say that, I can say there's going to be a 00:09:30.690 --> 00:09:32.490 lot of mispronunciations in here. Sorry, folks. 00:09:32.610 --> 00:09:35.250 I never took any Spanish at all. No. Albanyo, 00:09:35.250 --> 00:09:38.289 I think, is bathroom. Por favor, I think, is 00:09:38.289 --> 00:09:42.429 please. And I think faro is lighthouse. Yeah. 00:09:42.490 --> 00:09:46.210 I think. Yes. So just get that out there. Um, 00:09:46.429 --> 00:09:49.970 but I'm going to interrupt not for a message 00:09:49.970 --> 00:09:52.750 from our sponsors, but instead for a Google maps 00:09:52.750 --> 00:09:55.149 view of where we're going. You love that. So 00:09:55.149 --> 00:09:57.730 we're going to go down to Mexico. I read the 00:09:57.730 --> 00:10:00.929 tip of the little, uh, arm. Yeah. So that's the, 00:10:00.929 --> 00:10:03.889 the Baja, California, Baja, California, sir, 00:10:04.129 --> 00:10:07.669 which I think is South. Oh, okay. Surface below. 00:10:07.750 --> 00:10:11.240 I don't know. I'm trying. But right at the tip, 00:10:11.259 --> 00:10:13.639 and this is Cabo San Lucas. So when people talk 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:15.659 about Cabo San Lucas, this is where it's at. 00:10:15.899 --> 00:10:18.200 If you're going to visit Mexico. Wait, Cabo, 00:10:18.220 --> 00:10:22.580 is that somewhere tropical? Or like, is that 00:10:22.580 --> 00:10:24.600 where people vacation? It's a big vacation destination. 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:27.620 So people say Cabo San Lucas. They talk about 00:10:27.620 --> 00:10:30.700 Cancun. Anyways, Cancun and then Puerto Vallarta. 00:10:30.980 --> 00:10:32.679 Hey, Belize, I've been there. These are the names 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:35.080 we hear often. I didn't know that it was connected 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:40.340 to Mexico. I was a child. Oh, my gosh. So Cabo 00:10:40.340 --> 00:10:45.379 San Lucas is kind of actually a small town, but 00:10:45.379 --> 00:10:47.620 there's lots going on here. And the lighthouse 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:50.840 that we were just looking at. So there's Ferro 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:53.759 de Cabo San Lucas, which is the one we had in 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.080 the image. And then the second lighthouse is 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:00.299 Ferro Viejo, which is the old lighthouse. It 00:11:00.299 --> 00:11:03.559 looked like ruins. But there's several golf courses, 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:04.940 and we're going to talk about one in particular. 00:11:04.940 --> 00:11:07.720 It's down here. So Playa, I think, is beach. 00:11:08.580 --> 00:11:15.159 Quivira. So we have a street in our city called 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:20.580 Quivira. I read that it's pronounced Quivira. 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:25.480 Yeah, I can see that. So again, I don't Spanish. 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:28.360 Sorry, everyone. But I'm going to close out of 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:30.960 maps for now. So now you get an idea where we're 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:34.220 at. But this is El Ferro Viejo, which is the 00:11:34.220 --> 00:11:38.379 old lighthouse. I want this type of stone architecture 00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:43.460 for my future house. It's a little bit Pueblo 00:11:43.460 --> 00:11:47.080 style. Yeah. Which makes sense being in Mexico. 00:11:47.299 --> 00:11:51.279 How old? 1905. Okay. Not that old, surprisingly. 00:11:51.580 --> 00:11:56.720 But I think it's in a rough area as far as weather 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:00.179 goes. And the construction is really interesting 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:01.700 of this lighthouse. So we're going to talk about 00:12:01.700 --> 00:12:04.610 this lighthouse mostly. And the other one, I'll 00:12:04.610 --> 00:12:06.330 just mention what I found. I didn't find a lot, 00:12:06.350 --> 00:12:09.429 to be fair. So this is the old lighthouse. It's 00:12:09.429 --> 00:12:12.309 hard. Any lighthouses outside the U .S. aren't 00:12:12.309 --> 00:12:14.769 as well documented. Yeah, yeah. Anytime we get 00:12:14.769 --> 00:12:17.789 south of the border or north of the border or 00:12:17.789 --> 00:12:23.110 east or west of the border. So the old lighthouse 00:12:23.110 --> 00:12:28.389 at Cabo Falso, Cabo San Lucas. Faro de Cabo Falso, 00:12:28.490 --> 00:12:32.429 Los Cobos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Wow. 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:37.820 Go, Vince. Founded the 5th of May in 1905. Nice. 00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:41.639 There was a celebration each year on Cinco de 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:49.059 Mayo. You need to say it right. Every year, Cinco 00:12:49.059 --> 00:12:52.700 de Mayo. Just wanted to make sure. I can tell 00:12:52.700 --> 00:12:54.740 you, this is not my language. We go to Germany, 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.600 I have a chance. I've had some German lighthouses. 00:12:58.039 --> 00:12:59.740 We haven't covered any of those. I don't think 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:03.659 we have. Yeah. So I've got. Four pictures here. 00:13:03.740 --> 00:13:05.940 This is the first of four that are from the year 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:08.820 2015. There's a big celebration. Like we said, 00:13:08.860 --> 00:13:11.340 there's a celebration every year. It's the oldest 00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:13.799 structure in Cabo San Lucas. Oh, really? Yeah. 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:16.860 What? Before anything else? Or is it still surviving? 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:19.039 The oldest is still surviving. Okay. Now, as 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:21.379 you're going to see, there's lots of development 00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:24.919 in Cabo San Lucas, probably due to tourism. Also, 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:28.659 like, I don't know how to say this, second homes. 