More Trips...43º

By 2006 Herb and I are "seasoned" travelers...We know about passports, etickets, customs, airport security, navigating airports, sprinting through airports to make connections and waiting...Always waiting...Since 9-11-2001 the lines in airports snake for what seems like miles...We have adjusted to make the waiting easier...Comfortable clothing and slip-on shoes are worn...We pack light, taking only a carry on, heeding the mantra "All you really need in the

Xcaret

tropics is a bikini, a smile and a cover up"...They furnish white sand beaches and sparkling swimming pools...Remember you are there to relax...With this in mind I booked etickets for our party of five...Dennis, Nancy and Pam would join Herb and I for this years trip to Cancun...We motored to Portland, spent the night, then caught an early flight out of PDX...Landed in Cancun early afternoon, taxied to the Royal Resorts where for the next 7 days we had a lovely ocean view condo including kitchen and a choice of 6 swimming pools...City buses were a block away and a myriad of tours available...Herb and I have been on most of the tours so leave it up to our guests to choose their entertainment for the week...We again spend a day at Xcaret, Nancy swims with dolphins and we tour Isla Mujeres by golf cart..Other days are spent poolside, where we soak up the rays in hopes that some of the warm follows us home...We celebrate Dennis's birthday at a Mexican restaurant, enjoy a production as the waiter makes a Mexican coffee complete with flame...By weeks end we are 5 weary travelers as we wing our way back to the mountains of Wallowa County...OWAV:)

Boating to Isla Mujeres