Cancun Saturday 04 FEB 2023

 Back to Cancun for a week with five of us couples - Sandy and I, Kathy and Alex, Nick and Shelby, Lorra and Adam Archibald, and Lesley & Todd Irwin for a week of rest and relaxation.

We got up and on the road by 6:40 am for a 10:50 flight.  No issues getting to the airport and through security with plenty of time to grab a beer and some food before getting on the plane.

Arrived in Cancun to rain, but who cares?  Better to rain on the first day than on the last!  Took a van to the Royal Uno and checked in.  No issues.  Went down to dinner after watching the Boilermakers lose to IU.  How sad.

Dinner was for a table of all 10 of us at the buffet.  Back to the room for an early night.  Folks are passing out before 8 pm.  But hey, it’s still 75 F down here right now.  We win!

Photos from today just a little bit out of time order…but it’s quite difficult without having a PC to get them in order…so you figure it out…

 

The three boys sleeping on the plane

Sitting at the bar in the airport drinking beer.
Yes, it’s 8 o’clock in the morning, but it’s 5 o’clock somewhere!

The girls in the backseat of the truck, fixing to park at the airport.

Yes there are hammocks on the deck for our rooms.  Kathy is trying one out with a 
Captain Morgan and coke!

Nick and Todd in the Indianapolis airport - eating some breakfast snacks.
Shelby appears not too impressed that they wore the same “cologne.”  I.e. outfit.
Nick has the Purdue shirt - Todd representing Tennessee.


Todd and Lesley on the airplane ready for a week’s worth of vacation time!

More to come thru the week, but it will probably be more of the same…drinking and relaxing in the sun.  


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