A Green Desert
The biggest news about Cabo lately is that, last week we had one of the biggest rain storms since 2007.
A normal year in Cabo, is very dry… when it rains, it usually is for a maximum a half of a day, and maybe three times a year, tops. Having strong rain for three consecutive days was a little bit more than we could manage. This was as we say colloquially “un aguacero” and we were not prevented, we have made it through hurricanes, but the thing with them is that they are a lot of wind with not much water, or at least not that intensive. Consequently both cities, San José and San Lucas, had lots of problems; streets turned into rivers, and cars unable to run, places with 2 or 3 inches of water inside and so on…
Fortunately It has been a week after the rain, and we are almost good to go. The streets are being fixed and even though we may have some dirt left that came along with the water from the hills to the lower areas, Cabo is now working, stores are open and tourists are sightseeing as any other day before.
I have to say, one of our best friends came into town the last day of rain, and at night we felt, I do not know if it was adventurous or just bored, but we took the car and passed by all the flooded streets and finally ended up at “Mango Deck”, where we had some delicious Quesadillas and Guacamole, along with some Pacificos. The ambiance was wonderful, people dancing, live music, it was like being in a traditional Mexican Wedding with all the salsa and the cumbia famous songs. After dinner we went to “Nowhere Bar” and “Mandala”. We met ladies from San Diego that told us how they went out the night before, and it was raining all night but people were still having fun in Squid Roe, even dancing in the rain! How fortunate! I wish we would have gone out a night before…
Anyway, the reason I decided to write about the rain, is mainly because it has impressed me these last few days how green a desert could really be! I am sharing with you some pictures that I wish you were here to witness… It is amazing that all these trees that before seemed like they were not alive now are full of these small soft leaves, so green, so beautiful.
There is a phrase in Spanish saying “Viejos los montes y reverdecen” meaning that even when the hills are very old, they can still go green again. This is just a little message to let us know that no matter how dry we could have been before or how old we feel, we still can be green again.
Love Cabo, Live Cabo
Cabo For Life
