Monday, May 5, 2008

Vacation

Well, we're back! We had an incredible vacation. We spent 8 days, 7 nights on the beautiful Dawn Princess. We sailed out of San Diego and visited Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan & Puerto Vallarta. This was my first cruise and I have to say, if you're going coastal, cruising is the way to go. It's the most cost efficient and comfortable way to travel.

We were able to connect with my parents who we haven't seen since Christmas. They've been cruising the Sea of Cortez for the last 2 years on their sailboat. It was good to hang with them and we got a free tour of Mazatlan (a value of over $200 according to this crazy local!). That's my dad... They bought the boys some cool gifts, bought us breakfast and they even bought me a shirt! Can't beat that.

Here's what we did on the trip... Eat, sleep, swim, eat, sleep, shop, eat, sleep, swim, play ping pong, golf, eat, sleep and eat.

Here are some photos...


Day 1 San Diego...


yeah...


Cabo the view from our balcony...


Cabo Fajitas! The best meal of the trip and the best part is that they were free! We didn't have plans in Cabo so we decided to go on a time share presentation... yeah, I know. But we got a free trip to the other side of the bay, a bottle of Tequila and $100 to spend in a top notch resort right on the beach. We had the best chips and salsa/quacamole that we had on the whole trip and still only spent $22 of the $100. So we bought a $70 bottle of wine with the rest of the money. What a day!


Mazatlan...


Historic Catholic Church...


My parents boat in Mazatlan... Click on the photo to see them taking a photo of us!




Formal night at our table. We had 2 honeymooners, 1 anniversary couple and 2 couples who were just vacationing. Click on the photo to see my burnt forehead...


The view from our room...

2 comments:

alex mclean said...

welcome home my friend - looks like you had a blast! How are the boys?!

Jay Sellers said...

That looks like an amazing trip, Eric. I can't wait to be able to share memories like that with Brooke.