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Cancun Day 9 - Sun DEC 8

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We were up and had our chairs reserved by 7:15.  Breakfast was pastries from the Royal Markey downstairs.  We hit our pool chairs for some final sun-baking at 9.  We tried to get lunch poolside at Noon, but with all the new guests this week, there was a queue to get a table.  We went down to the buffet for lunch instead. We stayed poolside until about 3:30, returned to our room for showers and then walked to Kukulcan shopping mall looking for treats to take home.  No luck.  So we walked about a mile S to Puerto Modero steakhouse for dinner.  The meal was great and the views were even better as the sun set. We leave early tomorrow morning for a flight to Charlotte before getting back to Indy in the evening. Alex took some pictures from the airplane as they left yesterday.  Their flight was about Noon and we were sitting at the poolside Char Hut restaurant having lunch.  We waved to the plane, but I do not think you can see us in the photos. We...
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Cancun Day 8 - Sat DEC 7

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We remembered Pearl Harbor Day on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.  Why do we “always” come to Cancun?  Take a look at the pictures.  It’s beautiful here! We met the other six for breakfast at 8.  They were packed and ready, if not really willing, to head home at 9.  We put on sunscreen and hit the pool.  It was obvious that lots of folks were leaving as well since there were plenty of open spots around the pools. The weather was hotter, probably because there were not any clouds to help block out direct sunlight.  We switched rooms at Noon and then had lunch.  Spent the rest of the afternoon on the pool chairs. Dinner was at the buffet and then we watched college football before going to bed about 10.  Sunday is our last day as we travel home ourselves on Monday. The view from the seventh floor of our condo.  Awesome! Our view during lunch today.  Ocean is a bit rough today. The pool at night
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Cancun Day 7 - Fri DEC 6

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It was a day like any other day… up and at the pool by 9.  Lunch at the pool restaurant at Noon.  Lots of photos.  Celebrated with shots at 4.  Showers and then dinner at 6 down at the buffet, which was not a buffet tonight but they did have an awesome dessert table - where most folks had more than just a single dessert.  Back to the rooms to pack and clean up.  The other six are leaving in the morning.  We retired folks?  We are staying an additional two days so that we do not have to fly out on a Saturday with the rest of the world - and also because we can stay longer since, as aforementioned, we are retired! Sunrise over the beach this morning.  How beautiful is this??? Alex and Kathy taking a selfie by the kiddie pool Sandy and Kathy at the swim-up bar waiting for our drinks The whole group with our drinks at the swim-up bar. We had fun with this photo - We told Hailie that we were going to blur her out of this picture since she was Out ...
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Cancun Day 6 - DEC 5 - Sandy’s Birthday

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For those who didn’t know yet, today was (is) my bride’s birthday.  What did she do on her special day?  Glad you asked:  got in the ocean to search for shells and watched Lorra get taken out by the waves and then take out Kathy and laughed until she fell in herself; then got in the pool.  And that’s a lot! We were at the pool by 0900.  Swam and hunted sea shells.  Ate lunch on the pool deck.  Nice thing about today was that the wind has died down.  Just enough of a breeze to keep you from overheating.  We called it about 3:30 so we could take showers.  We had reservations at Lorenzillo’s for dinner - it’s a fancy seafood restaurant about ten minutes up the road and sits in the lagoon.  We had live music and the wait staff came out to sing Happy Birthday to Sandy.  Food was excellent and they had live music - who took requests and played Sweet Home Alabama for Sandy. Back to our room to play Telestrations again.  I’m surpr...
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Cancun Day 5 - Weds DEC 4

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It was a day like any other day… wash, rinse, and repeat. Up around 8 (for everyone except Lorra).  Down to pool by about 9.  Drinks.  Swim in ocean.  Lunch at pool bar.  More sun and drinks.  Showers. Dinner reservations were for 8 pm, so some folks napped, some went to the sports bar for Second Lunch, and Sandy & I went up to La Isla for shopping.  Upon our arrival back at the room, a tournament of Euchre was ensuing.  Adam & Lorra beat Kathy & Harrison, then Sandy & I beat Adam & Lorra, then Sandy & I beat Kathy & Lorra.  Where are Hailie and Alex, you ask?  Alex prefers not to play and Hailie doesn’t know how yet.  <— But the worst part?  She doesn’t want to learn!  We voted her out of the family!  Please note, Sandy and I are undefeated. Due to our late dinner, we all called it a night at 10 pm.  Back for more of the same tomorrow which is (shh) Sandy’s birthday. Sunrise from t...
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Cancun Day 4 - Tues DEC 3

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Lorra, Adam, Harrison, Hailie, Alex, and Kathy got up and were out the door by 0800.  They jumped into a very comfortable, luxurious taxi with the smoothest suspension they’ve ever encountered for a 1-hour drive S to XCaret.  They spent the day there exploring - and Lorra even explored the Men’s changing room - or at least the parts she didn’t want to see.  Feel free to ask her what has been seen… Sandy and I rolled out at 9 and went to get pastries for breakfast.  We hit the pool at 10 and had to switch locations thrice to avoid the wind, shady palm trees, and shadows from the hotel.  We ate lunch pool side and Sandy sent a nasty photo to Nick of her banana monkey with the ocean in the background. We all returned close to 3 pm.  Showers were taken and then we went down to La Veranda for dinner.  It was sushi night.  Sandy was not impressed.  The rest of us did okay with stir fry, sushi, and some hot sauce that is really going to hurt tomorro...
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Cancun Day 3 - MON DEC 2

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 Lorra grabbed us chairs by the kiddy pool again this morning.  Most of us went down for breakfast and we were all in the sun by 9.  It was windy today, but that helped keep it cooler.  We laid out until we met our concierge who helped us make reservations for later this week.  Alex and Harrison joined me in the ocean for a very rough ride.  The waves were really coming in today and we did not stay out long.  We all ate lunch at the pool bar as usual.  Then we reslathered and hit the pool deck again.  We stayed out until about 4 but returned for early showers as we were having dinner at La Hacienda here at the resort. The meal was excellent and the drinks flowed easily.  Adam told our waiter it was Hailie’s birthday so they surprised her with some cake with sparklers for her “special” day.  Hint, it was not her birthday today but we all celebrated like it was! We returned to our room for some hilarity playing Telestrations.  Wo...
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