00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:32.960 Oh. Very nice destinations, whether those be 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:39.039 Mexican or international guests. So 2015, there 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:40.620 was a couple of pictures taken. The credit's 00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:42.659 right on the photo, which is nice. But there 00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:46.240 was a big memorial that they held at the lighthouse. 00:13:46.940 --> 00:13:50.860 And it's the 110th anniversary. So the first 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:53.820 use of the lighthouse. The doors are nice. Yeah, 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:55.919 they did a pretty good job. We're going to see, 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:59.159 if you look real close, you're going to see some... 00:13:59.549 --> 00:14:04.309 Oh, yeah. Hatchy items, to be fair. But it's 00:14:04.309 --> 00:14:10.009 been there a long time. And like a lot of lighthouses. 00:14:10.350 --> 00:14:14.169 Oh, yeah. I see how that happened. It is an effort 00:14:14.169 --> 00:14:17.309 to keep up. Yeah, boarded up windows and stuff 00:14:17.309 --> 00:14:22.529 is like par for the course. I get it. So good. 00:14:22.750 --> 00:14:26.129 Thank you. In the Cabo San Lucas area, there 00:14:26.129 --> 00:14:29.179 are... This is a very well -known lighthouse 00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:32.759 over 100 years old. Photos dating back to 1905. 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:35.460 Now that I say that, did I include those photos? 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:38.840 No. Because I have them. In case I didn't, I'm 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:40.840 just going to wing for a second and show you 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:47.120 two photos. So here's one supposedly from 1905. 00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:53.320 Dudes with donkeys and fantastic cats. I can't 00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:55.700 tell. I think there was a caption on this about 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:58.509 the construction. of the lighthouse, whether 00:14:58.509 --> 00:15:00.409 it was recently completed or in the works. But 00:15:00.409 --> 00:15:02.750 you can see there is a lantern room on top of 00:15:02.750 --> 00:15:05.490 that tower. Yeah, there is. And at current day, 00:15:05.549 --> 00:15:10.549 there is not anymore. It's also like very Scottish, 00:15:10.830 --> 00:15:15.830 I think. The style? Yeah. Yeah. It's got a cupola. 00:15:16.350 --> 00:15:20.289 It appears to have a lightning rod on top. Nice 00:15:20.289 --> 00:15:23.409 little balcony there. Yeah, balcony with railing. 00:15:23.429 --> 00:15:25.850 So it's a full lighthouse. Obviously, there's 00:15:25.850 --> 00:15:29.450 a stair tower. But if this really was taken in 00:15:29.450 --> 00:15:31.850 1905, that kind of explains the quality of the 00:15:31.850 --> 00:15:34.070 photo. Yeah, and it looks like they, like why 00:15:34.070 --> 00:15:37.889 is the sky whited out? Like in a way that makes 00:15:37.889 --> 00:15:40.669 the lighthouse look like it's made of sand. I 00:15:40.669 --> 00:15:43.870 don't know. Don't know. It's interesting. But 00:15:43.870 --> 00:15:47.950 cool photo. And then we have one more construction 00:15:47.950 --> 00:15:51.750 of the tower. So the structure is not yet here. 00:15:52.730 --> 00:15:54.809 Another black and white. I think that's a person 00:15:54.809 --> 00:15:57.500 up by the cupola. Yeah, it looks like it. Just, 00:15:57.539 --> 00:15:59.299 you know, adding the finishing touches. I don't 00:15:59.299 --> 00:16:00.820 know what they're doing. But you see ladders 00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:02.539 and framework. And the framework is actually 00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:04.340 still there as you walk around the inside of 00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:07.500 that house. Oh, cool. I was going to say, it's 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:10.440 cool that they build little wood frames for the 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:12.740 doors before they build the stone around it. 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:15.279 Yeah. Interesting. I mean, you'd have to have 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:17.559 some kind of marker for building up the doors. 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:19.039 Yeah, I don't know how. I've never thought about 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:21.759 that. I don't know how this construction is categorized 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.440 or how that really works. Very cool. Very cool. 00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:29.899 In 1905, the designer and the executor of construction 00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:33.960 for this lighthouse was the engineer Joaquin 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:39.240 Gomez Palacios. Probably Joaquin. Joaquin. I 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:41.879 tried. All right. A native of Madrid, Spain. 00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:44.539 Okay. Hey. So a Spanish man. Been there. He was 00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:46.960 the engineer and constructor. And we have been 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:51.230 to Madrid. It was constructed at the turn of 00:16:51.230 --> 00:16:53.009 the 20th century. The lighthouse of the False 00:16:53.009 --> 00:16:55.690 Cape was built to guide ships safely around the 00:16:55.690 --> 00:16:57.889 peninsula's tip as they navigated through often 00:16:57.889 --> 00:17:00.590 rough waters. I can imagine. I never thought 00:17:00.590 --> 00:17:04.630 about having to sail around this long strip of 00:17:04.630 --> 00:17:08.109 land. Any peninsula, right? Often happens. So 00:17:08.109 --> 00:17:12.210 it's between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of 00:17:12.210 --> 00:17:17.279 Cortez. Cortez. Yeah. Wasn't that the guy? It's 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:20.160 inland of the Baja del Sur. Okay. So between 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:24.740 there and mainland Mexico. So what are you saying? 00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:26.500 Isn't that the guy? Isn't that the guy? Cortez. 