Tuesday

Tuesday:
Well, we’re continuing to have more fun than ever! Today we docked at Progreso, Mexico. The pier from the ship to the shore was about five miles out into the ocean. So once we disembarked we had to take a bus to the actual city. Progreso is like most Mexican tourist towns – lots of vendors wanting us to buy their wares. We spent some time in the flea market area. I had a good laugh watching Jeremy barter with an older Senor over hammocks. The Senor had Jeremy lying in a bunch of different hammocks and then he started to show him a book called the Hamma Sutra. Just use your imagination what the drawings showed – all in a hammock!!! We already have a couple hammocks at home so Jeremy wasn’t too serious about buying some more, but by the time we left the Senor had lowered his price from $140 for two hammocks to $10 for one! And yet we still walked away. We really didn’t need one and we didn’t want to tote it around with us the rest of the day anyway.
From there we talked to Pedro who set us up on a 2-hour tour that included a drive through Progreso, a stop at the salt flats outside of town, viewing some Mayan ruins called Xcampo (I think), and some time to play at a private beach. It was really fun! The girls especially enjoyed the ruins. These ones weren’t very large or popular, so we were able to walk around on them and climb to the tops. There were two pyramids – one was for the sun and one was for the moon. Of course, Natalie took a little tumble off one. I told her to be more careful or she was going to end up as an accidental Mayan sacrifice.
At the beach they all looked for seashells and now have quite a collection. In fact, Emma just now dumped hers out on my nice clean sheets to view! Nothing like sandy sheets for a good night’s rest!
When we returned to Progreso we did a bit more souvenir shopping and then boarded the bus for the ride back. We didn’t eat much since breakfast, so we made a beeline for the pizza and sandwiches when we got back. Then two hours later (and a few card games of Hearts) we bellied up for dinner in the dining room!! We just rolled our full tummies back to our cabin and are resting a bit before we head off to watch the comedy and juggling show in an hour. We plan to finish off the night splitting a big piece of chocolate cake we’ve been eyeing in one of the cafes.
Tomorrow we’ll spend the day on the ship having one last day of FUN, FUN, FUN!!!
Until tomorrow….