My heart was still\u00a0pounding and my head dizzy from\u00a0that exciting ride through Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, when all of a sudden a peace came over me as we drove up a cobblestone paved drive.\u00a0The electronic\u00a0crossing\u00a0gated entry was flanked with palm trees. The cobblestone drive was lined with\u00a0large\u00a0rock pillars.\u00a0The pillars were\u00a0connected with long poles in between. On top of each pillar was a shallow round pot filled with the most beautiful, draping,\u00a0pink flowering plant with\u00a0a perfectly manicured\u00a0miniature canopy tree coming up through the center. Aw, can you hear it?\u00a0Can you hear the\u00a0ocean with its sounds of crashing waves?\u00a0Once again I was experiencing the sounds of battle between the elements\u00a0of water and land, and the smells… the smells that I had forgotten… the smells of the ocean breezes as they came\u00a0racing through my car window. I couldn’t believe I\u00a0was once again\u00a0here! Sy is a most gracious hostess to have\u00a0invited us to enjoy her family paradise. I\u00a0felt blessed.
\nThe perceptive\u00a0shuttle driver sensed my longing to enjoy\u00a0the grand entrance as I\u00a0tilted my head towards\u00a0the window\u00a0so I could\u00a0breath in the ocean breeze. He slowed\u00a0his speed to just\u00a0poking along so my eyes could\u00a0begin to drink in the beauty around me in every direction. The driver with\u00a0his distinct familiarity of confidence, pulled around a majestic fountain held up by carved rock dolphins, which made quite a presentation while\u00a0gracing the entrance of the resort, Pueblo Bonito. The craftsmanship of the stone carvings\u00a0was one of the many details that welcomed\u00a0me to my ‘Excelentes Vacaciones’. The driveway curved around into a beautiful circle drive pulling up into the entrance of the courtyard lobby.\u00a0The\u00a0bell boys were\u00a0dressed in white, each\u00a0with a\u00a0step stool in hand and\u00a0made ready by offering his\u00a0outstretched hand in order\u00a0to help\u00a0me step down into the dreamlike fantasy vacation of a lifetime. This mid-afternoon arrival time\u00a0at Sunset Beach on\u00a0my 2008 trip has provided me with many memorable\u00a0hours of\u00a0unique inspiration and enjoyable painting even years later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My heart was still\u00a0pounding and my head dizzy from\u00a0that exciting ride through Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, when all of a sudden a peace came over me as we drove up a cobblestone paved drive.\u00a0The electronic\u00a0crossing\u00a0gated entry was flanked with palm trees. The cobblestone drive was lined with\u00a0large\u00a0rock pillars.\u00a0The pillars were\u00a0connected with long poles in between. On top of each pillar was a shallow round pot filled with the most beautiful, draping,\u00a0pink flowering plant with\u00a0a perfectly manicured\u00a0miniature canopy tree coming up through the center. Aw, can you hear it?\u00a0Can you hear the\u00a0ocean with its sounds of crashing waves?\u00a0Once again I was experiencing the sounds of battle between the elements\u00a0of water and land, and the smells… the smells that I had forgotten… the smells of the ocean breezes as they came\u00a0racing through my car window. I couldn’t believe I\u00a0was once again\u00a0here! Sy is a most gracious hostess to have\u00a0invited us to enjoy [ …<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[194,190,191,192,189,195,176,183,151,186,193,187,188],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memories","tag-carved-rock-dolphins","tag-cobblestone-paved-drive","tag-courtyard-lobby","tag-electronic-crossing-gate-entry","tag-excelentes-vacaciones","tag-gracious-hostess","tag-mexico","tag-pacific-ocean","tag-painting","tag-pueblo-bonito","tag-shuttle-driver","tag-sunset-beach","tag-tres-viejos-amigas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}