Honeymoon!

The car was a disaster, glitter, toilet paper, balloons, and cookies everywhere. More was to come. The alarm would not turn off and the switch was not working. All of Farmington probably heard our car alarm. We had to stop at a church just off 2^nd East in Farmington. Mike disconnected the battery and plugged it back in. It was being stubborn and still would not turn off. Mike went to desperate measures and ripped out his car alarm. We also had to wait in the parking lot for my make up bag which had some pretty important things in it, if you know what I mean. After a few delays, by 9:45 we were finally on our way to Park City.

Two nights we stayed in Park City. We used our free dinner from my bet with my dad at the Loco Lizard. The next two nights were spent at our parent’s houses; the first night with his parents and the next night with mine. It was weird to share a room. The first night we watched part of two movies. Marty couldn’t believe I stayed awake. I told him it’s because I am a Hill now. The next morning my mom and Mac met us out at the Hills. We opened all of our gifts and donations. We were very blessed and well loved. It was about an hour and half to two hours before we opened everything. It was very nice. Once the gifts were opened, we booked it to St. George for a relaxing time before the big adventure began!

We awoke bright and early Christmas morning to head off for our Mexican Riviera Cruise. It was a wonderful honeymoon. We stopped in Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta. The last stop was my favorite. The first day on the cruise we got on early, giving us time to get acquainted with the ship. In Cabo we rented a sea kayak. We paddled across the Sea of Cortez and went snorkeling at Pelican Rock. Mike said it was the best snorkeling he has ever done. Then we paddled around the tip of Baja California and looked at the arches. It was a little scary over there because of the size of the waves. We then went back to Lover’s Beach. Mike played in the ocean for a long time. I wanted to get in so bad, but I was freezing cold. I was shivering and my lips were turning blue. As we were paddling back, we saw a Sea Lion (we think!) But it kept popping up and it was just looking at us. It even posed for us. It was definitely worth it

Mazatlan the next day. We hired a taxi driver for the day to take us around on an oversized golf cart. We tried bargaining for the rockin’ deals we had heard about, but were not too successful. Though, it was still pretty cheap. He gave us a tour of the city taking us to all the hot spots. We got to see some cool statues, lookouts, and the historic city. On the way into town, we saw a drunken man stagger around yelling at everybody, poor guy.

He dropped us off at the Golden Zone to go exploring. We saw some cliff divers. They are insane! They are so high up diving into shallow water. However, it looks like they got it down because no one was hurt. We also tried some Marlin tacos which were not too good. After filling our tummies, we played in the water. This time I got in the water, it was warmer and I was not going to miss a good beach day! While we were walking around the beach, a guy wanted us to take a picture of him. We did and then he just walked away. I guess he just wanted to be remembered. It was a lot of fun. On the way back to the ship we tried round two for some authentic tacos. Unfortunately, they were as bad as the first ones.

Day three in Mexico was in the best stop, Puerto Vallarta. This was the prettiest city. There were green plants growing and it had more of the tropical feel. It was also much better maintained than Mazatlan. This was my favorite day. One it was warmer. Two the zip lines across the gorge were amazing. Three, we got excellent fish and shrimp tacos thanks to J.J. Barbosa our taxi Driver. Four, we were able to do a little more snorkeling and we saw a sting ray!

The ship days were chilly but not lacking in adventure. We did some karaoke, went to several different shows, including: a magician, a hypnotist, a polish circus/balancing act, Second City (a hilarious comedic group), a 60s show, a combination show, and a Mod Musical). The hypnotist was my favorite.

T-9 was chosen to go up on the stage. He was hilarious; the hypnotist told him he lost his butt, and when asked what it looked like he said it was dark, hairless, and smooth. One girl danced like Beyoncé. It was a great show, and surprisingly family friendly. The mod musical was awful lacking both flow and story. On the other hand, the polish guy was funny, because he was so ripped and then he had this little high pitched voice. Nevertheless, he and his wife were very talented.

We also had a lot of good food. We had about four entrees AND four appetizers AND two desserts every night. Not to mention, unlimited food and ice cream throughout the day. We watched some movies, learned how to play rook, played shuffleboard, ping pong, basketball, and dodge ball. The first game of dodge ball Mike got out the very first ball. He redeemed himself the next game. I didn’t really do much. We also made some friends- Kindle girl, Henry and Michelle (they were cruisers and were very large), the Swenson’s, who Mike had known their daughter from Logan years ago, the Lady who won $1 off of her lottery tickets, and our favorite Cru. Cru was a very large six year old boy. One day as he ran past us we heard him say, “If you get a cup you can have three scoops, if you have a cone you can only have two.” Later we saw him rocking to “Survivor” at Karaoke night all by himself. Yes, Mike and I did karoke. We sang to “Friends in Low Places”. Mike was the superstar! It was a great honeymoon.