Water is the driving force of all nature I started this travel blog many years ago to send out "one" update with pics to all of our family & friends. Never in my wildest dreams would I think anyone other than my family & friends would feel any obligation to read these blogs. When I was awarded "blogger of the week" this past year I can only tell you how very honored and thrilled and blown away I was. It sure was humbling because they are SO many fantastic bloggers on this site, and they all have amazing adventure stories. The honor was all mine & I'm still tickled pink about it. With all the fantastic bloggers on here it's no wonder I feel honored. I'm not hiking the "El Camino" like our friend Keith did ... read more

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little". ~ Hola hombres y mujeres! (Men & women!). So I've come to terms with the fact that I won't be getting adopted by Oprah and I'm probably not going to be Brad & Angelina's next nanny, so I will just have to go back to living my simple life. And for a few times a year I can revel in my tropical vacation, (like now) living it up in the lap of luxury and while I pretend I'm one of those rich cats. I do have a lottery ticket back home to still check, so hey maybe I'll hear the ringing of bells & win the big $50 million Lotto draw and bring you all on vacation with us. (I'll even buy the margaritas). Or I may ... read more

"The Voice of the Sea Speaks to the Soul" ~ Well Prince Charming, myself & the girls arrived in paradise today back to good old Playa del Carmen & we're about as happy as clams at high tide. And thanks to our wonderful friend John for driving us to the airport at 5:30 this morning. We have THE best friends ever - thanks John & Manon! Ahhhh, we are grateful to be back here in our happy place and I'm also happy to report we did not get off on the wrong foot of vacation like last time when one bag got left behind at the airport with Al turning around and making the trip back to retrieve it. However, for the first time ever, we got a "red light" at the airport which means your ... read more

"Don't worry about a thing, Cause every little thing gonna be all right. Singin' "Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"(Bob Marley) Ahhh, tropical vacation withdrawal. Many of you know the stages of it. You walk onto the plane in your sandals from your tropical vacation 'cause it's still 85F in paradise even though you know you're heading home to the frozen tundra, but you are not going without a fight. Then reality hits, you walk off the plane in your woolen socks and parka and are nearly blinded by this white thing outside called "snow". You shiver incessantly in the cab ride home convinced you are fully Mexican after almost 2 weeks away, and you swear you can't remember it being this cold before? Then you slip slide up ... read more

'Time is precious, waste it wisely". ~ Well we are making good use of our time by wasting it! All is fine here. I'm recovering from my zip line adventure just fine, better than expected. In fact Sat. night I was surprised at how spry I felt given the injury. The beneficial healing effects of ice. Sunday morning though both my back and left leg were sore too. You know it's kinda weird, I feel as if I hit a tree!? Oh yeah right, I DID hit a tree. Stupid zip lining idea... All in all I'm fine, the bruising is minimal, and I've been getting around Playa like I normally do. Mom has still been dealing with the aches and pain of a flu. I try to fuss over her but she keeps claiming "this ... read more