Spring Break in Mexico

Washington's covid restrictions have really made us eager to visit ANYWHERE that doesn't require masks.  Thanks to Austin and Darcy again (Darcy's dad in particular) we were able to go to Mexico.  He owns a couple of condos in Puerto Penasco.  So we flew to Phoenix, stayed one night, then drove the four hours. The border crossing was easy and the drive was part of a safety corridor.  The condo complex was really nice and had security everywhere.  All around the common areas and even along the beach.  You had to have a resort bracelet to be on the property.  The resort and beach were beautiful.  

We went into the city to eat dinner the first night... Driving in Mexico is terrifying.  The area wasn't bad, it wasn't scary that way.  It was scary because roads aren't marked, stop signs are infrequent and often hard to see and it seems like no rules apply!  

We spent most of our time at the pool and on the beach. It really was beautiful.  Just the warmth and sunshine we needed to give us a break from the dreary grey skies.  

This is a HUGE photo dump... In no particular order.  Good luck!

We tried snorkeling, unfortunately the jet skis and boats all rode right over the top of the reef so it wasn't safe to go out to it.

The infinity pool was a really cool space. It even had a swim up bar where we were able to get soda and virgin daiquiris (kind of like strawberry slushies).

The best sunset of the trip.  The tide went WAY out (400ish yards) so you could see the reef and huge pools would be left on the very flat beach.

Kayda and I had a great time photographing it.  It was stunning.

We were getting Beckett introduced to hermit crabs, they were everywhere.  Kayda, Dillon and Carson had a blast.  They tried really hard to get Beckett to be comfortable with all the critters.

Dad, Austin, Landon and Dillon went golfing two days.

Carson decided to join in on the water aerobics they did during the day.

Austin and Tucker are on the right.  They all went for a ride on the banana boat pulled behind a boat.

We explored the reef tide pools.  It was strange not to see sea anemones and starfish everywhere.  

We heard another family yelling about an octopus so Carson and I hustled over. It was just a baby, Carson wasn't interested in holding it...

Another trip on the banana boat.

The water was gorgeous

We all decided to do the henna tattoos.  They lasted less than a week but the kids had fun. 

One of the many tiny hermit crabs

I guess they were working on a cruise ship doc so they were creating a jetty out of huge pier blocks.  The project fell through but the remnants were a lot of fun to climb on.

Dillon and Landon were entertained by a crab for a while 

Here's the whole crew!  Tucker, Beckett, Darcy, Austin, Landon, and of course us.

We crossed the border coming home at the perfect time.  It took two minutes to get through.  

Phoenix with Friends

Covid quarantine in Washington is ridiculous and keeps getting worse. Lucky for us, Darcy's dad has an air bnb in Phoenix.  There were a lot of cancellations because of covid so we were able to sneak in a long weekend.  We actually went down during the week and I did my teaching from one of the bedrooms.  I guess that's a perk of online teaching, especially with the craziness it is right now.  So we headed down and were happy to embrace mask free, almost completely normal life.  

We spent most of our time at the house and playing in the pool.  A lot of Cornhole also.

We went to a restaurant that has live music, picnic tables, and fire pits thinking it'd be a fun evening.  Unfortunately the food wasn't good and the kids were too antsy and bored to wait for the music to actually start, so we didn't stay long enough to see it.   There was a caricature artist there.  We couldn't get Dillon to do it because I wanted him to take off his sun glasses.  We can actually see the resemblance for Carson.  

Kayda... Not so much.

We found an open water park so of course we had to go!  They had 6 feet marked out for all the lines... Nobody paid any attention. I think a lifeguard said something once.  They had some waterslides that work like rollercoasters that you ride a tube on.  They were pretty fun.  Dillon, Dad, Austin and Landon did a speed slide that has you stand on a platform that drops out from under you.