A day in Acapulco

After three days at sea, and they were fun ones, we finally arrived in Acapulco. We booked a tour to the cliff divers and they didn’t fail to entertain. The divers are amazing, they dive from a 120 ft cliff into a pool of water that constantly is coming in and out. We watched several divers from a lookout at the top of the cliff. After the cliff divers we toured the city of Acapulco and like most Mexican cities it has its contrasts. Some areas are extremely poor and other areas with fabulous houses of the rich and famous from all over the world. When we arrived back at the ship we seen a wonderful folk loric show that featured a six piece mariachi band and about ten dancers doing lots of different traditional dances. Tomorrow, Huatulco where we will probably just walk into the town.

First Day at Sea

Our first day at sea was great, it was a little foggy in the morning but later in the day the sun came out. We are finding our way around the beautiful Island Princess and find the ship really nice. Because this ship was designed to go through the Panama Canal it is narrower than most of the big ships and it is also longer. We have found the common areas on the ship are really nice and it rarely seems crowded. We played trivia twice yesterday with Sheila and Seldon and a couple of other people, we didn’t do badly but didn’t win either. We have a great team of waiters at our table along with some nice folks from Denver. Tomorrow, another day at sea.

Leaving San Francisco

After a wonderful time with Weston at Paige and Eric’s, Paige dropped us off at Pier 35 in San Francisco where the Island Princess was waiting. It was tough to say goodbye to Weston who wanted to wait and watch us leave. Our check in was quick and we quickly found Sheila and Seldon in the buffet. They had spent a couple of days in SF and enjoyed it. It was a beautiful early evening for our sail away but as always the closer the bridge we got the cooler and windier it got. The nice part was no fog, so we got great views of the bridge and San Francisco as we sailed away. We have sailed under the bridge several times and of course every time it looks like the ship is going to hit it, but again it glided beneath it without incident. Now we are looking forward to three days at sea and the exploration of the Island Princess, because it is our first time on this ship.

California

Well, we survived the plane trip to California and our luggage came and we are all set for getting on the Island Princess on Wed. We are spending a few days with Paige, Eric and our grandson Weston. We will be eating too much but spending wonderful time with Weston who is 2 1/2 years old and so much fun. We will be cruising with two of our friends Shiela and Seldon who are flying into San Francisco a couple of days early and we will meet them the day of departure. We have gone on the Panama Canal cruise in the past, but this will be a first for Shiela and Seldon. Next update will be after we leave San Francisco and cruise under the Golden Gate Bridge.