Cancun Spring Break 2026

 It’s Purdue’s Spring Break.  So we grabbed nephew Austin and several others and headed S to Cancun!

The travel day, Saturday Mar 16, started EARLY.  Up at 2 am.  I’m the road by 3 am.  Waiting at check-in lines and security for a 6:20 flight south.  Arrived in Cancun at 8:30 local (one hour behind home).  Got one big van to take us to the Royal Haciendas at Riviera Maya.  Rooms were not ready, but we grabbed lunch and drinks at the poolside restaurant.  The we got our rooms - two suites adjacent.  

Some hit the pool deck, others took naps, others attempted to watch the Purdue men’s basketball team play in the Big Ten championship tournament.  We grabbed dinner right at 6 pm when the restaurant opened for business and early bedtimes for all!

Ok - for the time being, I cannot upload photos.  This has happened once before and I do not recall the fix but I will document it here once I get it figured out and upload the photos.  Got it!  I had to go into settings and turn off ad blockers.  AI told me how to finally get it.  Hard won knowledge is not soon forgotten!


We are in the airport parking lot waiting on a shuttle at 4 am.
Sandy is cold enuf that she’s “hiding” in the back of her Nissan Pathfinder.

Kathy and Lorra have the Blue Hawaiian tongues.
Yep - big difference in the temperatures and atmosphere!


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