VACATION!!!!

Pace and I went on a vacation this past weekend to celebrate my 30th Birthday. We don't take trips by ourselves very often where we aren't meeting up with friends or visiting family, so this was a special treat for us! We drove to a Resort about 3 hours from home right on the Colorado River. We got checked into our room around 7:30 pm on Friday and headed down to the Resort's Cantina for dinner and drinks.

When I say we were right on the Colorado River...I mean RIGHT ON IT. From our balcony, the river was literally 50 feet away. The Resort has private boat docks for it's guests and every room has a river view. It was beautiful... See below


Saturday morning we got up, had breakfast and called a guy by the name of Rich that owns and operates a parasailing boat. We made arrangements on where to meet him and headed off. Yes, I was nervous. For those of you who know me in real life...you know that I am not HUGE on "wild" water (Tiffany do you remember floating the Salt River with us LOL) , I am not an exceptional swimmer, and I really don't like heights. If truth be told, I have a bit of an anxiety disorder. However, as soon as I stepped on the boat and met Rich, I was put completely at ease. He has 25 years experience taking people parasailing, was so personable and knew exactly what he was doing.
Here is a picture of the exact parachute we used, the exact boat we were on and...Rich :-)


As I soared over the Colorado River, a couple hundred feet up in the air surrounded by beautiful mountains and blue water, I was in awe. I felt so alive, so free and was just amazed by the beauty that surrounded me. Rich brought me down and dipped me in the water a bit to cool me off and the next thing I know I am back up in the sky so effortlessly. I was up there giggling like a little school girl.

Then...it was Pace's turn. I sat on the boat and watched him flail his arms around, having the time of his life turning the chute left...then right and then all of a sudden I see Rich jump up and open the hatch of the boat where the engine is and it is then that I see water pouring into the engine. I see a little bit of panic on Rich's face as he fires up the winch to reel Pace in. Then, I start to panic a bit...then I REALLY start to panic when I realize that Rich has to turn off the boat so he doesn't ruin his engine...which means no winch...which means Pace will not be having the nice, dry, easy boat landing that I did. I was right. Pace was lowered down slowly into the river and once he realized he wasn't just being dipped to cool off looked at Rich as if to say "WTH". LOL

Rich directed Pace on how to unhook himself, got Pace and the parachute back on the boat and beelined over to a small beach where he had his wife pick us up and take us back to our truck. All in all, it was a wonderful adventure...I am just REALLY glad it was Pace that had the water landing and not me...I am afraid of how I may have reacted.

After the parasailing adventure, Pace and I went back to the resort, packed up our beach stuff, sandwiches and a cooler and headed to the private little island that is connected to the resort by a boat dock. (You can see it in the picture above...it's awesome!) We found a wonderfully cozy spot in between two palm trees, put our chairs in the water and had lunch. Then spent a couple of hours in the water enjoying the cool boats and even cooler water.

When we had enough of the sun, we went back into the resort where they have the indoor swimming pools and a water slide. Now...I haven't been on a water slide since my 9th birthday...you do the math. IT WAS AWESOME!!!!! I felt like I was 9 again and ended up going down the slide 4 times giggling a little more each time. The rest of the evening we just hung out at the resort dancing, mingling and did a little gambling then headed home Sunday morning.


Ahhhh it was so wonderful to have a weekend to ourselves, full of fun, relaxation, and feeling like a kid again.

I gotta say...turning 30 freaking ROCKED!!!!!