00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:31.359 Cortez. Pirate's name. Isn't that the guy? He 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:37.160 was Spanish who came over to like find America 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:41.509 or something? Let me do a quick look. That wasn't 00:17:41.509 --> 00:17:43.190 Christopher Columbus you're talking about. No, 00:17:43.210 --> 00:17:45.349 no, I'm talking about a Spanish guy. The Spaniards 00:17:45.349 --> 00:17:49.390 came to... Oh, Conquistador? Who led expedition 00:17:49.390 --> 00:17:52.769 that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. Asshole. 00:17:53.009 --> 00:17:57.309 Okay, so I knew that. Rude. We lost significant 00:17:57.309 --> 00:18:00.230 culture because of this doofus. If you have seen 00:18:00.230 --> 00:18:05.210 the movie Apocalypto, I believe it is a depiction 00:18:05.210 --> 00:18:08.609 of Cortez at the end, landing. So is Road to 00:18:08.609 --> 00:18:13.779 El Dorado. no way yeah oh yeah that's what i 00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:16.240 thought of i was like you know when miguel is 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:21.779 like have you side note have you seen apocalypto 00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:25.240 no it is a mel gibson directed the film okay 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:28.160 so kind of a wild card but it's basically he 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:30.779 uh i heard him interviewed recently he wanted 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:33.900 to make a chase movie like a car chase except 00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:36.660 on foot that was the original premise that's 00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:41.389 i like those kind of movies and it's in the Aztec 00:18:41.389 --> 00:18:45.250 early Mexico days. I don't know intelligently 00:18:45.250 --> 00:18:48.369 how to say that, but cool movie. If you're interested, 00:18:48.529 --> 00:18:51.750 big action movie. Azteci is a term that I would 00:18:51.750 --> 00:18:56.750 use to describe. Azteci. So the Sea of Cortez, 00:18:56.789 --> 00:18:58.809 right, is the location for a lot of those ships. 00:18:59.029 --> 00:19:01.210 The location of the lighthouse was strategic, 00:19:01.410 --> 00:19:05.690 but also easily mistaken for the nearby Cape 00:19:05.690 --> 00:19:09.720 San Lucas. Oh, no. Thus the name. false cape. 00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:13.119 This is the false cape. Shoot. The lighthouse 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:15.359 served faithfully as an aid to navigation and 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:17.960 it was a welcoming site for ships arriving from 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:23.440 distant ports. So recently, which is shown in 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:27.160 this photo, the lighthouse was restored. So the 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:28.720 restoration you're going to see, they did not 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:31.960 put a lantern room atop the lighthouse, which 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:34.480 kind of makes me sad. I think it's because the 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:37.579 other lighthouse, which is Ferro de Cabo San 00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:42.569 Lucas, which I think was built 1980s. You can't 00:19:42.569 --> 00:19:44.990 really tell, but you're going to see where I 00:19:44.990 --> 00:19:47.609 think that. I think that's a real lighthouse, 00:19:47.789 --> 00:19:50.990 and it's still in action today. So you can go 00:19:50.990 --> 00:19:53.890 up to it. I'm getting ahead of myself. So the 00:19:53.890 --> 00:19:55.890 restoration of the old lighthouse was around 00:19:55.890 --> 00:20:00.210 the year 2000. In the late 1900s, not much more 00:20:00.210 --> 00:20:02.109 than a base remained of the lighthouse built 00:20:02.109 --> 00:20:05.049 in 1890. I thought 1905. Maybe that was the lighting. 00:20:05.609 --> 00:20:08.569 But the spectacular view. is still available 00:20:08.569 --> 00:20:12.329 from 500 feet above the water. 500 feet? A lot 00:20:12.329 --> 00:20:15.569 of the information I was able to find here on 00:20:15.569 --> 00:20:18.250 the old lighthouse is based off of people's experiences 00:20:18.250 --> 00:20:21.430 in visiting the area. So this is an anecdote 00:20:21.430 --> 00:20:28.549 from, let's say, the late 1990s. They say, in 00:20:28.549 --> 00:20:30.430 addition to the lighthouse, it has the remains 00:20:30.430 --> 00:20:34.250 of a shipwreck below. Turtles use the beach to 00:20:34.250 --> 00:20:36.490 lay their eggs, which I've seen photos of. Pretty 00:20:36.490 --> 00:20:39.839 cool. And to get there, go down this road, there's 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:41.140 a dirt road, and then you're at the lighthouse. 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:44.359 Access to this lighthouse has changed in how 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:46.579 you can get there and what's there and what land 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:49.240 it's on. And we will talk about that. But before 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:50.880 I forget, I'm really not going to cover the other 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:52.900 lighthouse much. I don't know much about it. 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:56.140 But Faro de Cabo San Lucas. It's still there. 