Puerto Vallarta

Here are a bunch of pictures from our trip to Puerto Vallarta. We had so much fun! I really could have stayed an extra couple of days. It was very relaxing not to have to worry about anything for a while. Nelson earned this trip at work so we didn't have to pay for it. We had 4 nights in an all-inclusive resort. We've decided that this is the way to travel! All of our meals were included, and if we were drinkers, we really would have gotten our money's worth! All the drinks you wanted! We even had an open bar in our room, right next to the giant jacuzzi tub. So instead of getting really drunk, Nelson and I lived off of virgin pina coladas (I think I had about 50 of these!) and virgin strawberry daqaris. We spent a lot of time relaxing on the beach, but still found time to kayak in the ocean and go boogie boarding. We took a canopy tour. I highly recommend doing this is you ever get the chance. It is a series of zip lines through the tops of the trees in the rain forest. We even hit the flea market in downtown Puerto Vallarta. Instead of risking our lives in a Mexican taxi, we decided to take the more scenic (and I would argue safer) option and took a water taxi in a small fishing boat across the bay to get downtown. It was so much fun! We saw baby sea turtles on the beach trying to get out to sea. We helped a couple of them out. They were having a hard time getting past the waves. Nelson even stepped on a manta ray and a crab. I have been telling him to watch where he was walking since we were married! You'd think he would learn on of these days!

Nelson has the worst record when travelling. We have been delayed 8 hours in Orlando, we've missed a flight in Chicago, he's been snowed in in Chicago, stuck in Denver, he was in Des Moines on 9/11. We always seem to have some kind of problem when Nelson is flying. I never have any problems when I travel on my own. It's just Nelson. He seems to attract trouble. We thought we were going to make it this time. We had no problems on the way down and we even had a layover in Denver. On the way back, we thought we were home free. We made it on the plane, we had a direct flight, the plane was on the runway, and then we stopped. The plane had a problem with a hydraulic pump on the rudder. We had the pleasure of sitting on the airplane for the next 2 hours waiting for them to fix this problem. We finally made it home. We were really behind schedule, but luckily everyone who was watching our kids were patient with us. At least we did better than last year's trip. We made it home a full 24 hours late with that one!