6:23am - sunrise, from the house in cabo

I was invited by Norm and Teri to go to Cabo this past weekend. We stayed in Casa 8 at the Hotel Cabo San Lucas, which was amazing; it was a perfect place to hang out with a group of friends, away from the "party scene" in downtown Cabo. The weather was incredible, too: it was around 90 degrees F, and the sky was perfectly clear and blue. I've known Norm Hamson, Mike Hariff, and Jarom Pollack since high school, but it wasn't until afterwards that we became closer. Some of you have probably heard me say this already, but Jarom was big and scary back then. Looking back, it's hard to imagine being scared of Jarom. He's very gentle, for someone who weighs 220 lbs. :)

I've known Adam Spragg since elementary school, and it was great to get to spend time with him again. I never knew Diana while at Torrey Pines, and I think Teri was still in elementary school during those years. ;)

From the cabin, we saw (and heard) a large school of manta rays jumping out of the water. They would vault up into the air, flapping their wings playfully, and then slap back down into the water. I've never seen anything like it. They looked like smallish (4-6', maybe) mantas, but it was hard to tell, because we were so far away.

More pics:

view of casa 8 from the hotel	casa 8, hotel cabo san lucas
norm and teri	adam and diana, in the pool
adam	my 2nd grade smile
adam, shuffling	teri, uh... blowing.
jarom. he's a strange boy!	norm, walking to the hotel
a lizard/iguana we saw on our walk to the hotel	adam and diana

I'll put some photos of us scuba diving in the next update. :)

Upon returning, Jarom discovered that his car was gone. We drove to the SF Hall of Justice, and found out that it would be $240 to get his car out (!). Someone had his car towed, supposedly for infringing on his driveway. With no choices in the matter, he paid the exorbitant fine and crashed at my place overnight. Here's a photo of him at Pier 70 the next morning:

Speaking of the Hall of Justice, there is a very, very stupid curb on the right-hand side of the building. There's a normal curb, but the sidewalk is only 1/3 the normal thickness of a sidewalk, and instead of grass or something, they have... another curb on the sidewalk. So if you open your door, concrete meets steel, and swearing is likely to occur. argh!