Beach & pool

What a relaxing place to be. Beautiful pool & beach. I'll attach a few pics & write more tomorrow.

Zoetry

9:30 am Marty & I are sitting at gate 85 at I I waiting to board our non-stop flight to Cancun. When we arrive, we will take a taxi to puerto Morelos, which is in the Riviera Maya area, about 20 minutes South of Cancun. We will be staying at the Zoetry Paraiso de la Bonita.

8:38 pm Well we arrived. Great flight & Maximo from the Zoetry picked us up in a Lincoln Navigator. He had cool wash clothes that he handed us with tongs & sparkling wine. Oh yea! You know you are staying at a nice resort when there are cool washcloths involved.

It is beautiful. The resort & room are outstanding. There is a full moon over the Caribbean ocean tonight but I guess I need to take a photography class because it is blurry.

I will post more pics tomorrow.

Beaches

I'm having a little trouble with my blogs but I wanted to posts some pics of the beaches from our cruise so here they are.

Day 1 of Southern Caribbean Cruise

On December 1st, Marty & I flew to San Juan Puerto Rico for a cruise of the Southern Caribbean on Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas.  Our cruise did not depart until December 2nd, but we wanted to spend a day in San Juan because we hadn't been there before.

Our flight was uneventful and we arrived in San Juan at about 5 p.m.  We took a cab to our hotel, La Concha Renaissance. 

Pictures are view from our room, lobby & hotel pool.

View

Day 3 - St. Maarten

St. Maarten was known for it's salt back in the 17th century.  Dutch settlers sent shiploads back to Europe that they had harvested from the Great Salt Pond. 

The island is split between France and the Netherlands Antilles.  We docked on  the Dutch side in Philipsburg, the capital. 

Marty and I have been to St. Maarten before and knew the beach we wanted to spend the day at.  Orient Beach.  Not the blue umbrella section.  That is the topless section.  However, the tend to stroll down the beach proudly in a little more than their birthday suit.  But really, they should be in full beach wear because rarely do you see anyone who causes more than a snicker.  They're usually a little too tan and gravity has kicked in a lot!

Here are some pics of the beach sans the blue umbrella people.

First morning in San Juan

We slept great last night and we're at Voga for breakfast.

Planning to head to the gym afterwards.

We could see our ship from the top floor. It looks like it is about a mile away.

Here are a few pics. There will be much more later so please come back in a day or two

We took some great pic from the top of the hotel.

Branson in May

Weekend trip to Branson

If you live in the Midwest, a trip to Branson, Missouri is a must.   Marty and I went toBranson with my parents this May and found some new places we would like to take our kids.

Driving South from Kansas City, you have to stop at the Osceolacheese factory on Highway 13 in Osceola, Mo. As the name indicates, they have cheese, cheese and more cheese and theyhave samples of every kind they make. They also have really good ice cream. http://www.osceolacheese.com/  Couldn't resist the hoakie picture taken by my hubby of me above.

We stayed at The Thousand Hills Golf Resort.  They have condos and cabins.  http://www.thousandhills.com/ We stayed in a two bedroom condo andwere very comfortable.  Once we checkedin and got settled, we went to Landry’s and had seafood for dinner.  This was a view seen from our patio table.

 Marty had crab legs and the rest of us hadfish and we all split a Banana’s Foster. Mom said she needed to try one since that is her maiden name.

Saturday morning we got up and got ready and went tobreakfast at Chateau on the Lake pictured above.  They have an incredible brunch with a beautiful lake view.

Thenwe went out to the Wilderness Club to check it out.  It is a really neat place and we aredefinitely going to take all the kids there for a vacation.  They have a lazy river, horseback riding,pools, volleyball, shuffle board, paddle boats, and more. 

Saturday evening we went to the Branson Landon for someshopping and ate dinner at Bass Pro’s seafood restaurant.  This time we opted for fried seafood.  I had the fried catfish dinner and Mom, Dadand Marty had the fish and chips. 

Sunday morning we had an excellent brunch at the WormanHouse at the Wilderness Club.  It wasexcellent.  They had everything you couldimagine on the buffet, live entertainment and another great view of the lake.

Branson has so much more to offer.  If you haven't been you should go.