Photographers need vacations too! Haha a couple weeks ago we headed out on a family vacation via a nice big cruise ship! We left from the port in Miami and set sail for Key West, FL and Cozumel, Mexico. First time that I (Bethany) have ever been on a boat overnight…much less for multiple days in a row! And YES I was a little nervous! To truly put things into perspective imagine me…as a child…favorite movie at that time? Titanic of course! I had the double VCR tape (yes I’m THAT old) platinum edition that I watched constantly for at least a year minimum until mom felt like it was “unhealthy” (so she said) to watch it that much and secretly stole it and gave it away. Thanks mom! 😉 Never fear though I got it on DVD many years later haha! Anyways, back to my story! So with Titanic being my favorite movie of all time you can imagine how my brain thinks a nice long boat trip will end right? At the bottom of the ocean. And with all the cruise ships in the news lately it didn’t ease my fears. I told several people before we left I’d be happy if we were stranded at sea eating pop tarts, just don’t let the thing sink haha! Nevertheless we made it! First stop…Key West! Pretty darn cool too…saw the southern most point in the United States, ate some Key Lime pie (with about a foot of merengue on top), hung out with a few crazy chickens, roosters, and baby chicks too! (literally), and saw Ernest Hemingway’s home. Stop 2 was Cozumel, Mexico! Arriba Arriba mis amigos! Despite a little bit of rain we had such a good time. Took a small bus ride around the whole island. Saw some of the Mayan ruins where we were told that they had fertility houses (can you guess what happened there?) and had several statues shaped like ummmm….let’s say male body parts? haha Well they used to be that shape, now they just look like columns. Got a quick lesson on moon cycles and the mayan religious beliefs and how they relate to the numbers 7, 14, 28, 365, etc! Pretty darn interesting. After that a quick ride to the beaches where we stopped to find some coral reef! Then back on the boat to sail home. Hope you enjoy the photos. Special guests this time around featuring our lovely Mom and Dad, Nana, brother and sister, and precious little nephew!
Signing off for now!
Bethany and Whitney
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