We made it back tanned and tired from our Mexican cruise aboard the Carnival Spirit. I just wanted to share the photos on the blog.

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Today we took a tender off the ship into a much more relaxed port, Zihuatanejo. We took a water-taxi to a beach on the other side of the bay where we spent the entire day in the sun drinking “the world’s best” piña colatas and eating mouth-watering shrimp tacos.

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Acapulco is beautiful! Pulling into the bay with the high cliffs on both sides of the ship was breathtaking. If you have the means, I highly recommend it (Buehler.) Our stay here was brief, but fun-filled. We disembarked (I’m learning nautical terms) at about 1:30 p.m. After making the mistake of walking to the Royal Plaza Hotel (We were told it was about a mile and a half, but it turned out to be about 3 and a half,) we spent the afternoon relaxing on a padded beach “couch” (for lack of a better word) on a crowded but beautiful beach.

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Our second full day at sea today, and you’d think we’d be bored. That’s not the case. The kids are enthralled with the pools and the waves in it that the ship makes when it rolls from side to side.

But Emily and Patrick’s favorite parts of this vacation so far were before we even got on the cruise ship. Patrick most enjoyed the airplane flight to San Diego. Emily’s favorite? Going to

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Well, no PC here. I’m one of the ones that’s striking back. MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone! And if that offends you then go climb your Festivus Pole.

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Quit asking me about our Mexican Riviera Cruise! All the information’s here. I don’t have all the ports memorized yet. I don’t even care. I’m going to do my very best to relax, soak up the sun and spend some time with my kids. (And of course some time without them.) All I know is that it’s 8 days in the sunny Southern Mexican Riveria, and that’s all that matters.

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We got our new Apple – Dual Core Power Mac G5 last Thursday and boy was I excited. The downside is that I spent the last several days

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I got a web page together for Name Rank and Serial Number here. I’m quite happy with the way it turned out as far as quick simple pages go. Dad has grand plans for marketing and selling the book online. He’s tres-excited about it. I need to get him blogging on the McClellandfamily.com blog. He’s tech-savvy enough that he should be able to pull it off.

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The cold weather’s got me nostalgic with thoughts of winters past. Just as a certain smell can bring up old memories and transport you right back to a cherished time, so too can a stinging wind across your face or a fierce rainstorm that has sent you sprinting across a puddle filled parking lot. Back that up with the smell of a smoky chimney and it becomes easy to delve into special old memories.

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Dad’s book, Name, Rank and Serial Number has hit the best-seller list (Okay…we officially started the McClellanfamily.com best-seller list for this book) and has sold out it’s first meager printing in a week. A second order has been placed according to my dad who edited my grandfather’s memoirs of being interred as a

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