The Last of Mexico

 On Sunday we took the bus downtown to see the sites.  This bus ride was much more calm than the one Jake and I took last time.  It was sooo hot that day.  We tried not to die as we walked along the boardwalk.  We happened to be there right before Dia de los Muertos, so we got to see a lot of the stuff set up for the celebration.  That was pretty cool.

On Monday we went surfing.  We went with a local company and ended up splitting up to fit in their own personal cars.  We drove quite a ways out to the beach, so we again found ourselves chatting with some of the local people.  When we got to the beach we did some warm ups and then tried surfing.  Sage and Zack were the best.  Especially Sage.  She got ride up and rode all the way in like it was nothing.  We had great fun and finished it off eating some delicious tacos by the beach.  They were so good.  Good thing because I think they made us all sick.  In the taxi ride on the way to the airport, Zack threw up.  Sage threw up when we were about to land.  And Jake was sick for the next couple of days.  But those tacos were really good.  So maybe it was worth it.

Anyway, we had a great trip.  Met lots of great people, made some good memories, and got to relax.  Can't wait to do it again!

Sage and I got our hair done.  This lady takes the bus for 2 hours, 6 days a week, to work on the beach.

We were there for Halloween.  The resort did a little trick or treat thing.  That night we got to watch the best Michael Jackson show I've ever seen.  The guy was amazing!

Sage wishes we'd spent all of our time here in the pool.

More Mexico

 On Saturday we got to go on the zipline tour we'd been looking forward to.  Jake and I did this same tour when we came without the kids, so they'd been hearing about it for a while.  They were super excited, but also a little nervous.  It ended up being a great adventure!

We headed to the lobby to catch a taxi to the marina and ran into a guy who worked at the place we were going.  We told him we were on our way there and he told us not to get a taxi.  Apparently we were only 10 minutes from the starting point of the tour.  He had us return in an hour and we went with him on a 10 minute taxi ride instead of an hour ride.  We had a lot of fun with him.  He spoke great English and taught us a lot about speaking Spanish.  When we told him we were from Utah he immediately asked if we were Mormon.  He talked about how much he likes Mormons because we make the effort to learn their language and everyone else expects them to learn English.  He also said all of the Mormons he's met were very kind and humble.  Good to hear!  Sage interviewed him for her Spanish class.  One of the highlights of this trip was definitely the Mexican people we were able to meet.

Anyway, the tour was amazing.  I was really proud of the girls, especially Kate who has a real fear of edges.  Yes edges, not heights.  Apparently that's a thing.  So poor Kate went off a lot of edges.  We started out riding mules up the trail.  That was probably my least favorite part.  I don't have a lot of trust in animals.  Both of the girls were most nervous when we rappelled down a waterfall.  But they did it anyway.  The workers were really good with them.  Since Jake and I were there last they added a rollercoaster.  That was probably my favorite part.  But the whole thing was so much fun.  I'm really glad we did it.