Cancun

Well we have been back from Mexico for a little over a week. I thought I would blog about what a good time it was.
We flew out on Saturday (2/12) early in the morning and after much standing in lines arrived at the magnificent Gran Melia Cancun. It was rainy and gloomy looking that first day, but was absolutely beautiful the rest of the time we were there.
We were on an "all inclusive" thing which fyi is not all inclusive. Most the snacks in the mini fridge were not included and we paid a lot of money for a few snickers. The food was pretty good for the most part. We had most meals at the buffet but also ate at the fancy restraunts a few times. The mexican one was not very good. Though I did eat this fish thing and a steak. Very out of character for me. The mediteranean place was much better.
Some of the other couples in our group went on some excursions, but we didn't see any reason to leave the resort. We spent a lot of time on the beach admiring the ocean. It was so blue and beautiful. We saw some cruise ship and people parasailing and stuff like that. We played in the ocean. Granted not very far in because of my aquafobia. I almost fell under once but my knight in shining armor ,aka swim trunks, saved me. We read a lot of books and got very sunburned. We took sun screen, unfortunately it was the spray on kind. So we sprayed and sprayed. We sprayed our fronts, we sprayed our backs. Who knew you had to pay special attention to your sides. I have lovely racing stripes down the sides of my legs. Mark thought his chest hair would help serve as sun screen on the first day, and spent the rest of the trip red chested. Of course he is nice and brown now. We are both peeling like crazy now. But I would say well worth it.
The only down side to trips is the traveling part. I don't like flying, especially when we weren't sitting by each other on all legs. I hate the long lines. Denver airport sucks. Motion sickness is not so fun either.
For our first real exotic vacation it was superb. We feel so blessed that we were able to go. Big shout out and thanks to Mom and Dad once again for watching the kids so we could go.
If you are interested in seeing pics I hope this slide show works.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSnx9nZd44