We had a marvelous cruise January 26th- February 2nd. I haven't been able to travel for months because of cancer treatments, so we planned this trip to look forward to during all that and to celebrate the completion of the treatments.
We got up early on January 26th and drove to LA to start the cruise. We got on the ship by about noon.
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| Relaxing in the room |
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| Ah! Home again! The dining room on a cruise is a happy place. We had a table for two, but had very nice couples on either side of us that we could visit with when we wanted to- one from the San Francisco area and one from New York. |
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| I didn't take as many food pictures(mostly just desserts) this time, but the food is presented so beautifully. And is so delicious! |
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| Notice the UFO in this picture. Nu nu nu nu |
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| Sunday was at sea and was a formal night. We love the at sea days. |
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| Sunrise on Monday morning |
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| We didn't arrive in Cabo until about 11am, so we had such a fun morning on deck. Notice the UFO again. |
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| Ken counted over 60 fishing vessels out in the seas as we approached Cabo San Lucas |
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| We watched on deck as we approached Cabo/ It has developed so much since we were last there. |
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| We took lots of pictures |
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| A Carnival cruise ship beat us there by minutes |
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| Diamonds on the water |
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| I watched Won't You Be My Neighbor? in our room while on this cruise. I highly reccomend it. |
Our Second stop was on Tuesday to Matzatlan.
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| Panoramic View |
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| Ken holding a scallop. Neither of us had ever seen a scallop in the shell. |
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| Scallops are probably my favorite protein. I love them. |
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| Ken had certain birds he was hoping to see on this trip that would be new life-listers for him. He was lucky to see several new life-listers, including the Streak- backed oriole and Golden- Cheeked Woodpecker |
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| The tour guide's name was Hugo. He learned everyone's name. He had a cute little saying that we now repeat to each other sometimes: "How bout that? Take a peecture." |
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| Hugo called in, then fed the pelicans. |
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| Our cruise ship |
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| Heerman Gulls, also new life-listers |
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| This is on the every night menu on Princess cruises: The Princess Loveboat Dream. It is delicious. |
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| I am of Norwegian descent. I also love the cheese plate. |
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| Puerto Vallarte was my favorite stop. |
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| We had so much fun strolling along the malecon boardwalk and looking in the shops. We didn't buy much, but it was so fun. I was intrigued with this art method. Pieces of wood are covered with beeswax and tiny beads are embedded in the wax with tools, creating all kinds of things. I loved this nativity set. |
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| Ken chatting with other men while their wives shopped. |
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| The malecon boardwalk is right along the coast. People had done sand sculptures and then put out tip boxes for money. |
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| These guys were on a very high pole playing music and entertaining. They gathered quite a crowd. |
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| Crazy! |
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| A look back at the port and our cruise ships |
I wish I could capture the feeling of this place. There was Mexican music playing and people just strolling along. There was art everywhere and it was a perfect, beautiful day. We loved it.
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| All along the boardwalk were sculptures and other works of art. Also there were many artists who you could watch work. |
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| A beautiful cathedral |
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| A service was going on. |
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| Alcoves on the left and right of the entryway to the cathedral. They had muraled walls with a beautiful circular stained-glass window and statues. |
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| A gift shop/ bookstore outside the cathedral. |
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| More art. |
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| This iguana posed for us. |
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| Look at that tail! |
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| Other ships in port. |
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| Lunch at the buffet |
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| Dinner in the dining room |
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| This was one of my favorite entrees from the week: a seafood soup. |
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| Sugar-free coconut cake |
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| This chocolate bread pudding with vanilla sauce was delicious! |
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| Chocoalte pistachio bomb |
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| Our last morning was rainy. We had rain and strong wind all the way home. In fact, they closed the freeway right after we got through because the winds were dangerously strong. |
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| We stopped at the Princes in Vegas on our way home. Michelle and Brian prepared a delicious barbecue feast for us. Jaron is ready to eat! |
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| We then got to go and watch Jaron play in his basketball game before traveling on home. |
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| After the ballgame. Love, love this family! |
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| Our little star! |
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5 comments:
Kay, you look so cute in all your pics. You look so relaxed and happy. What did you do in Cabo? I love that place, well I love all those places actually ;)The cruise looks divine. So glad you rewarded yourself with a perfect cruise.
What great pics you took of your fun, relaxing week! You two look so cute and happy in them. So glad you could celebrate on such a wonderful cruise!
I loved reading all about your trip andaseeing all the pictures! You look so gorgeous in the Sunday night picture. That shirt really brings out your eyes!
I really like the pictures! My favorite is the Diamonds on the Water, but all of them look great! The food looks really good. The food is all presented so nicely!
The cathedral is SO pretty, the painting and windows are beautiful!
I'm so glad you got to go on a cruise! That first dessert looks so yummy and the pistachio bomb--mmmm!
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