Lazy Days and a mini-hurricane in Pescadero

February 18 - Today is our first day of really bad weather. The Cabo tip is being pummelled by a mini hurricane - very unusual for this time of year. This is the first time that Coco has ever experienced rain and she is NOT impressed! And as luck would have it, our laptop crapped out a few days ago...the inner power jack broke off so there is no way to get power to the machine or charge the battery.

We had heard a storm was predicted for today, so thought it would be a good time to make the 50-min trek into Cabo San Lucas to check if there was anything at Walmart or Costco that we could watch our DVDs on. There was a $500 laptop at Costco but we didn't want to have to buy a whole new laptop just to play DVDs, and I guess no one sells portable DVD players anymore. Probably time we stop being such luddites and just download movies on my iPad! But that won't help us today while we're holed up in the lashing wind and rain whiteout. On the positive side, it is washing away all the dust and sea salt that has accumulated on the vehicles.

Over the past week, Coco has made a great friend in Daisy, a puppy the same age who was rescued by our next-door campers. Daisy is part of a litter of six that was found on the side of the road in a box. She looks like a chihuahua/pug/boxer type of mix and is thinner than Coco, but that doesn't stop them from scrapping it out play fighting at every opportunity. But Daisy's family doesn't have a waterproof campsite so they actually rented a house this weekend to avoid the storm, and Coco is seriously depressed sitting inside missing her buddy.

We've made some good friends in Lael (rhymes with kale) and Pete, a younger couple from Northern California. Lael runs her own dog grooming business, so she's been super helpful with tips for Coco, and Peter runs a computer repair business, so he broke the news to us that our laptop is kaput after examining the jack (though we are keeping our fingers crossed we'll find a computer repair place in La Paz). Together they share their camperized Sprinter with three large rescue dogs that Coco has also become friends with.

The past week has been marked with just lazy days by the beach, evening camp fires,  and watching Coco and Daisy TV. Coco is getting bigger, over 9 pounds now and usually goes the whole night without a potty break! Lael, who has a ton of experience with dogs, says she is one of the most chill and sweetest pups she's ever met. We're beginning to think there might even be some daschund in her background as she is does have legs somewhat shorter than her body, which I think contributes to how sillily adorable she looks at a full out run.

Coco warming up after getting soaked in the rain: