For MLK long weekend I went to Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur. This is El Arco. My favorite place near Cabo San Lucas.
 |
| El Arco - Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
The weathered rocks at the tip of the cape are beautiful and otherworldly. They rise steeply out of the hard, large-grained yellow sand and in some cases, straight out of deep water, creating a pinnacle habitat for wildlife across different depths.
 |
| Weathered rocks at the tip of Cabo San Lucas |
The desert flora is beautiful. There were many species of cacti and thorny shrubs, and this tiny beach creeper, which I didn't recognize.
 |
| Unknown beach flower - any idea what this is? |
Even though there there aren't large growths of stony coral around Cabo, there are many familiar reef fishes. Including this puffed up
Arothron meleagris we found by the jumping rocks.
 |
| Golden Pufferfish (Arothron meleagris) |
