Thinking back to everything we were doing 1 year ago is so crazy! How did a year go by so quickly? First of...I have to say, the 1st year of marriage was not NEARLY as hard as everyone told us it would be! Sure, it wasn't always roses, but....it was SO much fun!
The nice thing about getting married when it is cold out is that you can go away to celebrate somewhere warm (and come back with amazing tans that make everyone around you envious!) ;)
We both knew we wanted to go away somewhere special for our 1 year anniversary so I decided to surprise Doug with a trip. My intentions were to keep him guessing until we arrived at our destination...but I caved. I told him about 3 weeks before we left.
I booked a few days away in the Riviera Maya in Mexico. We stayed at the Iberostar and had such a great time! We always try to leave the resort and do some type of excursion when we go away. Since we were only in Mexico for 5 days, we decided to just do 1 excursion. We went to an all natural park called Xel-Ha. It was AMAZING! There were MILES of crystal clear water that we were able to snorkel in, all you can eat/drink the entire day and tons of activities. My favorite was swimming into an original underwater Mayan cave. We actually have a picture of us in this cave (I know, typical tourists) at home in our guest bedroom. This park had all kinds of little hidden adventures. One of Doug's favorites was a rope swing that you went on and dropped into this natural water spring. It was FREEZING cold but actually felt really nice since it was so hot. We also did a lazy river tube ride for about 2 miles. The beginning of the ride takes you RIGHT through this mesh of sticks. It's so hard to explain but try to imagine a tunnel, just barely big enough for you to float through. The tunnel was probably a mile long and had all of these twists and turns. The actual tunnel itself was made up of sticks all intertwined into each other and curved down. It was so spooky and cool! On your way down the river (which is actually the ocean) there is the stopping point called the cliff of terror. You park your tubes on the bank and walk up this cliff and over a swinging (literally) bridge. Then, you just jump off of this cliff and into the water. It was about 20 feet high, which really doesn't sound all that impressive. But, imagine yourself standing on the ledge and looking over, trying to convince yourself to jump. Doug is scared to death of heights but he LOVES this stuff! We both jumped a couple of times and the rush of adrenaline was amazing! The day was long but full of adventure. Our anniversary night was beautiful. We lounged on the beach and came back to a bottle of champagne chilling in our room. We had made reservations at the fanciest French restaurant on the resort and enjoyed a beautiful dinner complete with a picture perfect sunset. So hard to believe it has been a year!!!!!!!
The trip went fast, as they always do. But, it was so nice to get away and reconnect with the love of my life! We are already making plans for our next trip away. Maybe somewhere other than the Caribbean??? ;)