00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:59.039 It's an active aid to navigation. And you can 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:00.980 get there. If you want to, there are hikes you 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:03.839 can find to get to it. And there's a road that 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:06.400 goes up to it. It's higher in elevation than 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:08.839 this one, I think, by 200 feet. It's 700 feet 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:12.440 up. That's crazy. Yeah. And I didn't think about 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:13.859 it, but you can tell from this photo how high 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:16.119 up we are above the water. It is. It just goes 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:19.450 on forever. Yeah. It's beautiful. Beautiful spot. 00:21:19.670 --> 00:21:22.470 Wow. Okay, so they did a really good job restoring 00:21:22.470 --> 00:21:24.650 it, even though obviously it couldn't salvage 00:21:24.650 --> 00:21:27.289 the lantern room. So I'm showing images now from 00:21:27.289 --> 00:21:31.509 October of 1989 and then another image from 2014 00:21:31.509 --> 00:21:34.029 after the restoration. And they did some nice 00:21:34.029 --> 00:21:37.970 landscaping, did a nice retaining wall. That's 00:21:37.970 --> 00:21:40.930 what we're talking about. And good for them. 00:21:40.990 --> 00:21:43.069 I don't know if it's the city that does this 00:21:43.069 --> 00:21:45.349 or Mexico as a country. I don't know who funds 00:21:45.349 --> 00:21:48.690 it or does the work, but good for them. Before 00:21:48.690 --> 00:21:51.589 the restoration, it looks like maybe a fire or 00:21:51.589 --> 00:21:55.410 several fires happened in the facility. The large 00:21:55.410 --> 00:21:58.230 door to what else? I think it's the keeper's 00:21:58.230 --> 00:22:01.750 house is just gone. It's just laying on the ground. 00:22:01.789 --> 00:22:06.170 Yeah, it's like blown out. So likely it was vandalized, 00:22:06.170 --> 00:22:10.069 likely tourists and other humans and whatnot. 00:22:10.309 --> 00:22:16.599 So the restoration. Man, the restoration. did 00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:20.039 a really good job to make it into something that's 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:23.880 really appealing to go by. I don't know if you're 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:26.160 regularly allowed in. I couldn't find anything 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:29.039 on tours, but I do have a couple ways that you 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.660 can see this lighthouse that we're going to cover. 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:35.880 I feel like the inside of the keeper's area would 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:38.220 be the most exciting. Yeah. If you can't get 00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:40.299 up to the lantern room because it's not there. 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:45.269 Oh, yeah. That would do it. So. I'm going to 00:22:45.269 --> 00:22:49.329 show you a video off of Facebook, and I do not 00:22:49.329 --> 00:22:54.430 speak Spanish. Once again. Okay. So I think this 00:22:54.430 --> 00:22:57.049 is a tourism promotion video, and I'm just going 00:22:57.049 --> 00:23:00.950 to let it play without volume while we kind of 00:23:00.950 --> 00:23:05.509 talk. But here's this gal, and she's going to 00:23:05.509 --> 00:23:08.609 take you to the lighthouse. Oh, she's taking 00:23:08.609 --> 00:23:11.069 us in? We will see the inside in some clips. 00:23:11.150 --> 00:23:12.750 So I think this is about four minutes, and I 00:23:12.750 --> 00:23:14.049 think it's just going to play while we talk. 00:23:14.150 --> 00:23:16.630 The doors are so beautiful. But small little 00:23:16.630 --> 00:23:20.450 squad of folks. So I'm going to talk about access 00:23:20.450 --> 00:23:24.970 to this lighthouse. So I have three dates where 00:23:24.970 --> 00:23:27.450 people made comments. So as of January 2008, 00:23:27.849 --> 00:23:30.890 which is before the restoration, the access road 00:23:30.890 --> 00:23:34.029 to the beach and the lighthouse has been chained 00:23:34.029 --> 00:23:37.250 off. There's a guard at the entrance gate advising 00:23:37.250 --> 00:23:39.849 the original access road is now private property. 00:23:40.069 --> 00:23:42.869 Shoot. Most of the area is undergoing some sort 00:23:42.869 --> 00:23:44.549 of development. We will continue to look for 00:23:44.549 --> 00:23:46.349 an access point at this section of the beach. 00:23:46.609 --> 00:23:50.210 Oh, no. Like, they're developing the area around 00:23:50.210 --> 00:23:55.750 the lighthouse? Yes. No! Yeah. That's so sad. 00:23:56.069 --> 00:23:57.450 You're going to see, and interrupt me anytime 00:23:57.450 --> 00:23:59.309 if you see something going on, but we will walk, 00:23:59.430 --> 00:24:01.950 they do walk through the lighthouse main areas 00:24:01.950 --> 00:24:04.980 here. So that was 2008. If you go back, I have 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:06.880 a picture of people riding horses. It's not a 00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:08.700 very good quality picture, but it's in the 90s 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:10.880 on some vacation. Riding horses on the beach 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:13.079 down below. And you can see you can just go up 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:15.759 to the lighthouse. There's like no, it's clearly 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:20.180 open. No, it's just sand. How do you get up there 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:23.140 from sand? You can hike up or ride the horses 00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:26.220 up. I feel like 500 feet is a lot. It's not a 00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:29.240 cliff, but it's 500 feet in quick elevation. 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:31.640 It looks like a cliff. So we're seeing some shots 00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:35.519 of the inside. Wow. I think they show this spiral 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:38.299 staircase terminating, like breaks halfway through. 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:41.220 So this is post -restoration. So I'd say it's 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:43.940 really focused on the outside, a lot of the improvements. 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.880 And then, of course, the retaining wall we talked 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:48.599 about. I think it's going to help the structure 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:51.660 stay there for a while. Yeah, all being on sand. 00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:53.720 I don't think they've ever moved this lighthouse 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:56.220 in what I saw. So the guy just pounding on the 00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:58.779 wall saying it's a strong structure. Something 00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:01.440 like that. I looked for translations and everything. 