Fun in the Sun

Cleo and I just returned late Saturday night from a week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We were celebrating our 20th anniversary which was in July, so this little towel display that was on our bed when we checked in was pretty appropriate. We had such a great time just hanging out on the beach, eating, walking on the beach, we even did boogie boards one day. That's not as easy as it looks and lets just say I "drank" more than a little salt water and lost my bathing suit once!!! I thought I was drowning, so I wasn't too worried about the bathing suit issue and was pretty concerned that I couldn't breathe for a second--but in the end, I got the suit back on and the salt out of my nose and all was well again. Cleo took a few pretty good licks also, and he also lost his trunks but got them back on before he exposed himself to the world!

One day we rented a jeep and drove about 45 minutes north of PV to a little seaside fishing village called Sayulita and another one just a few miles further called San Francisco. It was so cool driving through the mountains and seeing the "real Mexico" and not just the resort cities and beaches. It was a really neat little town and we ate a a great little restaurant right on the beach that cooks whatever they catch that day. It was some of the best shrimp I've ever eaten. We just walked around the town and shopped a little after that and then drove back to PV and into the city that night. We never could find a parking spot, so ended up just sight seeing from the jeep, but it was still pretty neat. We found out later that 2 cruise ships had docked that afternoon, so when that happens, the locals jack the prices up on everything so we really didn't miss anything by not getting to shop there.

All in all, it was a really great trip and very relaxing for us both. We both had a little eye opener Sat. night when we landed in Atlanta as it was only about 38 degrees and we had been enjoying temps in the 80's all week in Mexico. We also both woke up with colds the last morning there so we're glad to be home in our own beds if we have to be sick! Jarod and Lindsey surprised us Sunday afternoon and brought down a beautiful 8 ft. Christmas tree they had cut down at her Moms' place in NC, so hopefully tonight we'll both feel like putting it up and decorating it.


First day on the beach

This is the view from our balcony of one of the pools at the hotel

This is the view of the back of the hotel as you walk up from the beach

This is the beach at our hotel

Dinner picture

Fiesta night--these hats were really quite heavy!

Lunch at the beach in Sayulita--the biggest Pina Colada EVER!!

Walking on the beach at Sayulita

The fresh shrimp the locals caught in Sayulita---HUGE!

Now, doesn't this look just like Megan Porter?? Cleo and I were both just staring at her. Her name is Cassie and she was there with her 2 girlfriends from Wisconsin on a girls trip. They were the nicest people and we hung out with them a couple different times at the pool.

I even tried to take part in the dance lessons on the beach one afternoon. That's me on the far right--and as you can tell, Cleo only wanted to take pictures and not join in the festivities!!

This was the sunset on our last night there. We tried to take pictures of us on the beach with it, but the flash wouldn't go off on the camera, so you can't see our faces at all, only black silhouettes.

We are already trying to figure out where to go next. We definately want to go to Greece for our 25th anniversary but we'd like to go at least every year or every other year (if finances permit) to someplace tropical. We just love the beach and the ocean and if we could, we'd just travel all the time, but it's back to work now (for Cleo--haha!) to save up for that next trip.