Vacation Time!

We took several photos during our time at Craig & Sandy's house for Christmas with the kids - and grandkid (soon to be plural). I am posting some photos here so that the rest of the family can see them without me sending an email and filling up your alls InBox.  You're welcome.  Enjoy.... What things looked like BEFORE the storm THE INFAMOUS Stair picture Will got a football in his stocking and seems to be enjoying it Aunt Shelby's present of a Ball Pit - For the Win! Will driving his new truck - and he's not even 1 yet Will sharing his snacks with Axle Night, night.  It's been a LONG day

Our last full day here started on the sun deck, but we had to be back in the room by 11 to trade out to another room.  The bellhop didn't come until Noon.  We grabbed a quick bite here at the hotel and then back to the sun deck until 4. We turned in our beach towels and took showers.  We went to the Kukulcan mall and bought more things for Will.  Then across the street we went to eat at La Distilleria again.  We both had flavored margaritas - and they were epic. We have the Penn State / Wisconsin football game on TV.  We leave here at 0600 tomorrow and return to the land of the cold, dark, and work.  That last bit, that's the down side. So, no more posts on this here blog until our next vacation - whenever that will be.  March 2017 to somewhere. Thanks for reading.  You've been a lovely audience. Our balcony view - overlooking the pool. The Royal Caribbean Resort, Cancun, MX. Saturday, 03 DEC 2016 For those of you sti...

I rolled at 9:45 this morning and my room was already empty.  I looked toward the pool and saw my bride already sunning herself.  There was no wind today, so we quickly left the Sahara-like pool side and hit the sun deck, where the breeze was slightly better than zero. We ate lunch at the Trade Winds restaurant here at the hotel.  We split two appetizers - barbecue chicken wings and nachos grande.  Back to the sun deck until 4:30.  We took showers and then headed off to Lorenzillo's for dinner.  We sat on the deck overlooking the lagoon and watched the sun set for the day. Sun setting over the lagoon in Cancun, MX Sandy ordered the stuffed filet minot - stuffed with lobster, shrimp, and mushrooms.  I got the Lorenzillo's special - which looked like this: Craig's dinner at Lorenzillo's It cooled off at least ten degrees while we ate and the sun went down.  We enjoyed our French onion soup appetizer and our meals in general. ...

Got an email from Kathy that her son Will likes to entertain himself during bath time.  Me?  I think he enjoys seafood!  He'd fit right in down here in Cancun. Will "eating" his bath toy fish.  Poor Dory! I asked Grandma Sandy if she was missing the little guy.  Bad idea.  She misses him something fierce!  We're biased, but we think he's a pretty awesome little dude... Next trip we kidnap him and bring him with us!

Hey everybody, it's December and the first Thursday.  I'm missing poker night, but I'm winning since the low here is 74 F. It was 'posed to rain today and when we arose this morning it was mostly cloudy.  We called an audible "Oklahoma!" and took a bus to the La Isla mall for a day of shopping.  We had lunch at Johnny Rockets, and enjoyed the burgers quite a bit.  We shopped - and in fact, we completed our shopping for this trip.  The sun broke out, so we came back to the hotel and switched to our suits and hit the sun deck. I talked Sandy into joining me in the ocean.  Yes, that is correct.  This is not a typo.  Sandy went into the ocean.  We could walk out almost 100 yards before it got deep enough to be a concern.  So she took her phone and her little hiney out there with me.  Check out the pictures: In the ocean, looking North up the island of Cancun. Photo taken on a Samsung Galaxy S5 Active phone. One of Sandy's c...

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!