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:05.019 Couldn't find it. 2008, there was development. 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:09.180 No one knew what was happening. 2015, post -restoration, 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:13.140 El Ferro Viejo, the old lighthouse, sits high 00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:15.200 on the dunes of the Pacific coast of Cabo San 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:19.099 Lucas within Quivira Golf Course. The seventh 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:22.619 hole is framed by El Ferro Viejo, a 19th century 00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:24.220 lighthouse that also happens to be one of the 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:26.779 oldest structures in Cabo San Lucas. Founded 00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:29.470 in 1905. Some recurring info. The old lighthouse 00:25:29.470 --> 00:25:34.670 is currently available accessible via Kavira 00:25:34.670 --> 00:25:38.269 golf course and development. Okay. So they did 00:25:38.269 --> 00:25:41.250 allow people in when they were building the golf 00:25:41.250 --> 00:25:45.049 course and if you golfed. Okay. And then in 2021, 00:25:45.349 --> 00:25:48.190 renovations are being made around the old lighthouse, 00:25:48.329 --> 00:25:50.849 making it only accessible with a previous reservation 00:25:50.849 --> 00:25:53.930 for a guided visit in very strict hours. Okay. 00:25:53.950 --> 00:25:58.500 The entrance is via the Kavira golf course. And 00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:00.900 the old routes via the beach are in constant 00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:02.920 surveillance by the security of the golf course. 00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:05.680 So it's my understanding the only way, well, 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:08.779 we'll get to some more ways. The best way to 00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:12.940 see this is to be a guest at the resorts. There 00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:14.920 are several resorts that get you access to the 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:17.180 golf course. And you actually can go right by 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:19.420 the lighthouse in between holes. You're going 00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:23.079 to see it on several holes. I would definitely 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:25.140 do that. I think you don't actually have to play 00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:28.539 golf, but we'll get to that. You want to see 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:32.359 it? I reached out to that resort owner to ask 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:36.119 about access and to ask about golf greens fees. 00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:38.319 Like what does it cost if you want to go play? 00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:40.400 Cause it's a, it's a, we're going to get there. 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:44.779 It's a beautiful course. So today the lighthouse 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:48.279 is on the course and the course, I'm going to 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:52.099 play another video on screen while I talk is 00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:54.720 incredible. And it's a minute long. I might actually 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:56.519 play it a couple times just while I talk about 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:59.539 the course. All right. But it's just like a very 00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:03.259 pretty, you know. So this is the course's content. 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.559 So they're showing, look at the golf course. 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:08.720 And also. Look at the water. Look at the, yeah, 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:11.720 that's the Turtle Beach. Sorry for people who 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:13.519 can't see what we're looking at. But go to our 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:15.880 YouTube and YouTube can see. Please do check 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:18.480 out the YouTube. Oh, the amount of balls we lose 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:21.710 is. Just ridiculous. Yeah. You bring some extra 00:27:21.710 --> 00:27:24.950 balls, you'd have a good time. Don't worry about 00:27:24.950 --> 00:27:28.509 it. Have a margarita. But beautiful area. It's 00:27:28.509 --> 00:27:30.750 a whole resort, but the word golf is in the name 00:27:30.750 --> 00:27:33.170 of the resort. It's kind of their main feature. 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:37.299 As club members and resort golfers at Quivira 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:39.940 Golf Club can attest, the cart path that leads 00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:43.660 from the 6th Green to the 7th T skirts a jaw 00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:46.900 -dropping stretch of sheer granite cliffs before 00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:50.640 arriving at an equally unforgettable sight, the 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:53.920 region's original lighthouse. Amazing. Situated 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:58.299 at kilometer zero at True Land's End. Cool. Oh, 00:27:58.339 --> 00:28:01.970 that is cool. True Land's End. The exact place 00:28:01.970 --> 00:28:04.210 where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean, 00:28:04.390 --> 00:28:06.869 the fortress -like lighthouse is the oldest standing 00:28:06.869 --> 00:28:08.970 structure in Cabo San Lucas. Recurring information. 