No kids cruise

Yes there were kids on the ship, but none of them were ours. Loren and I took our first ever, non moving, house looking, funeral going, wedding attending kid free trip. In other words this was our first trip we planned to take just for us. Our ten year is coming up in November so we thought this would be a good time. That and next year is going to be crazy for Loren at work because it is his last year of residency.

Loren's parents came over for the weekend to spoil, I mean take care of our kids. Friday we took off from San Diego Harbor. Saturday we spent at sea, then Sunday we docked in Ensenda, Mexico. When we woke up Monday morning we were back to our real life in San Diego.

The ship itself was really dated, like an off the strip Vegas hotel. But I never had to cook or clean so it was fine with me. The food was never ending and there was always something to do. We watched dolphins swim behind the boat while we were sitting in the hot tub. We relaxed in the sun for hours and people watched. (my favorite) We enjoyed comedy shows, bingo, karaoke, game shows, and one of those shows were the girls dance with feathers things on their heads. In Mexico we took a bus ride to La Buffadora. One of the few blow holes in the world. We walked around the market and looked at all the shops. The vendors would say, "come in and buy stuff you don't need." We had a nice lunch with a great view and could not refuse the man with the guitar who sang us a romantic love song for one dollar.

While we were in Mexico there was an earthquake, we were on the boat and did not notice. My kids did not notice it either and I am glad. I have yet to feel any quake at all since we have lived in SD, I guess that is a good thing.

This is our boat just waiting for us to get on.
Look how happy he is.

Loren's parents dropped us off then took the boys on to the Midway. So we got to wave good bye to them from our shp.

Leaving the Harbor.

Right after this we went in to eat our dinner and that is when Dramamine became my best friend. I was a little queasy the entire time.

I could do this for days!!!

All gussied up for dinner.

I love my hub!

One of the animals that we saw at our nightly turn down service.

La Buffadora.

Loren was a good sport and let me ask people to take our picture.

one dollar

We tried to find some thing the boys would enjoy and also something that would not break right away. They now own their own Mexican hackysacks.

It was so nice to have my hub all to myself. He didn't mind it either.