CANCUN - Day one

Today, this has been a busy and exhausting day.  But, we have had a great time - but, it's only 9:00 and I am done exhausted!!

The day started with Ted's alarm going off at 3:30 in the morning.  He started turning on televisions and lights and stuff.  I had bathed and done all that stuff before going to bed last night, just so I could sleep clear until 4:00.  We had to be at the airport at 5:00.  I reminded him I was sleeping an extra half hour when he tried waking me up.

We got off to the airport and met Crytal, Brandon and LaDayna there.  Checked in and went to Burger King and had breakfast.  Angi and Bart met up with us there.  We flew to Phoenix and only had an hour before our flight to Cancun.  The gates in that area were CRAZY!!!  And everyone had to line up before boarding and show passports and such.  On that plane and headed to Cancun.  It was a four hour flight and a pretty good flight.  We arrived in Cancun at 3:00.  We went through Immigration and then you have to go through Customs.  At Immigration, you get your stamp and your documents checked over and then you go get your baggage.  Then you head and go through another security check where your baggage goes through an x-ray machine.  Once that is done, you turn in your customs form and then you push a button and if you get a green light you are free to go and if you get a red light you get a secondary check.  LaDayna worried about that secondary check the whole way -she got the red light.  Dang it!!  So did Angi and Bart.  It was pretty quick and we were on our way.  After that, it was like this crazy rush - we were looking for our people and they were looking for their ride.  We found ours and then Ted found theirs.  It was so crazy, I almost forgot to give them a big hug goodbye!!!  We bid our adios's and were on our way.

Ted and I were in a shuttle with two other couples who won the trip - a couple from West Jordan who won like I did and a couple from Portland who won through a photo contest.  We have hung out with the couple from West Jordan quite a bit.  What a ride - the highway was very nice and paved - but, once we got off the regular road and headed to our resort it was nuts.  At the end of the road where the turnoff is a petting zoo - with snakes and crocodiles.  The road was this bumpy mess and flooded and wet throughout.  We get through the gate and this nasty road has turned into the beautiful gated community pretty much with exclusive access - they take the license plates of every vehicle entering.  We got checked in and went to our room.

This room is AMAZING!!!  We have this beautiful jacuzzi tub, seperate shower, seperate little toilet room, two sinks, a balcony.  This room is crazy beautiful!!!

We went to the opening reception and dinner.  That was ok - I was rather starved and ready to eat.  We really hadn't had any real food since 5:00 this morning - so I was ready for food.  We hung out there and then went and did a little sight seeing.  It's dark now and nobody is in the pools or anything.  We went and sat in lounge chairs at the beach and looked at the stars.  You could hear the waves just hitting the beach and I finally couldn't take it any longer.  I took my shoes off and went looking for the water.  I got to the waters edge and kept going a little further, just to get my toes in.  All the sudden, there was a couple of bigger waves and they just engulfed my legs and soaked me.  I was loving it - I was out in the middle of the water and just laughing out loud.  It was so awesome.  Ted was still sitting in the lounge chair and said it was good I was laughing, because he knew I was all right out there - because he couldn't see me at all because it was dark. 

I have to say, I am the luckiest in the land right now - this place is amazing - the pools and such.  I haven't even gone looking for the dolphins yet because it was dark by the time we got back out and such.  I will find them, I promise!!!!