00:28:10.109 --> 00:28:13.369 Source of inspiration for poets, painters, and 00:28:13.369 --> 00:28:16.190 photographers, it is by far the most famous lighthouse 00:28:16.190 --> 00:28:20.910 in Baja, California, sir. It is also an enduring 00:28:20.910 --> 00:28:23.690 symbol of the region's navigational history and 00:28:23.690 --> 00:28:26.309 a cultural marker for the community. Very good. 00:28:26.410 --> 00:28:28.930 Even the most score conscientious golfer cannot 00:28:28.930 --> 00:28:31.009 help but marvel at the sturdy construction and 00:28:31.009 --> 00:28:34.750 octagonal stone tower at this national historic 00:28:34.750 --> 00:28:37.670 monument perched at the edge of a cliff more 00:28:37.670 --> 00:28:42.230 than 500 feet above the thrashing surf. Recently 00:28:42.230 --> 00:28:44.890 renovated, it was designed and built by the engineer 00:28:44.890 --> 00:28:47.869 we talked about, and while no longer operational, 00:28:48.269 --> 00:28:51.349 this sturdy edifice, fully exposed to the elements, 00:28:51.509 --> 00:28:54.829 has survived intact for over 110 years. Beautiful. 00:28:55.390 --> 00:28:57.029 Beautifully well written. Sorry, I'm reading 00:28:57.029 --> 00:28:58.970 and reading. Yeah, that's good. Peering down 00:28:58.970 --> 00:29:01.049 on the course from its rocky mountain perch nearly 00:29:01.049 --> 00:29:04.250 700 feet above the sea level is the newer Cabo 00:29:04.250 --> 00:29:06.950 Lighthouse, a cylindrical red and white striped 00:29:06.950 --> 00:29:10.170 tower that dates to 1959. I was wrong. Sorry. 00:29:10.309 --> 00:29:12.329 I don't even know my own content. Okay. No, it's 00:29:12.329 --> 00:29:15.490 fine. Ferroviejo may be dark, but this functioning 00:29:15.490 --> 00:29:18.369 lighthouse emits a white flash at night to guide 00:29:18.369 --> 00:29:21.589 ship traffic after dark. Interesting content 00:29:21.589 --> 00:29:24.190 from the course. I would say that they're doing 00:29:24.190 --> 00:29:26.750 a good job. Here's a shot kind of reverse of 00:29:26.750 --> 00:29:29.210 what we just saw of the two lighthouses before 00:29:29.210 --> 00:29:33.309 restoration. Pretty rough, to be honest. Yeah, 00:29:33.430 --> 00:29:36.690 that was on its way out before they fixed it 00:29:36.690 --> 00:29:39.809 up. So did the golf course fix it up, or you're 00:29:39.809 --> 00:29:42.210 saying you don't know who did the restoration? 00:29:42.210 --> 00:29:43.990 I don't think the golf course fixed it up, but 00:29:43.990 --> 00:29:47.049 I think the golf course purchased the land. Okay, 00:29:47.069 --> 00:29:50.210 because it is good. I could see how it would 00:29:50.210 --> 00:29:54.049 be a... like a pleasant point of focus for a 00:29:54.049 --> 00:29:56.190 golf course to be like, and look at this history. 00:29:56.269 --> 00:29:59.789 Look how beautiful. Yeah. And who knows? Like 00:29:59.789 --> 00:30:03.009 there's some weirdness with taxes. Oh, for sure. 00:30:03.170 --> 00:30:05.349 Historical sites in the United States. I don't 00:30:05.349 --> 00:30:07.789 know if Mexico has their own set of laws. Yeah. 00:30:08.609 --> 00:30:11.130 That I'm sure they do. I don't know. Oh my gosh. 00:30:11.150 --> 00:30:13.250 You could fall off the edge of any point of this 00:30:13.250 --> 00:30:15.769 golf course. Theoretically. Yeah. Just don't 00:30:15.769 --> 00:30:17.390 go over the edge. Don't go looking for your ball 00:30:17.390 --> 00:30:19.369 over there. Yeah. You're in that sand trap. Just 00:30:19.369 --> 00:30:22.140 pay attention. Oh my. Gosh, it's a sand trap. 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:24.440 And the other side is just cliff edge. There's 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:27.460 another green going up to the newer lighthouse. 00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:30.539 Beautiful. Some desert area. Obviously, it's 00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:32.720 a lynx course. It's a very difficult, narrow 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:36.099 fairways. It's another green just down on a cliff 00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:40.119 edge. So beautiful. I imagine the wind would 00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:42.359 play hell on your shots. I mean, look at the 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:45.740 flag. The flag is moving. It's straight out. 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:47.259 Also, I don't know if you noticed, all the shots 00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.900 we've seen, the ocean has been kind of rough. 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:51.319 And it's, like, choppy. It's not, like, even 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:54.720 waves. Yeah. But. But it's very windy. We are 00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:58.019 going to look at the resorts here soon. It's 00:30:58.019 --> 00:31:00.920 nice. Oh, yeah. Is this you trying to pitch something 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:02.980 for our honeymoon? No. We're not going to go 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:05.140 to Mexico. That's the whole thing. Well, that's 00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:06.700 so sweet of you to actually, like, listen to 00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:10.000 my requests. And it's. I got to. For the people, 00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:12.720 they got to know. Why not Mexico, Emily? I just 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:16.440 don't want to. I don't know why. You don't want 00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:18.579 to go here? I've heard no good stories about. 00:31:18.990 --> 00:31:20.970 like people visiting Mexico. It's always like 00:31:20.970 --> 00:31:23.650 getting sick from water or getting sick from 00:31:23.650 --> 00:31:27.170 drinks and food. And like, I have a fear of that. 00:31:27.289 --> 00:31:30.710 So I have an aversion to going to Mexico. I know 00:31:30.710 --> 00:31:33.470 that there's more good stories than bad, but 00:31:33.470 --> 00:31:36.150 like even one of my close friends from my friend 00:31:36.150 --> 00:31:39.529 group went to Mexico and got a parasite. What 00:31:39.529 --> 00:31:42.769 am I supposed to feel? Well, to be fair, and 00:31:42.769 --> 00:31:44.470 I don't want to turn you off to travel altogether, 00:31:44.789 --> 00:31:47.880 but I know that story from India. I know that 00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:50.440 story from China. I know. I even know that story 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:55.240 from Germany. And usually, you know, us Americans 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:57.380 have pretty consistent diets. We're eating foods 00:31:57.380 --> 00:32:00.579 that we don't usually eat. Way back in the day, 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:04.740 parts of