CANCUN !!!!!

CANCUN

On Friday of our trip we went to the Isla Mujerrs (island of the women)

We spent the day snorkeling, and hanging out on the beach. It was

so beautiful, and warm.

Chichen-Itza

On Sunday of our trip, we headed out to see the ruins.

I need to mention that Brant didn't want to go, but cause he

loves me he joined in on what was the funniest adventure of the trip.

We decided to save some money from a tour group and rent a car and drive

the two hours down to Chichen-Itza. Now when we left Cancun it was

sunny and hot. So as our journey begins of taking back roads to find the main road to

get us to the ruins, the weather started to change. We had to take detours due to a Marathon in progress. Now during the two hour drive it would down pour, then clear up and repeat

this process until we get to Chichen-Itza. As we arrive safely, Thanks to Nicks great driving,

the place was crawling with law enforcements (1000's ?), and about 65,ooo visitors. Well it so happens on this very day 9-21-08, the fall harvest and an eclipse was the reason for so many people. The Mayans believed that during this time the sun/moon would cast a shadow on the one side of the temple releasing "Snakes" to slide down the face of the temple symbolizing fertility, and the fall harvest. But the Mayan God's must of been angry this day cause as the eclipse was to happen the biggest, blackest rain cloud move in and dropped gallons of rain for over and hour. Sad for all those that came on this special day that they didn't get to see the eclipse. Well the rain didn't stop us from seeing the rest of the ruins, as it started to rain Brant ran towards the visitor center, and The Wrights and myself ran under some trees, thinking it would stop in a few minutes like it had been doing all day. But, No it rained harder and harder so since we were all ready soaking wet we continued to look around the area. Well, lighting also added some excitement to the site seeing, but we continued on, finally after an hour some of the worker started to kick everyone out of the park. When we hooked up with Brant he had a sigh of relief, cause while we were site seeing he was worried that we were struck by lighting or that we exited out another gate and left him. Now I need to explain his concerns cause while he went to the visitor center, a lighting bolt hit nearby and struck some people. So he had the right to be a little angry, scared, etc... Our adventure was fun, and if you ask Brant he hated every minute of the trip to Chichen-Itza, except the car ride, but really deep down he had a blast.

Our cute little rent a car

This is the rain cloud just before it dropped.


Nick and Bridger soaking wet in the car after site seeing.


Enjoying the pool and the ocean.


Brant and the Wrights enjoying the boogy board.

I love this pictures of Bridger, he laid in the water for a half hour and enjoyed

every minute of it. He was so good the whole trip, what a trooper to be hauled

everywhere we went, and managed to smile the whole time. Thanks Wrights for

a fun trip. We really enjoyed the company and the beautiful surrounding.