Mazatlan

Mazatlan was by far our favorite day of the cruise. We heard from several of our friends about Randi's Happy Horses in Mazatlan. So we surprised the girls with some horse back riding along the beach. Most places don't let kids under 8 ride horses, but not in Mexico (virtually no safety legislation in Mexico), they'll strap a baby seat to the horse if they need to. Kaitlyn actually got her own horse, four years old and she rode her own horse, no, not a pony, a horse. The Mexican guy told Kaitlyn, "Hold this rope. Pull it left, he go left. Pull it right, he go right." Kaitlyn's response was, "What's left mean?" So I felt pretty safe after that conversation. The Mexican guy said, "It's okay, the horses do what I say anyway." This was actually the case too.

We rode for several miles round trip along the beach. The kids loved it. It was great for me at first, but then the pain set in. I felt like I was Suzanne Somers whipping boy. The next day I felt like I had been through Thigh Master torture. No need for a vasectomy now, Randi's Happy Horses took care of that.

After we rode for a while, we stopped at a beach restaurant, had lunch, and played at the beach. The water was really warm and the waves were good. Lots of boogie boards and body surfers.

Megan

This is the ranch where we got the horses from. Very third world.

The video below was shot during a much needed crotch and inner thigh break.



Notice Kaitlyn got a seatbelt. Mexican safety standards.

Kaitlyn

Ashley

This started this video below right after Kaitlyn slapped the rump of her horse. It was funny though I'm not totally convinced a 4 year old should be in charge of a horse.



Me, Tara, and Britney

Britney didn't get her own horse, but they let her sit on it.

Here we are back on board the Splendor.