[Vacation]

Best.Vacation.Ever!! you cannot go on a family trip any more exciting than a cruise to mexico!

Drive.
12 hours long. We drove from home to Long Beach Cali. It actually was not as bad of a ride as i thought it would be. thankgoodness! Can i say how amazing it is to be 16 and can drive. I drove half way there and home. The only reason why i wanted to drive is because you can go 85 mph. gotta love it!! ramdom fact- on our way there, i pulled 2 sets of stitches out of kyles back. so cool.

The boat.
Our cruise line was with Carnival. The ship was the size of 3 football fields and had 11 floors! it was unreal! There was mini golf up top, multiple pools and hot tubs, plays, you name it... its prob on the boat! My favorite part about the boat was the lay out chairs on top. i think i was on a chair 90% of the trip! i did get a sunburn so bad on the 2nd day that i was peeling the rest of the trip. great. but it was so worth it!

The boys.
haha yeah, don't ask. i think i saw like 2. it sucked!

food.
i could not ask for more amazing food! I had so much fruit this week!!! It was nice going into the nice restraunt and ordering whatever you want. And when you are done, you just leave and you dont need to worry about tipping or paying or anything! The room service was really sweet too! Trust me, i took advantage of that!! :)

stops.
in mexico we stopped in Cabo (spent 2 days there) and puerto vallarta (spent 1 day)


Cabo.
we did a really cool excursion! We went Kiaking on the Ocean for 1 mile, fighting huge waves! Then we stopped and snorkeled for an hour. the fish were so cool! Dad sneaked corn flakes in his pockets and started throwing the food under me and a huge swarm of fish attacked me! they were hitting into me and it was so cool to see all of the colors of fish! The worst part about it was the salt water... nasty! Then we kiaked for 2 more miles and snorkeled for another hour! and once again, the same things happened! We did catch a puffer fish, and 3 star fish!
Then we slept on the boat. The next day at Cabo we went shopping! I LOVE bardering with mexicans! I heard lots of words like, "Americans, come into my shop! You want it, i have it! Good deal for you lady! So cheap its almost free! This is the real stuff!"... i can go on all day long!!

Puerto Vallarta.
can i say HUMID!!!! Holy crap i could barley breathe! We did a canopy adventure!! we rode up to the top of a jungle mountian in the back of a dump truck with seats. We got there and our tour guides are mexicans (of course). They called me Barbie when they were putting the harness on me. I guess they don't see blodies very often... kinda strange. Once we had all of our gear, we were connected to a huge zipline! about 200 feet above the jungle (palm trees and more). I can't even explain how beautiful it was! we went on 12 ziplines all together! Then at the bottom, we were able to go upside down on the last zipline! so fun! Then we all got on our own donkey and rode it back up to the top of the mountian!!! The worst part about the zipline was the mexicans. yes they were funny but they creeped me out! they would not stop hitting on me and i was so freaked out!
When we were done, we went into town and shopped some more!!

going home.
I did not want to leave! That was the worst part of the trip! But it was time to leave. 7 day cruise was amazing and i would go back in a heart beat!! When we got off the boat, we were planning the next one... kinda!! :)