I Can't Even Believe This

These are words that you don't expect to hear from the captain of the airplane while you are sitting on the runway getting ready to take off, yet that's just what he announced. On Friday, we set out for our first kid-less vacation since, well, having children. We got off to a bit of a glitchy start. The plane had mechanical problems in the right engine and eventually, after loading and deplaning us twice, they decided to ditch that plane and borrow another aircraft on its way in from San Juan. Our flight that was to leave at 3:40pm out of Baltimore ended up leaving at 10pm that night.

We spent the night in Miami at an old Holiday Inn, which I prefer to call "The Shining". The bathtub had peeling paint and the toothbrushes lent to us by the front desk were only slightly stronger than cardboard. We left Miami this morning and arrived here in Cancun by mid-morning. Whenever a flight gets delayed or canceled it's always questionable as to when and if the luggage will arrive at your final destination. As we landed today, our back row seats afforded us this lovely view of the first pieces of luggage coming off the plane. Imagine our relief when Bartee's golf bag was clearly in view! A glimmer of hope.



We made it just in time for the first tropical storm of the season... Alex. :) Actually, he took a southerly route so today's weather was hit or miss, mostly hit, but we expect that he'll be gone tomorrow and we'll see a lot more of the sun. We're all set for this week's "excursions" and can't wait for the good weather to accompany them. Expect pictures of Zip Line swinging, Swimming with the Dolphins and Golf over at Moon Palace. That is, if I remember to drag my camera around.

Here are a couple that were taken at the hotel tonight.