Riviera Maya

Here's the truck - loaded down with Win and luggage.

Isn't the beach beautiful?

D became quite the beach volleyball player on our trip. He played in resort tournaments everyday.

Dusty discreetly took this picture of me trying to get a picture of Jerry Van Dyke (Luther from T.V.'s Coach), who was sitting at the table behind us. You can see the picture didn't work out so well. Jerry Van Dyke owns a house next to the Valentin, and he plays poker and eats there everyday.

If you weren't careful, you might step on one of the critters relaxing on the sidewalk.

Here is the armed guard as we passed into Playa del Carmen. These guys lined the roads entering and exiting the city.

Mexico's version of Lay's potato chips

Last, here is our UNtrustworthy Delta return flight. It's NEVER a good thing to hear your pilot come over the intercom with, "Ladies and gentleman, we have a problem." We lost a generator on takeoff, and had to continue flying until we leveled off and then banked (!) the plane to turn back around and return to the Cancun airport. We sat on the plane (in hot Mexico!) on the tarmac for over 2 hours, until they fixed (?) the problem. Needless to say, on our 2nd takeoff of the day, we were just a little nervous!!!

We had such a wonderful time and did not want to come back to the real world!