Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Reed Family Reunion - Day 3

Street tacos and bottled Coca-Cola
This man made bracelets on the street while you wait. Each of the boys got bracelets, but lost them soon after.
We walked around town with Scott since he can speak Spanish.
Celebrating Grayson's 1st birthday
Day 3 on the trip was in Ensenada, Mexico. While it would have been nice to be with the large group, it was really hard to coordinate activities off the boat with everyone. We spent the majority of our time with the immediate family, but happened to see everyone around Catalina and Ensenada throughout the day.
Before boarding the boat, Devin coordinated a surfing excursion with some locals. Devin, Kaylee, and Jason surfed while the rest of us relaxed on the beach. Zander enjoyed playing in the sand and feeding the birds our snacks with his cousins. After surfing, our guides took us to a local taco joint for some authentic Mexican food. It was delicious! We ended our day with some wheeling and dealing in the local market. We found Zander a Despicable Me cape and custom name bracelet. We bought baby Merrill some leather sandals to go with the dress we bought in Cabo San Lucas on our last family cruise. Hopefully this baby is a girl.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Reed Family Reunion - Day 2

Avalon, Catalina Island
We had to take tender boats from the cruise ship to shore.
On day 2 of the cruise, we explored Avalon on Catalina Island. With little kids in the group, it was too hard to do activities like zip lining and water sports so we decided to rent golf carts to tour the city. We were able to catch the best views of the city and harbor this way. Not to mention the crazy driving and normal funny antics from everyone. Back on the boat, we had a mini golf and table tennis match against our roomies before getting ready for formal night.