Vacationing is Hard

So I am finally rested up enough to make a blog post about our vacation. Vacationing sure it tiring.

We had a great time, and lots of food, on the ship. The food wasn’t super good, but it wasn’t bad. There was tons of it. Anytime you wanted something to eat you could eat. I was also able to try a bunch of things for the first time. I actually had sushi for the first time. Sushi isn’t all that big in North Dakota. The sushi bar was only open for a couple hours a day, but it always seemed to be open when we walked buy. I tried a bunch of different kinds. I’m not really sure what any of it was, but it was all good. One of the ones I tried had caviar on it. I have never had caviar before. It didn’t really taste like much, just salty. I also tried escargot for the first time. It was amazingly good. I love trying different foods. I never seem to find anything I don’t like. Drinks are a different story. I don’t like most alcoholic drinks. One night on the ship they had a fancy get together to meet the captains, and they had free drinks. They were mostly fancy drinks, no beer. I tried a martini. It was nasty. My wife tried a cosmopolitan and that was even worse.

On the way to Grand Cayman the water and weather was nice. We sat out all day and enjoyed the sun. I burn easy, so I made sure I was keeping the sunscreen on. I managed not to get any color, and that it fine with me. The only color I ever seem to get is red anyway.

It Grand Cayman we did the Ray Runner Stingray City Snorkel Tour. It was awesome. We took these inflatable boats out into the water for what seemed like miles. The faster we got out there the more time we could spend out there, so we cruised. It was a fun and bumpy ride. Once out there we snorkeled for a bit and then went over to where the stingrays were at. It was the first time that I have ever been snorkeling. The water was amazing. So warm. So clean.

Our next stop was at Calica Mexico. There wasn’t much there. It was just an industrial port. They said cruise ships don’t stop there very often. It was just a short bus ride to Cancun though. We toured the Myan Ruins of Tulum. It was cool to learn more about the people there. Our tour guide was great. He was very informative and nice. I hope he makes good money. We gave him a good tip. I felt a little bad when I saw the houses that people live in down there. There were shops all over the place selling junk. Everything seemed pretty expensive. I am sure everything was expensive because everybody barters them down. I am not the kind of person that can do that. Those people need the money much more than I do, but we still didn’t buy anything. We did eat at this little shack next to Tulum. I was always told that “real” Mexican food wasn’t very good. I don’t know how americanized this food was, but it was amazing. I had fish tacos. It was my first time having fish tacos. There are no fish tacos in North Dakota either. Everybody there was super nice. I suppose they are super nice to Americans because they know we have money, but it was still nice.

On the way back the water was a little rougher. Our last day at sea was a rocking one, and it was cloudy out too. A lot of people were getting sick. It didn’t bother me much. It just got a little annoying. I am glad the whole cruise wasn’t like that.

Overall we had a great time. I’m Not sure if I would ever do a cruise again. I probably would. Vacationing gets tiring though. The last thing I want to think about when I get back is another vacation. The day we got back it was -16º out though. That was sure a shocker after spending a week in 85-90º weather.