Look Ma, I caught a really bad sunburn!

For Memorial Day weekend, we went fishing in Baja, near Cabo. This was Scott's first time in Mexico (he's never been to TJ, can you believe it?) and my first time going "big boy" fishing. It was a great trip, although the fish were not really biting those days.

We flew into the Cabo airport and took a van to the hotel where we stayed, Rancho Leonero. It was quaint, and perfect and exactly what we were looking for in this trip. The rooms were very nice, and they had a little outdoor patio that we spent the majority of our time on when we weren't fishing, sleeping or eating. All meals were included in the price, and I have to tell you that the food was really good. Every dinner was amazing, and it was the first time that I tried a Chile Relleno (loved it and haven't found one as good as that one since). There were no TVs in the room, which was a nice change of pace. It truly was a place where people come to go fishing, and drink, I guess.

We went fishing 2 full days. We chartered a boat and headed out each morning at about 7am. The hotel packed us a cooler with beers, water and lunch - and when we got on the boat, the bait boats came by and we bought the bait that we would need for the day. The first day we started with some rock fishing (bottom fishing) and caught one Cabrera.. We then decided to try our luck at Dorado (mahi mahi) and Marlin. Almost immediately, a Marlin started to trail us, but we never got a bite. Then, Scott got about a 15 lb. dorado (see pic). The next day, we started out trolling - but things were incredibly slow. We then headed out for some more rock fishing, and brought in about 10 different types of fish. I will admit that the boat captain and deck hand "caught" the majority of the fish, but they let us reel them in and take the credit!

The first day out, I didn't do a good job of applying the suntan lotion. We came in that night, and parts of my legs and shoulders hurt more than any sunburn I remember having. When we got home from our trip, Scott headed out to Hawaii for work and asked about my sunburn one night. I told him that after the hurting stopped, they turned a deep purple color, then they turned black. He didn't believe me, but laughed his head off when he came home and saw that they really turned black. Then they peeled, and now I'm back to normal.

We had a great time, and actually talked a little about the hotel last night and thought that it would be a perfect place for a family reunion. There are only 35 rooms, and our families could overtake the place.