Day 1 : Off We Go

Up at 6:30 to pack the last of our bags, load up the coffee, and grab a cup of dog.  Yah, it’s starting slow this morning.  We dropped the dog off at Grandpas house after listening to Queen all the way on the car ride.  Judy is giving us a ride to the airport (thanks Judy!) then it’s through security without incident and to the admirals club.  Addison says the biggest thing that she’s excited about is to see her sister.

Admirals club breakfast spread was not up to princess standards so she ventured out to Starbucks and then sat over by herself for some voluntary alone time.  Addie is doing the Murdle (some murder mystery game on my iPad) and the people watching in the admirals club is great, and it’s packed in here.  Someone actually has an emotional support goose, and I’m not even kidding.  Boarded our flight and off we go!

As per usual, I'm the quartermaster of the trip.  So far I've provided an Ipad (which Addison forgot), Airpods (which Addison needed to watch a movie), and a charging cord (because Stacie forgot hers).  I'm pretty much a traveling convenience store.  Only 3 hours and 30 minutes more of this!  Remind me to get a refund for the WiFi that didn’t work at all, but at least I got 100 pages of my book read.

It’s the stereotypical Central American customs where they inspect nothing and there’s a gaggle of taxi drivers trying to coerce you into their car.  A little over an hour by shuttle to the resort, and it’s broken clouds and 80 here.  Stacie is pointing out all of the animals we see (mostly cows and horses) and says wow to all the rainbows.  2 hours later we arrive at the hotel, get checked in, and head to dinner.  Our room is nice but missing a bed for Addison, so it’s back to the front desk after dinner.  Food was ok, and Bridget is 12 champagnes to the wind already.   Addison is having fun and she’s knee deep in Shirley temples and has the giggles.  Back to the room after, with a short diversion to chase some gekos, and then ended up watching a few episodes of botched, then packed it in for the night.  Hopefully Bridget makes it back to the room, thank god for Andy.















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