Another Tale of the Traveling Totes and a Giveaway

Miss Madi K and I want to welcome you on another 

adventure of Tales of the Traveling Totes as our 

group of MacKenzie-Childs loving women take 

you along with our totes to places near and far!

This is our 26th trip of fun.  I feel so lucky to 

be a part of this great group of women.  

Stay with me to the end to enter our 

quarterly giveaway.  Leave a comment on 

my blog to enter, as I am in charge of the 

giveaway this time!

Today is a real adventure as I take you out into 

the desert of San Jose del Cabo.  

Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo 

are called Los Cabos - two neighboring cities, 

and if you fly in, you actually fly into San Jose 

del Cabo and drive for 35 minutes to reach 

Cabo San Lucas.  Now we are heading back that 

direction and going out into the middle of 

nowhere - really - to have an amazing experience. 

We are headed to Acre (ah-cray) for a 

farm to table experience, and here the farm is, 

the cattle were just along the side of the dirt 

road on our way there.  (They have been 

wandering the roads by the airport the 

last two times too! 

I just love cultural experiences.)

We had heard about this farm to table experience from 

my friend's daughter, who had gone here on a 

business trip.  We looked it up and decided we weren't 

that interested, but residing here for quite a while 

this winter, hubby and I decided we wanted to try 

something new. 

So we got dressed up, and off we traveled 

to the middle of nowhere - only getting lost 

using GPS for a few turns - sometimes GPS 

can't navigate in undeveloped areas. 

We had been to a similar farm to table experience 

at Flora Farms, and had we known it was literally 

right next door, we would have had an easier time 

finding the place.  We wanted to arrive while it was 

still daylight so we could have a tour around the 

25 acre property. 

They kindly take you around the property in a golf cart, 

and imagine our surprise when after we have passed 

vegetable gardens, rescued animals, mango groves, etc. 

when we walk down paths to the restaurant that 

turns the desert into a literal jungle.  I felt we 

had been transported to a tropical botanical 

garden with palms and plants that I had 

never seen before.  

Tucked in along the path to the restaurant are 

tree houses that you can stay in.  You can barely 

see the treehouses with all of the lush vegatation - 

follow the path to the black poles and look up!

Now that sounds exotic!

We were told the property was purchased in 2012, and 

the lush jungle was planted in 2014 - so six years 

later it has gone from that sandy desert you saw in the 

first pictures to a dense jungle.

This is a huge upgrade from Flora Farms, 

where you sit at picnic tables.  It was so beautiful 

and lush and romantic. 

We started with sparkling limades.  We got the 

rose from a vendor at a stoplight before 

we got off on the dirt road.  He only wanted 

a dollar, so we bought one.  

I love the embroidered napkins - everything 

was just top notch. 

Everyone begins with this herbed bread 

that comes with a spicy eggplant spread.  

Talk about presentation!  

I also ordered their cheddar biscuits - 

literally a pocket of melted cheese inside. 

I probably didn't need that much bread, 

but we really enjoyed both. 

There are beautiful peacocks wandering the grounds, 

and he happened to pass right by our table.  

As the sun started to go down, Miss Madi K 

happily held my hat, my wrap and my rose. 

I ordered the burrata appetizer, but honestly, 

with the breads and the size of the burrata and 

fresh tomatoes and greens, I shouldn't have 

had anything else.  It was beautiful and delicious. 

Kirk ordered this pear and gorgonzola salad 

which was also huge and amazing. 

At that point we should have just moved 

on to dessert, but since we had more 

food coming....  We have both been taking 

photos of food long before I ever started blogging.  

It is such a big part of our life and adventures, 

so I thought this captured his love for food 

photos just as much as mine! 

I ordered brussels sprouts and they were topped 

with sugared nuts and seeds and it was more 

like a dessert than anything.  It was amazing.  

The beautiful girl who had taken us on our 

tour had recommended it, saying that she 

didn't even like brussel sprouts, but this was a 

must try.  She was right.

Although Kirk was full by now too, he had ordered 

a lobster salad.  It was so fresh and light and it 

was a piece of art, that we both enjoyed it  

Our peacock decided to get a great view of 

everyone enjoying their evening as he hopped

 up onto the roof.  It was magical seeing the 

lights begin to turn on creating an even more 

romantic setting.  

The evening sky was spectacular in one direction, 

while in the other direction we spied a 

full moon through the vegetation. 

I know, we were too full, but there is something 

magical about dessert - it just kind of fills in 

the cracks.  This Frozen Key Lime pie with a 

smidge of meringue was out of this world. 

Then it is more magical as you walk back down 

the paths to your car. That Miss Madi K was 

a lucky girl to get invited along on such a 

magical adventure!

I immediately texted my friend and told her 

we had made a mistake by not going there - 

next time!!!

Now for the fun giveaway! 

I am hosting the giveaway 

this month.  I always love the 

MacKenzie-Childs gifts we give 

each time and wish I could win - haha.

Leave a comment below and the winner 

will be randomly chosen and announced.  

Good luck!  I just love giveaways, and 

we don't have as many in the blogosphere 

as we used to! 

Visit all of our TTT friends to see where 

they were off to this quarter.  I love seeing 

a lot of the fun places they get to.  

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box  

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Cherry Kay and Carrie Ann Hall @ Entertaining Women  

Join us June 1st for our next adventure of 

Tales of the Traveling Totes.  Hard to believe 

summer will be here that soon!