Honeymoon Uh-huh

I feel like I need to catch the world up on our everything, so what comes after the wedding? Our honeymoon! We had such an amazing time! We had three choices: San Diego, cruise to Mexico, or Hawaii. We finally decided on a 7-day Mexican Riviera Cruise. It was a hard decision (because I love Hawaii), but we figured it was easier to go on the cruise where everything was paid for. Good choice!

The night of the wedding we stayed at the Hines Mansion Bed & Breakfast in Provo. I definitely recommend it to anyone and everyone! It was such a beautiful place. We stayed in the Kitty Hines room, which had a beatiful view. Awesome breakfast, awesome dinner. We'll stay again someday, but in a different room...maybe the penthouse.

On Saturday we drove down to Las Vegas. We stopped off at "Hooters" for our evening show. We saw Gerry McCambridge who calls himself "The Mentalist." Amazing. He doesn't claim to be psychic or anything; he just studied behaviorism and statistics and psychology in school. I'm not sure if I believe him though, because the thhings he did were unbelievable. It was a small intimate show and everyone in the audience participated. If you're ever in Vegas, you should see him. Get tickets here: Gerry - The Mentalist. And before you order them, call me and Eli because we'll totally go with you. We also stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel that night. Awesome!

On Sunday we drove down to Long Beach and hopped on our Carnival Cruise ship the "Pride." It was immaculate. If you've never been on a cruise ship, go. It's amazing how not-on-a-ship it feels. It was beautiful. The cruise ship itself was fun. We had a nice room with an "obstucted view" (we thought it was going to be a post; it was a lifeboat), the buffets and endless ice cream was awesome, and our waiter Whiskey from Thailand was too much fun. The nice thing about Whiskey was he brought us what we ordered, but also brought us some "unique" dish to try. Unfortunately, I didn't handle the first few days meals very well, so I had a baked potato. Great desserts too!

This is Whiskey

This is our "obstructed" view

We really had all our fun on the shore excursions. Our first stop was in Puerto Vallarta. For $30 we got a 7-hour guided whale/dolphin tour. Dolphins are my favorite, so seeing the animals so close was awesome! We had a good lunch, went snorkeling, stopped off at a private beach and explored the tide pools. Then we had a huge party on the boat ride home.

Our second stop was Mazatlan and we chose to just be tourists and wander the city. We decided to go with another couple we had met on the cruise. When the ship dropped us off we were bombarded by people trying to sell us stuff. One guy stopped us. He offered us a free taxi, food, and private beach with boogie boards if we spent an hour looking at his hotel. We figured the free taxi would be worth it, so we went. It turned out to be a Trendwest-type of timeshare. Eli and I said no right off the bat. The manager asked us to leave because our "negative" attitude might sway our friends. Ha! He kicked us out. We did get to go to the private beach after, but the boogie boards weren't free. After those shaninigans we headed to the city and bargain shopped the rest of the evening. If bargaining was a sport Eli would totally be gold medalist. Looking white and being fluent in spanish totally catches most vendors off guard. Good times.

Our third stop was in Cabo San Lucas. Cabo was by far our favorite place. Again, we went on our excursion with our new cruise friends. Too much fun! We decided to do the B.O.B. (breathing observation bubble). The best way to describe the B.O.B. is as an underwater scooter. You take them to the bottom of the ocean floor and drive around. I'll post our video below. After our turn with the B.O.B.s we went snorkeling, ate lunch, and spent time on the beach. We'll go back any day. It was just amazing.

Check out this video: Bob and Friends



Needless to say, after our honeymoon we were content. We had an awesome time, made some great memories, and had quite the adventure. It was so cool to just chill, relax, and feel so removed from the world. No worries at all. The ocean is such a mysterious place. Eli and I would love to study oceanography one day. There is just so much we don't know. We'd definitely recommend a cruise to anyone if you haven't gone, and if you need travel companions...give us a call!