Baja California Part 1

Matt and I got home from our vacation on Thursday night and it has taken me a few days to get back to normal and to not feel like the world is swaying back and forth. So today I decided to recap most of our vacation, that is if the kids will let me!
Day 1
We left on Sunday morning about 8:30 and the weather here in town wasn't too bad, just really windy. When we got just outside of Pocatello it started to get bad, by the time we reached Malad we were behind a snow plow and were only going about 35 mph. I thought for sure we were never going to get to Salk Lake and we would miss our 1:45 flight to California. Well the weather continued to get worse and it was probably the worst storm we have driven in all winter and here it was the end of March. How pathetic is that. You could only see about 1/4 mile ahead of you so it was pretty scary. It seemed to get worse as we got into Salt Lake city. It would clear up for a second and Matt and I would get excited and say to each other this is good, a plane can take off in this right. Then it would start up again and just be horrible! I was so nervous to not make the plane because we had to be on the boat 1 hour prior to its debarkation and we were scheduled to arrive in California at 2:40, factoring the time it takes to get the plane landed and gather our luggage and then be shuttled to the port we had about 1 hour of lee-way(not sure of the spelling) so it was going to be pretty close. Well we finally arrived at the Airport in 3 1/2 hours! Got our vehicle parked and shuttled to the terminal. Got our boarding passes and our baggage checked and we had about 45 minutes until the plane was scheduled to leave. As we were sitting in the terminal I was just watching flights that were supposed to leave and noticed that quite a few flights had been delayed. I was sure hoping ours wouldn't be one of them. Well I thought too soon. Just a few minutes later our plane was delayed waiting for flight crew to arrive from a previous flight. That snow storm in Salt Lake had delayed flights from all over the country and messed up the flights for the rest of the day. So the plane was delayed about 45 minutes. I was stressed!!! What if we missed the ship and had paid all that money and we didn't get to go on the cruise!! I was really freaking out, ask Matt! Finally the plane boarded at 2:30 and we were supposed to be in California by 3:30 their time. So I thought we might make it okay! The flight was alright, pretty bumpy and it wasn't a big jet so I felt the turbulence a whole lot more than usual. We landed about 3:25 and were hurrying to meet the shuttle that was supposed to take us to the pier. Well they weren't there (which I was totally mad about. I paid $32 for someone to be there to shuttle us and they weren't there!!!!) So we ended up taking a taxi that only cost us $10 and was supper fast. He got us there in about 10 minutes. So it would have been cheaper to take the taxi. Next time we know!! We got to the dock and got checked in and found our room and all was good! We made it and we were on the boat in time!! Yay! Let the fun begin. After getting situated we walked around the ship to see what is was like. Holy cow could I feel the rocking. It didn't take long before I was sick!! I had taken some ginger pills for nausea and motion sickness, but the hadn't kicked in yet. The ship was so huge!! and I am sure it wasn't one of the big cruise boats!! The ship had 5 or 6 bars, 2 dining rooms, a pool area with a slide, a casino, a spa, a gym, a game area, mini golf, basketball court, a lounge, and a show room! I am sure I am missing some things but oh well. I thought it would take me a few days to not get lost! We were scheduled to have dinner at 6:00 and were seated at a table with 2 other couples. That first night we didn't talk much to them. It is kinda awkward at first. Matt had a steak and I have herb chicken breast with pasta. It was pretty good. We were pretty lazy the first night and didn't stay up for the late show. I was tired from the time change and getting up early to get everything ready to go. So I went to bed and Matt went to the gym and the sauna for a little while. That is the end of day 1. I think I am going to do a different post for every day. That way I can include most of the pictures and give my hand a break from typing!