Friday, July 31, 2009

The 50th Anniversary Mexican Cruise, April 2009

     The Ricks family did a cruise to Mexico to celebrate my parents' 50'th wedding anniversary.  On the way to the ship, my brother Ed rented a limo van and Elaina learned how to be a pole dancer.
     As you can see, Elaina was none too happy about having to don a life vest during our life vest drills.
     Here are my Mom and Dad in Puerta Vallarta, still happily married after 50 years.
     Next, we see the deck of the cruise ship, which is a total party scene.  After that is the dining room where we ate dinner every night.  It had 3 levels and was very fancy.
     Next is the view of the ocean from our room.  We had a balcony and Elaina seems to like it.
     Next is sunset on the top deck or 14th floor at the back of the ship.
     We wore Elaina out.  She fell asleep in her high chair and in the back pack.
     Next is a shot of our Royal Carribean cruise ship.  It is one of the biggest cruise ships available.
     Next we see Elaina on Lovers' Beach in Cabo San Lucas, all ready to go swimming.
     The ship steward made us little towel animals every day.  We got this picture of it before Elaina destroyed it.
     Next is Mazatlan, our 2nd port of call.  It has definitely seen better days, but the ocean and coastline were still beautiful.
     Puerta Vallarta was my favorite port of call with the mountains plunging into the sea.  Here we all went on excursions together.  In one photo, you see 9 of the male grandchildren next to a jet ski, ranging in age from 2 to 17.  In the next photo you have 6 female grandchildren ranging in age from 11 months to 15.


















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