Final Cheesy Picture

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This is the last picture taken on our final day in Playa. It's one of those cheesy pics that everyone needs to have taken to say you where "there".

UPDATE - Thrown back into routine "feet first"...
-Lara slowly recovered over the weekend & stoically made it to school Mon am for band practice.
-Rory woke Mon with a sore tummy & I found the last Gravol in the pack...all mushed up 😞
-Garage door was stuck due to the cold but after a few tries finally opened (-24C).
-Desperate for a coffee I hit Tim Horton's drive through & my van window wouldn't open despite the few good bangs I gave it; I musta looked like I was part of a Houdini escape routine 😉
-Had to pull past the window & squeeze out the door to grab my coffee AND all the Loonies in the coin drawer were gone & I was stuck counting out nickels...

So Susan (my friend) I hope you're having a fabulous time at your resort in Cancun (a cold reality lies ahead!) BUT don't worry, I'll have a frothy marg ready for you on the weekend!

"No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one".
~Elbert Hubbard

(I'm adding on an after-note of something I forgot to mention before).
A few people questioned why we'd even CONSIDER traveling to Mexico; Mexico really does get an unfair rap. The Foreign Affair travel warnings caution strictly about northern Mexico/US boarder crossings by vehicle & avoiding well-known drug cartel areas that are no where near the Mayan Riviera. There are no travel warnings for the Yucatan Peninsula; crime is about 2,000 KM's away. We feel extremely safe in Playa & would never put our children in harm's way. In fact I would walk the main streets of Playa before I'd go to the Byward Market alone late at night & we've got the Ledbury gangs 5 minutes away from us here. Unless I don't know something & some of you are drug smugglers, then there's nothing to even worry about. Foreign travel requires precautions, common sense & understanding cultural differences. The Yucatan is so rich in history with ancient Mayan ruins, abundant marine & wildlife, family attractions, tropical beaches & the wonderful Mexican/Mayan people. It is one of the top retiree destination spots in the Caribbean. (Frankly some of the recent violence in the US & Canada is pretty frightening; specifically the recent shootings in Arizona). This is one area you can have a real hands-on culture without any worry of safety (many go to Jamaica or Cuba & can't leave the resorts for safety reasons). This is not the case here. Simply put, there's crime everywhere & if we gave in to that, none of us would go out our front door...

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Photos

Final pic!
Sombrero picture! Ain't we sweet?!

Comments

[Ray]

Nice hats
Yes, so sweet. All of you. Did you bring those hats home? How good are they in Ottawa @ - 24 degrees?

[Playagal]

Thanks we did try to look cute! NOPE didn't bring the hats home, but funny enough there was a guy that got on the plane with this HUGE sombrero that sat right behind me and I got whacked a few times with it!!