Mexico, like in Tijuana, like my dad 00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:08.200 told me a story of he saw ice being handled like 00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:12.640 on a sidewalk. No, no, no. That's a long time 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:15.079 ago. Yeah. A very different place than where 00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:19.400 we're talking about. I think that you can be 00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:22.839 safe from getting sick if you eat at the right 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:26.019 places and you're careful about water selection 00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:29.079 and whatnot. From what I read, especially in 00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:33.759 Mexico, that's really a thing of the past on 00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:37.599 all of the resorts and all of the nice developed 00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:42.180 areas. Anywhere that you would go, it's not a 00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:44.200 street vendor. A street vendor may have different... 00:32:44.730 --> 00:32:47.549 handling of food or whatever so maybe i don't 00:32:47.549 --> 00:32:49.549 know i don't want to turn everybody and and you 00:32:49.549 --> 00:32:52.250 off to traveling but i don't think it's mexico 00:32:52.250 --> 00:32:54.130 specific i know that's just where i've heard 00:32:54.130 --> 00:32:56.029 the most so it's just like it's one of those 00:32:56.029 --> 00:32:58.809 obvious ones that i'm like i don't want to go 00:32:58.809 --> 00:33:00.569 well you've probably heard it the most because 00:33:00.569 --> 00:33:03.130 it's the best place for us to travel here from 00:33:03.130 --> 00:33:07.369 the u .s affordable beautiful anyways i'm trying 00:33:07.369 --> 00:33:11.309 folks but we talked about how california or california 00:33:11.309 --> 00:33:15.079 how Mexico is not one of the places that we're 00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:18.000 looking right now for our honeymoon. Maybe a 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:20.140 future trip to Mexico would be in the cards, 00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:23.359 but still working on it. Yeah, I'd have to, I 00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:26.519 don't know. I'd have to prepare myself. So I'm 00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:29.059 going to show us another site from the resort. 00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:32.799 So Pueblo Bonito is the name of the four resorts. 00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:35.700 Look at that. You see that? Yeah. The green is 00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:39.079 on a cliff. Very beautiful. Same area it's showing. 00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:42.200 How many balls do you think are down there? Oh, 00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:45.779 infinite. In the cracks of the rocks and stuff. 00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:49.839 Just such a beautiful place. And then you can 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:51.680 go through and you can see, we're just going 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:53.599 to browse for a little bit, but there are resorts. 00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:56.839 So that was the golf page. Oh, look at that. 00:33:57.259 --> 00:34:01.240 Specifically in Cabo, there are, what is this? 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:06.700 Sunset Beach, Rose, Los Cabos, and then you start 00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:10.679 getting into Monte Cristo. But then there's also, 00:34:11.309 --> 00:34:14.809 I don't know how to say this. Mazatlan? Mazatlan. 00:34:15.389 --> 00:34:18.469 I don't know. A lot of these are, you know, right, 00:34:18.670 --> 00:34:21.789 so there's eight total. They're all on the oceanfront. 00:34:21.829 --> 00:34:23.750 This is the one I think I looked at was Pacifica. 00:34:23.750 --> 00:34:26.690 It's closest to the course. But you can play 00:34:26.690 --> 00:34:29.889 at the course if you're a guest. Or if you're 00:34:29.889 --> 00:34:33.590 an owner, there are, I have a fact sheet here. 00:34:34.329 --> 00:34:38.550 So, Cavera Las Cabos. There's a roughly 1 ,900 00:34:38.550 --> 00:34:42.590 -acre community. on a stretch of land destined 00:34:42.590 --> 00:34:45.969 to be the crown jewel of Los Cabos. Old lighthouse 00:34:45.969 --> 00:34:48.730 clubs, a private gated residential enclave, blah, 00:34:48.769 --> 00:34:53.949 blah, blah. And so there are, what's this? This 00:34:53.949 --> 00:34:57.650 is a bunch of homes, basically. 13 spectacular 00:34:57.650 --> 00:35:00.590 custom home sites nestled atop dramatic dunes 00:35:00.590 --> 00:35:03.590 perched 300 feet above the ocean. Prices start 00:35:03.590 --> 00:35:07.329 at $2 million. Oh, God. But it's all private. 00:35:07.449 --> 00:35:09.750 They say the average annual temperature is 78 00:35:09.750 --> 00:35:13.050 degrees Fahrenheit with 340 days of sunshine 00:35:13.050 --> 00:35:19.010 per year. Whoa. How is that possible? That's 00:35:19.010 --> 00:35:21.309 what I'm saying. Also, an average of 78 over 00:35:21.309 --> 00:35:24.550 the entire year makes me suspicious. What is 00:35:24.550 --> 00:35:28.769 it usually? 100 degrees? No, the average is 78. 00:35:29.110 --> 00:35:30.849 Yeah, if you take the average over the entire 00:35:30.849 --> 00:35:33.530 year, that can include some very low lows and 00:35:33.530 --> 00:35:39.139 very high highs. If we go to weather .com, let's 00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:41.900 look at, why is it so small? I don't know. We're 00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:43.639 looking at a 65 -inch TV, so I don't know if 00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:46.539 I'm blowing your guys' eyes away. So today, 71 00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:50.139 degrees. We're going to go to monthly. What? 00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.380 Oh, you're looking ahead. Maybe go backwards. 