Monday, February 16, 2009

Puerto Vallarta

Hi! We are back from a wonderful trip to the Mexcian Riviera!

Our cruise was wonderful! The weather was perfect all week and we had so much fun meeting new people, exploring the 3 ports of call, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas.
I have chosen the best of the 300 photos we took to share with you.

Today I will show you Puerto Vallarta.

The boardwalk was filled will bronze and sand sculptures that were breathtaking!






Here I am with a singing sculpture...


and here is Melanie. :)





This sculpture is made of sand!

We felt like we were visiting an outdoor museum.




We were in awe of the beautiful art at every turn.

It was a fabulous day of art and shopping!



Tomorrow I will show you the tour we took of Mazatlan.
I missed all of you and cannot wait to catch up to see what you did all week. :)

xoxoxoxo
Melissa

28 comments:

Liss said...

Great shots! Was Emmitt excited to see you?

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

What a beautiful place - lots of art for you to see and photograph and enjoy!

Bet Emmitt did a happy dance upon your return.

Tail wags, the OP Pack

Diane said...

Welcome back, Melissa! We missed you. So glad you enjoyed your trip. The pictures are wonderful. I know Emmitt is so happy to have you home. xoxo Diane

Candace Trew Camling said...

I cannot even tell you how jealous I am of you two! It looks like you saw some really awesome stuff, can't wait to see more. I looked at some of your photos from the link off of fb too. Did you bring home a doggie sombrero for Emmitt?

Kelly said...

Melissa, we really missed you and Emmitt! We can't WAIT to hear all about your trip. These pictures are wonderful!

Unknown said...

Hi Melissa - we missed you last week!! Those pictures are great, what a fun, creative place! Can't wait to see the rest.

sherry carrigan said...

Welcome Back, Melissa. Glad you had a wonderful trip and thanks for sharing the pictures. I've never been to Mexico. Missed you, too!

Laura said...

It's fun to see your pictures! We saw all of those - except the sand sculpture - how cool! So glad the weather was good for you.

Nancy at the Farm said...

You're back! We are so glad you had a good time and we love your pictures!

Love, Dozer, Dottie and Cooper

Leann said...

Welcome back, what a wonderful trip!! I bet Fred is happy to have you home!

Ruth Welter said...

Beautiful sculptures Melissa...they are all gorgeous...love the ladder especially and that sand sculpture..WOW>

Ruth

Tara's Art Camp said...

great photos, looks like great fun was had! Love the sand sculptures.

Genie Sea said...

AH! Thank you for the magical feast that fed my eyes, and flowed into my heart, and down my spine! :)

HeartFire said...

Found your blog via Tara's... love PV - we did that cruise last year, what fun it was! Great pictures!

NAK and The Residents of The Khottage Now With KhattleDog! said...

Furry khool pikhs!

When do we get to see Emmitt's happy pug pounce?

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra

Heather said...

oh my! what a fantastic trip! You both look so happy!~

Robin Pedrero said...

These sculptures are joyful!! Art adds such wonderment to the world! I just luv reading your blog!

Harry Pugalicious said...

We's so glad to have you back on the bloggie! We missed you and Emmitt.

The pictures look beatiful but we knows you were happy to get back home to Emmitt :-)

Sandy Mastroni said...

missed you ! glad you had fun
glad you are back !

Unknown said...

Beautiful, whimsical, and inspirational....Thats a great trip.

Smiles,

Sonia ;)

Molly the Airedale said...

We love that last picture of the two happier than happy sissies!
The sand sculpture is amazing!

Love ya lots
Maggie and Mitch

Unknown said...

WELCOME BACK!!!! we all missed you and can't wait to hear and see more about your vacation!!! lucky you....

Hugs and welcome home...

Diana

Tweedles -- that's me said...

So good to have you back! You are embedded in our hearts and we missed you. But so glad you and Melanie had the time to share together and enjoy the sites you visited. The photo's of the sculptures are unreal. So gorgeous. Oh would love to sit on that bench and look at the ocean!
I know Fred and Emmitt were so glad to see you come home.
Thank you for thinking of us and bringing us home pics to see! can't wait for more!
love
tweedles

marianne said...

Hi melissa, good to see you back safe and sound!
Your pictures look fab!!!!!
It must have been a week full of fun!
Mexico is such a lovely country with such friendly people! And everything is so colorful!
I will look at your pictures once more when I am home again. here on the small laptop it is not easy....... but what I see looks great!
dID THE GUYS TAKE CARE OF eMMITT AND mOE? wHERE THEY HAPPY TO SEE YOU BOTH?

Peng Peng said...

ohhhhh... i'm so jealous! wonderful pics of your travels :O) glad u had a fabulous time! I bet inspirational too!

Unknown said...

You and Melanie look like you had such a great time. Do you have your landlegs back, or are you still waking up every morning looking for something fruity to drink out of a coconut? The weather looks perfect there but I see you are wearing jackets!!!

Nevis said...

Love all the beautiful photos, Melissa!

Diane Hoeptner said...

FAB-U-LOUS: Such a treat to see all your vacation pics, Melissa. Thanks a bunch for sharing. Makes me feel like making reservations, stat!