Off on another trip! This trip has a quick stop in Cancun for Tracy's sisters wedding, then to Honduras and Nicaragua.
Our flight left Calgary at around 6:30, so Tracy and I were up early, about 2:30am to get ready. Heading to the airport was a pain in the ass. The city had northbound Deerfoot shut down at Southland Drive, so we took Blackfoot north to Glenmore, then tried to get on Deerfoot, but that was all blocked off. So over to Barlow, and north until it ended, and the ramp to Deerfoot was STILL blocked off up there. We took some other random roads, slowly heading north, finally managed to get on Deerfoot and make our way to the airport.
We flew United Airlines from Calgary to Houston, had a short layover there, then Houston to Cancun. United sucks, you have to pay to use their entertainment system, so new tv or anything for us!
Once at Cancun, we paid for a shuttle to the hotel, Viva Wyndham Maya, about 1 hour south of Cancun. Expensive shuttle, $112US for both of us, but that included a pickup back to the airport on May 3.
We arrived at the hotel about 5. When we checked in, Terri and Joe (Tracy's sister and her almost husband) had left a message at the front desk for us, so after putting our stuff in our room, we went to their room.
They showed us around the resort. It's all inclusive, so food and drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) are to be found everywhere. We had supper at one of the buffet restaurants.
It was really windy and cloudy and was getting more cloudy and windy as the evening went on. Tracy and Terri did "girl stuff" for a while and me and Joe say on some beach chairs in the wind and dark. I was getting soo tired, after only about 3 hours of sleep the night before. Tracy and me went to bed around 9:00pm.
Around midnight, a huge storm hit. Thunder and lightening like you wouldn't believe, and torrents and torrents of rain. I got up and watched it for a while from our main floor balcony. As I was going back to bed, I noticed our floor was all yet. The rain was coming through the concrete and into our room. Tracy and me got all our bags and everything off of the floor to prevent them from getting wet. After a while the rain subsided and we slept again.
Great to hear from you and to know that you and Tracy arrived safely. We arrived in Calgary late today. Chloe, Kael and Adele are sleeping in the trailer (we're on 15th). Tomorrow is Freya's birthday party. The kids wouldn't settle down and just fell asleep now at 11:00 p.m. I read your 3 journal entries out loud and that did the trick, ha, ha. Love, Mom and Dad
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