Steve and I were treated with the awesome experience to travel through the Panama Canal with my mom and dad. Of course we had to start the trip off with a bang so we ventured and enjoyed Sea World. The animals and the weather were perfect and the animals performed to a tea. After Sea World we headed out for our 14 day cruise down through Mexico (before the swine flu), Cabo, Acapulco, Costo Rica, Huatulco, Panama Canal, Cartagena - Columbia, and ending in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The weather was INCREDIBLE, food - INCREDIBLE, excursions - INCREDIBLE, company - INCREDIBLE, entertainmnet - INCREDIBLE, relaxation - INCREDIBLE... what more need I say. I guess I must say more! How can you beat a cruise; great food available 24 hours a day. Someone waits on you hand and foot. Your room is cleaned daily, often times clothes put away, and your bed turned down every night with mints and reading materials. The vacation was so wonderful and I am so grateful that my parents allowed us to crash their party and join them. The Panama Canal was so neat to experience. The engineering of the canal, labor, and lives that it took to build was inspiring. Our ship alone had to pay $250,000 just to go through the locks. We went up in the first two locks to a man made lake where we sailed through for most of the day. Then we went down in the last lock to return to the ocean. The last lock is the only place the salt water and fresh water mix to release the ships back in to the ocean. It was so neat. We also saw the Panama City Temple from our boat in the canal. It was so beautiful and I was so proud as we passed by and people were commenting on its beauty as well. Cartagena, Columbia was my next favorite stop. The architecture was beautiful and it was a very clean city. There were also police everywhere - I don't know if that was a good or bad thing. This was Steve's first time on a cruise and I must say he did the best out of all of us. He didn't even get the least nauseous, took advantage of room service everyday, and ate and ate. We had a great time and can't wait to go on another cruise.
3 comments:
That looks like a great time. I notice all the workout pictures. Glad you got to go with your parents.
Tawns, I am so jealous of your cruise! What could be better than not having to do anything for two weeks!! You have such a cute little family, I am so glad we can stay in touch via the web. :-)
WHOA baby! Awesome pics. So glad you guys had such a good time. I am so so jealous! That looks like an unbelievably amazing trip.
Hope to see you guys soon.
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