Cruise to Mexico!

For Christmas Lamont suprised me with a 3-day Cruise out of San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico on January 15. Cruises are very inexpensive right now and the airfaire was good, so it all worked out. The other fun surprise was that his brother Kimball and wife Marianne were to cruise with us as well. We all had a blast! My Mom was so great to volunteer to watch the boys on such short notice and we flew her out to Denver. The boys had a lot of fun with grandma, and it truly was a nice get away for us.

We arrived in San Diego early on Friday morning and hung out around town until it was time to board the ship. We ate at a cute local breakfast restaraunt, did some reading at Borders, and it was onto the ship. We first took some time out to check out everything on the ship. It was very large and elaborately decorated. That evening we set sail on the Carnival Elation. San Diego is such an impressive and beautiful city. I can see why so many people love it. It amazes me how their airport is right downtown and the airplanes just fly in between all the tall buildings.


Saturday was a day at sea. We ate, played some games, ate, saw some shows, relaxed, and ate some more. It really was an enjoyable day. We even saw hundreds of dolphins swimming in the ocean right beside our ship.

On Sunday we were ready to head out and see Ensenada, Mexico. That morning we went to church. It was very cool to see how other wards are run. I didn't understand anything, so it was a good thing Kimball was there to interpret for me. The talks were given by two recent converts. It was about 60 degrees that morning and it cracked me up how the members came to church in their wool coats and gloves. I guess they have never been to Denver!

After church we decided to rent a car and see the downtown market area. We did some barter shopping and ate some lunch at a good authenic Mexican restaraunt called El Charro. They grilled their chicken at the front of the restaraunt on a spit-grill and the tortillas were homemade - delicious! It was then on to La Bufadora. Which is an area along the Mexican coast where water is pulled down into some caves and the underwater pressure shoots the water into the air up to 70 feet. To me it was like Old Faithful Geyser of the water. There are only three in the world. It was fun to see. It was then a race to make it back to the Cruise ship before it set sail again.


Monday it was time to end our cruise already. I look back on our cruising time now and it almost seems like a dream. It was a wonderful 4 day weekend get away. We had so much fun catching up, laughing, and eating. Thanks Kimball for being the unofficial photographer. Thanks Mom for taking care of the boys! We are hoping to one day in future set sail again.