About three months ago we decided that a vacation was desperately needed. Between both of us working and school things have been busy. So, we decided that the week after clogging nationals would be a good week since school would be out and I would be done with my Bachelor's program. At first we were planning on heading to southern Utah. After looking at the cost of hotels, restaurants, gas, etc, we realized that we could go somewhere that we had never been before for not much more of the cost. So, we booked our first cruise! We went on the Carnival Imagination. It was fun and super relaxing. We recommend that everyone try a cruise at least once in their lives. :)
^^ Flying out of Salt Lake bright and early! ^^
^^ Hanging out in Long Beach waiting for our ship to leave. ^^
^^ View of Long Beach from the cruise ship. ^^
^^ We left on Mother's Day. Since it was Mother's Day all of the women got an extra dessert at dinner as well as a flower. :) ^^
^^ Beautiful ocean sunset. ^^
^^ We love towel animals! They were definitely a highlight of each day! ^^
^^ The first day we stopped at Catalina Island. Since the water is pretty shallow the ship dropped its anchor further out and we rode little tender boats to the island. ^^
^^ The little bay area of the island. ^^
^^ Riding on the tender boat with our cruise ship in the background. ^^
^^ We decided not to do anything super "touristy" like ziplining or anything while we were on Catalina. Instead we hiked around and explored the island. It was a good decision since there was plenty to see and do just by walking around the Island. ^^
^^ That night was "elegant night" which we both wanted to boycott, but what the heck, we wanted to eat the good food in the dining room so we sucked it up and got dressed up. As you can see, it was worth it for Shelby who got two Lobster tails for dinner! :) ^^
^^ More of Catalina ^^
^^ One morning the workers decorating all of the chairs on one of the main decks with towel animals-so fun! ^^
^^ The second day of our cruise we stopped in Ensenada Mexico. We loved all of the colorful buildings! ^^
^^ These are some gold statues that we found. My limited Spanish vocabulary did not help in figuring out who they were but they still looked cool. ^^
^^ Photo bomb! ^^
^^ We found some sea lion friends on a dock. They just wanted to sleep...^^
^^ I am fascinated by different cultures. I could just sit and watch people's lifestyles all day. ^^
^^ This is one of the shops that we saw in Mexico. They have many beautiful colorful items. ^^
More pictures to come!
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