Slugs Slither into Mexico

The Meet Up

Back at Cindi's house, after Reif and Kerin's wedding, plans got underway for the First Ever Slug cruise. Terry and I knew there was a big chance we would be in Mérida come June so we told the Slugs we would meet them in Progreso rather than make the actual cruise. Well, it didn't quite work out that way. James, Robin, Cindi and David were the cruising slugs while the rest of the slugs stayed at home and lived the slug cruise vicariously through texts and pictures. Southwest raised airfares when June rolled around and the only decent flight Terry and I could get had us flying to Cancun on a Monday. Ok --- we will meet the cruisers in Cozumel on Tuesday rather than meet them in Progreso on Monday. All was good.
Terry and I made a trip to Matagorda to say good bye to Craigerly and kids before heading south. This was on Friday. While texting with Cindi along the way, she mentioned seeing us in Progreso on Tuesday. She also thought we were driving to Mx. via Matamoros.  I'm only mentioning this so you get the full picture...this is what happens when slugs make plans. We were able to make a last-minute flight change and we flew out on Saturday for Cancun. Thank you Southwest! We were also able to add two nights to our $25/night room at Alberto's in Cozumel. We would be in Cozumel from Saturday until Wednesday so as long as the ship made it to Cozumel on one of those days we would meet up. 
Monday rolled around and sure enough - there was a ship from Galveston in port. It was a great day and having only two ships in port made it extra nice because it wasn't crowded at all. The day started off with Margaritas at Pancho's Backyard and some shopping.

Started off with Margaritas at Pancho's Backyard

We moved to downtown and the girls went shopping while the guys hung out at Wet Wendy's.

Buying bolsas at Victor's

The jewelry stores were empty so us girls got the VIP treatment when we entered each shop. Cindi, Robin and I went to check out our cheap digs and then went to Victor's tienda for some wheeling and dealing on Robin's bags purchases. We met back up with the guys and moved on to the Cuban place and had mojitos and a few beers.

Mojitos

Then we moved on to the Thirsty Cougar and had shots and a few beers. James had on jeans, boots and a western straw hat so wait staff had it in their heads that he was somebody famous. We just rolled with it. Then, they thought I was Diane Keaton and James was Michael Keaton so that got us the tequila shots. 
We eventually headed back to the cruise terminal and sat at Fat Tuesday's watching the dancing butts until Robin popped out of the cake and we said our good byes. 

The Dancing Butts at Fat Tuesdays

 

 

We are ready to do this one again!
This made the fourth time Terry and I met cruisers in Cozumel. Love doing that! We took our walk back to a bar with a nice balcony overlooking the departure of the cruise ship and took pictures of the departure.

Bon Voyage

Our night ended with delicious fish and coconut shrimp at La Mission, talk about the cruising slugs, and more margaritas. Let's just end our night there. As for the cruising slugs - the adventure continued and we heard they made it to Progreso with just one sprained knee amongst them.

Robin popped outta the cake