LA

The day the cruise ended we stayed in LA to visit with my friends Shayla and Shannon, and Shannon's two kids, Levi and June. We went out to lunch and then went to Newport Beach so the kids could play on the playground and in the sand.

It had been a long time since I had seen either of them. For Shannon the last time I saw her was when she was pregnant with Levi - you can see how big he is now. And it had been almost that long with Shayla. It was good to see them. Wish we could see each other more often!

Cruise 2010 - Day Six - At Sea

The last day was another sea day. We didn't take any pictures that day. Probably because I spent most of the day lying on my bed moaning from being so seasick. That is perhaps a slight exaggeration, but it was quite rough, and I was quite ill that day.

I forgot to mention earlier that on the first two sea days we saw both whales and dolphins. Quite cool.

The day we pulled into port we spent the day with my friends Shayla and Shannon. We forgot to bring the camera with me, but Kris took some pictures with his phone, which I will get from him and post soon.

Cruise 2010 - Day Five - Cabo San Lucas

The next day we were in Cabo San Lucas. We got up very early to go on a short boat trip. Cabo is located at the very tip of the Baja Peninsula. The boat trip was to go out and look at the rock formations at the end of the peninsula. It was a nice trip. It was chilly that morning though.

























Enlarge this one to see the sea lions.

















After the boat trip we walked around town for a little while and did some shopping.



There was a little booth there where you could get your picture taken with an African lion cub to raise money for a wild cat refuge center.



That night was formal night again.







Look how cute Stian looks in a tie!



Um yeah.

Cruise 2010 - Day Four - Mazatlan

In Mazatlan we took the water taxi over to Stone Island to go to the beach. Stian enjoyed the water taxi and had fun playing at the beach.















With some convincing, Kris did finally get Stian near the water.



But as you can see he wasn't overly happy about it.









That's Brad and Klebo out in a sea kayak.





Sweets in a wheelbarrow.

Cruise 2010 - Day Three - Puerto Vallarta

Day Three we were in Puerto Vallarta. We got off the boat and walked a few blocks to an all inclusive hotel to use their beach and pools.



Stian and Klebo had to stop and investigate a 4 wheeler along the way.



And I think the high light of the whole day for Stian was getting to ride on this cool multi-row golf cart to the beach. He kept talking about riding on the "Gator."



When we got to the beach Kris and Stian headed down to the water to investigate. Unfortunately the surf was quite rough and the first thing that happened was that Stian got knocked down by a big wave. It really scared him and after that, for the rest of the trip, he was not interested in going any where near the water, which was really too bad. We did go swimming in the pool a bit and he played on the beach, but he wouldn't go near the water.

















We went back to the ship in the afternoon for Stian to take a nap. Kris napped too and I sat out on the balcony and read my book. When the boys got up we hung out on the balcony watching as we sailed away from Puerto Vallarta.