wanderunner

Last week (ok maybe 2 weeks ago), Jason and I went on an all-inclusive cruise to Mexico!

The cruise line was called Princess Cruises, and it was a first-time cruise for both me and Jason. We went with our friends who flew in from Texas, who we met up with in Los Angeles, then the ship took off out of Long Beach. Apparently the ship goes down South to Mexico in the winter, and up to Alaska in the summer (though the Alaskan cruise starts in Seattle). Our trip included three stops: first Cabo, then Mazatlan, and lastly Puerto Vallarta.

At first I was a little wary about going on a cruise; I didn’t think I was necessarily a cruise person, but we ended up really enjoying it, and also spent some quality time with our friends 🙂 We ate lots of food (pictured below)- because it was all FREE.

Even though I couldn’t run outside, I loved going to the gym on the boat. They had really nice bikes, and the weights/equipment sections was pretty good too. Jason ran on the walking/jogging trail on the top deck one morning and snapped this pic:

The “port days” were fun too. We rode around Mazatlan and made an impromptu decision to hike up to the highest lighthouse in Mexico. Jason and I forgot that not everyone is as avid a hiker as we both are 😉 and our friends were not so cheery on the way up. But they said the views were worth the grind 🙂

As always though, we’re happy to be home, back in our routines and reunited with our little basset.

Happy Monday!