We were fortunate enough to just have gone on a two week family vacation.
We completely disconnected from our internet, phones, T.V. etc. it really was good for us all to "just be" and refresh.
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| First stop; a city that is near and dear to us...Houston Texas. |
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| We spent two days with our friends and travel buddies John & Tammy finding fun places to eat and taking in an Astros baseball game. |
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| We love Texas in general but Houston is really a fun and safe city full of great people, great food and never a shortage of things to do. |
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| After two days we were ready to head to Galveston to catch our cruise.... |
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| The Liberty of the Seas had plenty to do including water slides that hung over the edge of the ship...yikes! |
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| Next stop; Honduras. This is the view from our room.. |
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| Roatan was so green and beautiful! |
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| We got off the ship and boarded a small boat to Little French Key... |
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| The water was in the high 80's and so blue you had to remind yourself it wasn't a swimming pool... |
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| This day was full of trying new foods, snorkeling out to a sunken ship and getting to hold a monkey.... |
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| We realize as our girls get older that these down times as a family are going to get farther between...so we don't take them for granted. |
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| I gave the little sucker back to the zoo keeper after it bit me...😳 |
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| Next stop; the port of Costa Maya is a port in Mexico above Belize.... |
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| We walked a few blocks through town and hopped into a shuttle bus that would take us into the jungle where we would hike to some Mayan ruins. This is the "before the heat and humidity about killed me" shot ha! I should have taken an "after" photo. |
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| The biggest reason I love to travel is because it makes me feel very small in the whole scheme of things. You realize so much is out there and when you see something like ancient ruins you can imagine people carrying these huge stones, slaving away to build them and the archaeologists who discovered them...I'm a nerd and I'm okay with that. |
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| Our fearless leaders John & Dan... |
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| It was really cool because on the hike we saw a bunch of baby monkeys and their mamas playing in the trees and putting on a show for us... |
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| We then drove about 30 miles further into the jungle which appeared to lead to an endless nothing... |
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| But of course there is a hut with real Mexican food and cold drinks... |
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| And a 30 mile fresh water lagoon in the middle of nowhere....mind blown! |
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| The water was crystal clear and warm...I chose this spot for the rest of the day... |
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| This little peanut was just hanging out in a hammock while her mom sold fresh pineapple on the road side. It was by far the sweetest pineapple I have ever had. I think they called it honey pineapple? |
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| Our last stop was Cozumel. This is our second time to Cozumel and it did not disappoint. |
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| It was another day full of snorkeling, fun food and relaxing. Morgan and Tammy got massages on the beach.... |
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| My girls were teasing me but I love hammocks and this shot summed up our Caribbean vacation; relax and restore. |
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| If I can convince Dan, someday I will be living in Cozumel ha! I love the island and the people there. |
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| A few more fun days back on the ship complete with ice skating and fun dinners.... |
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| We were greeted by a tropical storm as we got back to Galveston...but never fear. We found fun stuff to do for our last two days in vacation which included trying some good food and also a fun vintage style bowling alley where we killed the kids in a few games ha! |
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| A panoramic view from the roof of our hotel The Magnolia.... |
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| Very weary travelers waiting to head home. We loved our adventures together and cannot wait for the next one. Be blessed friends. |
