Jungle Tour and Snorkeling

The other activity we chose to do was speed boats along the water out to a snorkeling point (and back). I had a lot of fun driving a boat for the first time.

We took the local bus from the hotel to Aqua World a few miles away. I think it was $1 a person and a pretty short ride. The bus was either filled with local hotel workers or tourists.

The group of us were taken along the waterways by a guide. It was simply follow the leader after learning a few common hand signals such as slow down and speed up. We got to go past a lot of other hotels, a really peaceful lagoon, followed by a James Bond-esque high speed chase out to the snorkel point.

The snorkeling was fun, but average, if you happen to have lived in Hawaii and done a lot of snorkeling. But I think this might have been the first time for the kids. I ended up buying the professional photo and video they made of our trip and us. It was a little pricey, but these guys had a boat and a drone out there taking footage of us and I couldn't pass that up as my souvenir from the trip.

Parasailing in Cancun

One of the activities we did on site (or on beach) was parasailing. 

Jonathan and I did it together while the girls preferred to stay on the soft sand. It was a little nerve racking, and seemed pretty short, but it was a good time. I didn't have the courage to take pictures of the views for fear of accidentally dropping my phone. I wonder how many phones are at the bottom of this ocean?

We had an exciting ride through the waves on a jet ski just to get out to the boat. Sometimes at the start the bench we were sitting in tilted left or right just enough to make you feel uncomfortable that it might tip hundreds of feet above the ocean. Otherwise it was a blast. Included: a few other pictures in portrait mode.

Cancun Mexico

Spring Break! This year we decided to do something very different and book an all-inclusive resort in Cancun. We stayed at the Wyndham Alltra in the Hotel Zone for about a week.

The sunrises were amazing and the food was pretty good. Although we talked about the possibility of doing some activities elsewhere, and/or renting a car, we mostly just stayed at the hotel and played in the pool, sat on the beach, and took advantage of what we had available close by.

I'll make a few posts with pictures grouped by type. Here are the pictures of the sunrises, which were great to wake up to, along with coffee from the in house coffee shop.

Cold Stone Creamery

Julia at her first job at Cold Stone, off of Academy and Woodmen!