This post will catch up with some good times with friends and family and highlight a non-Gilligan style 3 hour cruise! 🙂
Firstly, just a few random pics!
It was a real treat for us this year as Val & George’s granddaughter, Rachel, and son and wife, Bill & Selena, came to visit them!
Friends, Gerry & Dave, hosted a Yucatecan Dinner Party at their place a few days ago! They arranged through Pam from Yucatan Vacations for two ladies to come and prepare a wonderful dinner of Pollo Mole, Poc Chuc, Arroz Verde and Flan for dessert! Yumm!
And now the section you’ve all been waiting for… our 3 Hour Cruise! 🙂
We were very grateful to our wonderful beach house owner, Gaby, for allowing us to use her boat to go fishing the other year when Kerry, Bryan and sons Jack and Ben visited us.
Again, this year, she offered us the use of her new boat to go for a cruise… yes, a 3 hour cruise! We waited for the weatherman to forecast winds out of the SE so the waves wouldn’t be daunting and finally the day arrived.
We car pooled it down to the West end of Progreso where many of the marinas are and found Marina Akumal where Gaby’s boat and pilot, Gilberto (aka Caballito) were.
On the way out of the marina we passed by new housing developments, revitalized marinas with some very large yachts and a large fishing fleet that is largely dormant until fishing season.
Once we left the marinas, we headed out into the Gulf towards the end of the Progreso pier. There was supposed to be a large Cruise ship in that day, but it must have left before we arrived. The winds were moderate but from the SE so the waves weren’t too upsetting to those of us who had taken Dramamine!
Our pilot asked if we’d like to go a bit faster… so… sure!
Gilberto then suggested we head back along the pier and cruise the Malecon! We actually cruised along the shore almost to the Chicxulub Pier!
Gilberto then turned around and we headed back to and under the Progreso Pier, where we anchored to have a light snack, beverages and to await the sunset!
As the sun slipped closer to the horizon, we all perched in vantage points everywhere on the boat. The sunset didn’t disappoint!
On our cruise back to the Marina… Bill favoured us with some musical requests via Spotify! Dancing music for sure!
After thanking Gilberto for a great cruise and for not making us Castaways, we all went to dinner at Alamedía on the Malecón in Progreso!
The food was great as was the ambiance!
That’s a wrap for this blog post! Next issue will highlight our Valentine’s Day getaway!
Cheers!
Love to all,
-Doug and Elaine
A fabulous afternoon & evening, thanks to you two and Gaby.
It was great fun!
Great photos Doug!
Thanks, Ann! I’m glad you’re feeling better!