Rocky Point.. It's not just for spring break. We go down for long weekends or a week. Its a place to go to relax and recharge. My cohort in planning these trips describes it as a way to defrag your brain. I mean, when the biggest decision of the day is" do we walk up the beach or down the beach" . This is the place that coined the phrase "and don't wear underware for the whole week!" How stressful can it be?! A typical morning is wake up, make coffee, ...

We wake up early again to eat breakfast and be in the lobby for 8am. Pedro, our guide meets us and brings us back toward our bungalow to the back entrance where the horses are waiting. Pedro doesn’t speak much English but our Spanish is getting better everyday. Ryan is buzzing with excitement because he has never been on a horse before, ever. I’m thinking, we live in AZ; I really should have made a point of trying to get him on one before now. Everyon...

After the previous day, the troop has learned to appreciate the concept of getting an early start so we’re over having breakfast by 7am. Very good food and not as over priced as it could have been. We’d arranged for a guide at the front desk and he’s waiting for us at a 7:55am to walk over to Uxmal. Miguel is very knowledgeable and friendly. He speaks, English, Spanish, Mayan and Italian. As he talks in Mayan I’m struck as how similar it s...

When the sun comes up, my son gets up. Because of this, so do I. As I’m getting dressed, I keeping thinking I hear “It’s a Small World” and I think to myself, we’re not in Disney anymore – I must really need this vacation because I’m going crazy. Ryan and I go down to the dining room and in the daylight this place is beautiful! Don’t get me wrong, it was very pretty at night with all the candlelight and ambiance but...

This was our Second Annual Mexican Family Retreat. Last year was 7 days in Puerto Penasco. This year is 7 days in South Akumal but we are adding 4 days to travel the Yucatan before joining my Dad and his Wife. We live an hour away from the airport, so in order to make a 8:30am flight out of Sky Harbor Airport we need to leave home around 5:30am. While not great, this wouldn’t be bad except Hubby, aka Chris wants to stop by work for a few minutes bef...