Cancun Day 1 - SPRING 2025 Trip

 It was very early in the morning, like 3:00 o’clock early, when we got up on Saturday, April 26th.  We took showers, fed the pets, and then picked up Nick and Shelby to head for the airport.  It was cooler than predicted, like in the low 40’s (4 C).  And while Sandy and I got about 4 hours sleep, those two “youngsters” stayed up all night!

Our flight touched down in Cancun at 9:30 am, which is one hour behind home.  We breezed thru Customs and Immigration and took a taxi to the Royal Sands hotel on the island of Cancun.  Our rooms were not ready yet because we arrived before the previous guests checked out.  So we did what we had to do - ate lunch at the poolside restaurant where Shelby stated, “This is my seat for the rest of the week” as she looked out over the ocean as we sat in a now balmy 81 degrees (27 C).

We called home to let everyone know we had arrived safely.  We have Kathy’s family watching our house and pets while Nick hired a house-sitter to stay at his place to watch his pets.  So any nefarious-minded folks out there thinking we left a soft target can go ahead and change plans.

We checked into our rooms, changed into swimsuits, and hit the pool deck by 1:30.  We stayed until about 4:30, headed up for showers, and then had the hotel’s Italian-themed buffet dinner at 5:30.  We became horizontal and asleep by 8 pm to try and catch up on some sleep.

Nick with two beers at the pool deck en route to lunch

This is Miss Hadley at home preparing for her first softball game of the season.
Note the weather out her window, not the same as ours down here!

Here’s our “little” 30# chocolate lab Tango at his first softball game ever

We’ve made it to the pool now and are having drinks


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