Trip to Mexico - March, 2007

Jason and I just got back from Playa Azul, Mexico. It was amazing. We had a friend come to the apartment to take care of Toby while we were gone. We missed him alot (I think he missed us more though), but he was fine. We flew out of Denver Sunday (3/4) morning and got in to Ixtapa/Zihuatenajo Sunday afternoon. Mom and Dad met us at the airport and we had about 2 hours to kill till Bryce got in. So, we ate and drank at a little airport restaurant. Bryce finally got there and we were off. We drove 2 hours to Playa Azul. It is a very small beach town way away from all the tourist towns. White people were very uncommon there. It was a very cute town. It had a lot of beach restaurants and bars because it is a Mexican Vacation destination.

Jason laying in a hammock on the beach while we waited for our breakfast.


We stayed at Hotel Playa Azul, which was beautiful. Jason and I got a room and Mom, Dad and Bryce stayed in the RV park connected to the hotel. It was a very nice place. Clean rooms, hot water, no AC, but a nice strong fan. They had 2 swimming pools with beautiful landscaping and it was a block from the beach. We spent a lot of time in the water.

Chillin by the pool (Dad in the background on the internet)

The beach was beautiful, clean and very uncrowded. The waves were pretty big, so I stayed in the shallows most of the time with Mom. The boys were more risky though and spent a lot of time getting rolled by the big waves. Jason had a blast. Bryce rented a boogie board and they all took turns riding waves. Mom and I even caught a few waves. Jason and I were "shark-belly-white" when we got there from spending so much time in Cold Colorado. Jason got pretty sunburned, but it has turned to a nice tan. We both look pretty out of place back in Colorado around all the pale people!


While we were on the beach, we noticed something far down the beach that looked kinda like a ship wrecked near the shore...or maybe just a big rock. But, we couldn't just speculate about what it was so we walked to it. It was a pretty far walk, by the time we got back, my feet were pretty sore from walking that far in sand. But, it was well worth it. Once we got down there, we could see that it was a very large cargo ship. It was wrecked not far off shore and it was pretty shallow so almost all of the ship was visible. Of course, no one brought a camera. It was completely rusted and extremely cool. I wanted to walk out to it and go inside, but it was way too dangerous. The waves had knocked a big jagged hole in the middle and the waves were crashing through it. Wish we could have gone into it, but oh well. When we got back to the hotel, we found out it had wrecked there about ten years ago in a storm. I wonder what happened to the cargo.
We made a friend in Mexico. Some of the other RVers had adopted a mexican pup before we got there. They had named her Lupita. She was adorable! Huge ears and very loving. She was also very loyal which was pretty surprising. We fed her everytime we ate. She would come everywhere with us. She would escort Jason and I to our room and then wait outside for us to come back out. When we went to the beach, she would come with us and guard our stuff while we played in the water. She kept all the other dogs out of the RV park too so she probably got fed by everyone. It was very sad to leave her though. If it weren't so difficult to bring dogs back into the US, I would have brought her home.

Me and the Mexi-Pup on the beach


Jason lovin on Lupita

I also had a brawl with a blender in Mexico. Sounds interesting, huh? I think the blender won. We wanted to make frozen drinks, like penacoladas, margaritas, etc. So, Bryce and Dad wandered around the whole town looking for the "phantom" large store (that they never found). They ended up driving to the larger town about 30 minutes away where they had a bodega. They bought a blender (a cheap plastic one), frozen strawberries, ice, rum, and coconut milk. Bryce made us some excellent drinks while we swam in the pool. It was great...and then it all went bad. The next day, I took the blender in the camper (we had been using it outside, but it was dark outside and we had another RV right next to us) because I did not want to disturb the neighbors. I put all the yummy ingredients in the blender...including the rest of the rum. I turned on the blender and it ran fine for a second. Then I noticed it was leaking out the bottom. So, I turned it off. Jason came over and I said we needed to move it to the sink cuz I thought it was leaking. Jason picked up only the blender part (not the motor) and the whole bottom fell out of the blender. Everything in the blender streamed out everywhere. Somehow in the confusion, the motor fell in the sink and turned on, flinging strawberries everywhere. Yeah, not good. Jason and I spent quite a while cleaning up the huge mess. I would not be surprised if Mom and Dad are still finding bits of strawberries in the camper years from now. The blender and I are not on friendly terms.
Other than that, we had a ton of fun. We really enjoyed getting to spend time with Mom, Dad and Bryce. Hope we get to do it again next year. We missed you Miranda!!!
We had a lovely homecoming back in Colorado. We got the Jeep from the parking lot and I started the long drive back to the Springs. It was raining a little bit. Then it got dark and started blizzarding. I was so stressed out by the time I got home. All I wanted to do was go to sleep and wake up on the beach in Mexico. Oh well, back to work so we can take another vacation sometime!