Mazatlan 2007

Saturday, February 10 (Ron)

We finished our packing, had breakfast, and took the bags down to the lobby. We paid our bill and left the bags behind the desk until we had to leave for the airport. It’s another beautiful day in Mazatlan, so we went out by the pool to watch the ocean and soak up as much sun as possible.

By noon we were getting hungry, so we went to the Playa Maria restaurant and had lunch. Felipe was our waiter and he brought us a very nice lunch. Not anxious to leave, we took our time and enjoyed lunch and the beautiful setting. By one o’clock we knew we’d better get going so we paid the bill and went to the lobby to collect our bags and catch the taxi that they had called for us.

We arrived at the airport, checked in, and sat at a table to people-watch and do our best to prepare to leave Paradise. I had hoped that the plane was over-booked, but it was not so we knew our time was up for now.

Our flight was from Mazatlan to L.A., clear customs with a short layover, then on to Portland. I will do my very best to never fly international thru LAX again! It was a complete madhouse, totally disorganized, no signage, no airport employees to help us. I was about to go ballistic but knew better after getting 86’d from Chicago O’Hare on our last vacation. (Don’t ask.) We eventually made our way thru the madhouse and got on the plane to Portland. At least it was not packed and Pat and I had three seats for the two of us.

By shortly after midnight we were driving home in the rain, already planning our next trip to the greatest, friendliest place on earth.