Grandkids in Mazatlan

On Sunday, April 1st, our two grandkids flew from Seattle to Mazatlan on Alaska Airlines to spend one week with us. Nichole is 17 and Cody is 16 and they were both really looking forward to a week in the sun. We had a busy week. Monday we took a Hobi-cat to Deer Island and had a picnic lunch. Tuesday we went to old town Mazatlan where we had our weekly massages. While we were doing that Cody had an eye exam and ordered himself some new glasses. We picked them up the next day - total cost including exam was about $90. We then took the ferry over to Stone Island. We had lunch, then Connie, Cody, and Nichole took a ride on a banana boat. Next on the agenda was swimming. We also used the boogie boards we had bought. It was a fun day.

The next day - Wednesday, was cruise ship day. Our friends, Paul and Carol, from Tacoma arrived on the Diamond Princess. We picked them up at 8 in the morning and showed them old town, including the theatre, the central market and the cathedral. We walked along the malecon (board walk), and then went shopping in the Golden Zone. Next stop was our fifth wheel and lunch next door at the big timeshare resort. We visited with them for awhile in the afternoon and then delivered them back to their ship.

Thursday we headed to the tequila factory and then to an old ranch called Hacienda Las Moras. We had lunch and took a swim in their pool (comes with a swim-up bar). The swim up bar had about 6 bar stools in the water - pretty unique.

Friday the grandkids went to the water park. They were there for a couple of hours and said they were the only English speaking people there. But, they had a good time. Saturday we were going to try to do a horse back ride, but that didn't work out, so we went to the Aquarium. Again, we couldn't understand what they were saying, but did enjoy the sea lion and bird shows. Sunday we put them on an airplane back to Seattle. On the way home from the airport we were stopped by the military. They flagged us over at a checkpoint and the guy came to our window. He was talking to us in Spanish and we had no idea what he wanted. We kept saying no hablo espanol (don't speak spanish). Finally, we handed him our visas which he looked over. He kept trying to talk to us and then finally let us go.