Can you canoe like I canoe?

Here we are getting off to an early start, excited about our long day of canoeing (15.5 miles).....

Just over the first bend on our trip we came upon a field of what looked like grass in the middle of the river. Not too bad I guess, it was only about a mile and a halfs worth... Josh asked "should we keep going"?? And my answere as usual "Of course we do!"

When we finaly made it through the grass forest, giant rocks and shallow water were there waiting for us to round the next bend. After alot of stuggling to make it through with our awesome canoeing skills, we finaly decided it was best to just get out of the canoe and walk the boat down the river until we found deeper water.... this only lasted for about two miles (three hours) ....no biggie right?? (this is a photo of me and the canoe in the middle of the river).

After many hours of sweat, blood, (and I think a few tears from Josh) we finaly made it to some deeper water, and beautiful scenery!

Here we are on an island that we stopped at to eat our lunch. After going through the first part of our trip we had decided it was best to plan our eating carefully and salvage our food, there was no telling how long we would be out there!!

Here is one of Josh trying to get the many gallons of water out of the boat that had accumulated thus far. He used a ziplock bag that we had to keep our sandwiches in. We both figured it was around five gallon that he scooped out! Josh claimed it was the weight of the water that was making his end of the boat drag the bottom of the river so much....whatever helps you sleep at night Josh....:o)

Packing up ship and getting ready to begin the rest of our voyage. In the second half of the trip the water was much deeper, so we were able to stay in the boat the rest of the way. However, with the high winds at our face, and the river wanting to move us in the opposite direction, we were both worn our from all of the paddling!!

Although things didn't go quite as planned, we had alot of fun amongst our struggles. We saw a TON of wildlife (racoon, deer, hawks catching fish, and plenty of fish!)It was definitely a day to remember! We made the whole trip in about six and a half hours.

Happy 4th of July!!

Josh and I decided to go out to a local park here in Tuscaloosa (Sokol park) to watch some fireworks on the 4th. It is agianst the law to shoot fireworks in Tuscaloosa on every day except on the 4th, so you can imagine how crowded it was!! It took us close to an hour to get out of the park when the show was over. Howevere, the fireworks were really great and we had a good time while we were there!

Honeymoon in Cozumel, Mexico!

Waiting in the Houston Airport to leave for Cozumel, MX.

A view of Cozumel from the air!

Here we are at the resort (Melia Cozumel)

A view of the pool area

Dressed up for a nice dinner together

Josh showing off his coconut that he found on the beach and cracked open!

Here we are at Xcaret, relaxing on a giant hammock

Conquering the Mayan ruins in Xcaret

During the river cruise at Xcaret

Biking in to downtown Cozumel

Josh posing at Senior Frogs

One of the monuments outside of downtown Cozumel

This is the scooter that we rented one day to drive around the island of Cozumel

Action shot of Josh and I driving down the road on the scooter

This is one of the stops that we made on our trip around the island. The water was crystal clear and the waves were HUGE!

Here we are dressed up for a nice dinner on our last night in Cozumel.

Our last dinner in Cozumel.

These are all pictures of our honeymoon in Cozumel, Mexico. We had a great time just relaxing, snorkeling, exploring around the island, and just hanging out on the beach! We really didn't want to leave when the week was over, and we're already planning on a trip back soon! The water was so blue and beautiful over there, neither Josh nor I had ever seen anything like it before! Definitely a wonderful trip!