Vacation Time!

So we both got some better rest last night.  We rolled at 10 and hit the pool, which quickly turned to the sun deck to avoid loud neighbors and smoke.  We had lunch at the restaurant next to the pool, the Trade Winds.  I finally felt like eating, but just a little. Sandy returned to the sun deck while I stayed in the room and finished a book.  The maid arrived and I met Sandy on the sun deck.  As I was walking around, an older lady asked what I thought about the "ship" we've been seeing offshore each day.  I told her that I suspected that it was military - and she replied that she knew it was because a friend was deep sea fishing yesterday and was stopped by said ship.  She said it had guns and the friend was "held captive" for 45 minutes while they searched the fishing boat and checked their story.  She said it worried her.  I told her that it should make her more comfortable - as the target is being hardened.  She then asked about th...

So I spent the day on the couch.  I ate little to nothing.  Sandy went out for some sun and just tried to stay away from me. We have attempted to figure out what caused this "bug" without much success.  Sandy remembers that "last time" this happened.  Funny.  I would remember something like this, no? So I looked up my blog.  I actually got ill the last day of our trip one year ago.  Same thing.  Oh well, for the most part I am over it. Sadly though, I have slept all day and am not tired.  Here are a couple of pictures that Sandy took from the sun deck today.  Yep, it's still awesome here!

Not much different than the past three days.... What are we going to do today, Brain? Same thing we do every day, Pinky - try to take over the world. I saw in the ocean a bit.  We ate a Pacos Tacos for lunch. After showers, my head started to hurt.  I took some aspirin and then my wittle tummy got upset. We tried to eat dinner at the Cove, but I did not participate.  Sandy enjoyed her dinner though. I spent the night getting up every two hours - and on the third wake-up I would take a hot shower to try and warm up.  Not fun.

So it appears as though Cancun is trying to cash in on yet another 'touristy' item.  And I quote: "Our handcrafted Hefeweizen beer is golden in color with a smooth body from the wheat malt, with hints of spices and orange peel from our local farm combine to create the real El Jefe Cancun." And I must say that after having consumed two of these Jefe's, that description pretty much covers it.  This is an unfiltered wheat beer, with hints of orange - think Blue Moon, but lighter.  It has a rich taste with a light finish.  This is not a one & done type of beer, but one you could enjoy all day long sitting by the pool, or by the beach...come to think of it, I'll have another... Is it the best beer I've ever had?  Not by a long shot.  It does, however, beat the crap out of Corona. One thing though, the name cracks me up.  If you did not see 22 Jump Street then you probably don't find it as funny.  RePhil?  He's doubled over right n...

We called it quits last night at 10:15 pm.  We rolled out at 8:45 am.  Pretty good sleepy time. We hit the pool deck, had lunch, and then relocated to the sun deck later in the day.  Today was the picnic, so we avoided the sun deck for that time. It was a bit more breezy today, but only up to about 10 mph.  It reached 84 F today.  Mostly sunny.  Hardly a sprinkle. We walked next door to the traditional Mayan dinner outside.  We took pictures of the corn chowder for the girls.  There was a crocodile there sunning herself. We walked back to the hotel and had some key lime pie.  Back in the room now, watching the football games.  Rough, rough day. I do not recall sharing my adventure in the ocean yesterday.  I went out to the beach, walked past the volleyball court, and laid my shirt & sunglasses on the chair closest to the court.  Then I went in.  The water got really deep really fast, as in like 10' from shore...

So we crashed after Jeopardy! last night - and got up promptly with our alarm at 7:30 am.  Why did we have a 7:30 alarm, you ask?  We didn't.  The person here before us was kind enough to leave that sucker on.  We went back to sleep afterwards, and rolled about 9.  That's 13 hours of catch up, and we needed it. We hit the pool.  There was almost no one here, like ten people total.  That increased as the day wore on.  We stayed and ate lunch by the pool.  We moved to the sun deck about 2.  A very light rain that lasted about 30 seconds hit us, but did not deter us.  We stayed out until about 4:30. Showers and then a bus ride to Lorenzillo's.  I had the lobster burrito and Sandy had the filet with portobello mushrooms.  Of course we had the bread basket and the onion soup, as always!  Fantastic meal. We did not watch much football today.  We saw where Harbaugh's Wolverines lost in double-overtime to THE Ohio ...

After crashing at about 11 pm Thanksgiving night, the alarm went off at 3 am this morning.  Our flight went wheels up at 0710 in Indy.  We hit Atlanta, grabbed a quick bite during our 45 minute layover, and then headed off to Cancun. We arrived here 15 minutes early, so we sat on the tarmac while a gate came open.  We made it through immigration, got our luggage (Sandy's was about 3rd off the plane!), and then through customs.  We made it to the hotel by 12:15.  We checked in and then had our credit card denied. Yes, I called the credit card companies last night and told them that we would be in Mexico and the charges most likely were legitimate.  So we headed downstairs and ordered lunch.  While I sipped on liquid refreshment, I called the credit card company again.  It seems that our paying for a taxi at the airport and then trying to put a week's worth of hotel charges on the card within 30 minutes tripped the Fraud alert.  Criminals w...