Cruise

Last week we went on a cruise to Mexico with our friends Melise and Mike. We arrived in Anaheim on Sunday and headed out for Mexico. Our first stop was Cabo San Lucas where we saw the famous Cabo Arch and did some snorkeling at Lover's Beach. Cabo is a really cute small town in a really pretty bay. The second stop was Mazatlan where we had a tour of the city and then did some more snorkeling on a small island just off the coast. We saw some really cool fish before poor Mike got stung by a Portuguese Man o'War! Poor guy had a line on his lip from it and had to catch a boat back to shore and to the ship to see the doctor. He was swelling up and was numb. Apparently you rarely see these alone because if there's just one it means more are coming soon. So either Mike is really unlucky or we got out of the water just in time! Me and Jordan stayed on the beach a bit more and got some sun before we headed back to the ship. Our last stop was Puerto Vallarta. We did an amazing zip line tour through the jungle on lines 1/4 mile long and over a couple hundred feet high over a river. It was awesome!!!! Then we went to swim with the dolphins. It was a dream come true for me!!! I love love dolphins and was so excited to be able to swim with them. We got in the water with them and got to give them a hug, kiss, shake their hands, dance, and play with them. We even got to be pulled by them across the water holding their fins and then they pushed our feet with their noses across the water. It was soooooo much fun!!! I absolutely loved the cruise. It was so nice to relax on the deck of the ship and eat whatever you want whenever you want! We even saw a huge swarm of dolphins off the ship. (I'll post a video soon). It was a much needed vacation before school starts again.

Don't we look cute in our life jackets?? ;)

Cool sunset!Me and Melise running away from a huge wave on the Pacific side of Lover's Beach

Hanging out on Lover's Beach in Cabo

The Cabo Arch

Cool view of MazatlanTarzan!! :)

Hanging out on the deck of our ship by the pool on our last day

Horseback Riding in Morgan

A week ago Saturday I got to go horseback riding up in Morgan with my wonderful in-laws. For anyone that knows me, they know I love horseback riding! I am so glad I get the opportunity to go as often as I do. We headed out early Saturday morning to go up to Morgan and drove a ways into the canyon before unloading the horses. We were headed to some small ponds up the canyon to do some fly fishing. I caught my first fish on a fly rod. I love it!! On the way up the "trail" wasn't much of a trail so my father-in-law had to cut down some trees basically to get through it all. It was fun to go back and forth through the stream too! We had one minor, okay sorta major, accident on the way up. The horses got into an area that was super muddy and they were getting stuck in it. My brother-in-law's horse and the pack horse he was leading were trying to get out of it and started going up a steep hill and were getting very antsy. So he got off his horse to lead the pack horse down and as he started to, the horse rolled and did some backwards somersaults down the hill!!!!! Yes, it was very traumatic for me. I've never seen anything like it. I was so worried about the horse, but luckily everything was ok and we made it the rest of the way to fish and back home safe. The scenery up there was totally worth it. It was absolutely gorgeous.