00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:57.039 No, it usually shows averages. Oh, sorry. Okay, 00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:59.199 never mind. It's not international. We don't 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:01.900 get to have the nice things. But really what 00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:04.639 I want to do is look at this on hotels .com. 00:36:05.369 --> 00:36:09.130 So we're going to look at Pueblo Bonito, Pacifica 00:36:09.130 --> 00:36:11.329 was the one that I mentioned. All -inclusive. 00:36:11.429 --> 00:36:15.210 It's interesting. It's like this big resort building 00:36:15.210 --> 00:36:20.110 surrounded by just sand and rocks. Yeah. You 00:36:20.110 --> 00:36:22.650 know how a lot of resorts, they're not off by 00:36:22.650 --> 00:36:25.250 themselves. They're like nestled up to a bunch 00:36:25.250 --> 00:36:27.510 of other resorts. Yeah. They want to maximize 00:36:27.510 --> 00:36:33.380 the area. Yeah, there are. I think they own a 00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:35.179 big chunk of land and they have their resorts 00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:37.599 a little bit spread out. I think it keeps people 00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:40.039 probably from going between them maybe. Yeah, 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:44.539 and it would feel more like exclusive. Yeah. 00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:48.800 Big, beautiful beach, cabanas. There's one of 00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:52.780 the rooms has a pool in the room like overlooking 00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:55.440 the ocean. Goodness gracious. Yeah, like a little 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:58.099 infinity pool. Kayaking. Nice rock formations. 00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:04.000 Let's get back on track, comments. So if you're 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:07.119 not a golfer, there are other ways that residents 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:12.119 or guests of these places can visit Ferro Viejo. 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:16.119 QLife, a lifestyle club that offers a comprehensive 00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:21.280 and synergistic approach to overall individual 00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:23.860 and group well -being, features yoga lessons 00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:26.099 in the beautiful location of the lighthouse. 00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:29.440 Oh. As well as guided tours through the natural 00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:32.679 trails around the lighthouse. Okay. While it's 00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:35.739 man -made, Ferro Viejo is every bit as iconic 00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:40.480 as El Arco, which is the natural sea arch visible 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:42.260 from vantage points throughout Cabo San Lucas. 00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:47.159 Very famous large opening arch. So that is actually 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:51.039 all I had. Wow. For one golf course, two lighthouses, 00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:54.420 Cabo San Lucas. I wish we could know more about 00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:57.880 the second lighthouse is like red and white striped 00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:01.719 on top of the crest of a... The high point, for 00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:04.679 sure. High point, yeah. I wish we could know 00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:07.199 more about it. White flashing? Yeah, white flash. 00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:09.820 There's some small buildings down here that are 00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:11.800 kind of cropped out of this photo. They might 00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:14.219 be like research stations. I don't think they 00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:16.579 have a keeper's quarters there. Yeah. But I think 00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:20.059 that it's probably news or weather, telephone, 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:22.760 you know. Probably. Because of its position. 00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:26.159 Pretty cool. There is an airport there, Cabo 00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:27.860 San Lucas, so it might be related to that as 00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:31.920 well. Oh, true. Very nice. I've done some talking. 00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:35.699 I've got some people at work weighing in on if 00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:38.139 we had a t -shirt, what color the t -shirt would 00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:40.960 be. Really? Yeah. I said, what about these colors? 00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:44.079 Like which one would be the base t -shirt color? 00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:46.760 We're talking comfort colors, of course. Of course. 00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:49.539 I think the light blue that's on our tower is 00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:52.190 most appropriate. Yeah. And when I made a shirt, 00:38:52.389 --> 00:38:55.570 that's what I used. Yeah. I forgot about your 00:38:55.570 --> 00:38:59.389 shirt. I know. I saw it in the bottom of my drawer 00:38:59.389 --> 00:39:01.230 yesterday. I was like, oh, I've got to wear that. 00:39:01.750 --> 00:39:04.469 Yeah. I thought it was appropriate. Golf season's 00:39:04.469 --> 00:39:07.929 coming up. The Masters is coming. When's the 00:39:07.929 --> 00:39:12.369 Masters? April, I believe. And so I kind of did 00:39:12.369 --> 00:39:14.309 some research and thought maybe let's just cover 00:39:14.309 --> 00:39:17.030 one of these for now. Yeah, very good. I enjoyed 00:39:17.030 --> 00:39:20.059 that. Beautiful spot. If they want to sponsor 00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:22.539 us to go visit, that'd be great. That'd be spectacular. 00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:24.400 We can try out the course and let you know how 00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:28.059 many balls we lose. 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