We woke up at 6:30 for our Xcaret excursion. We probably could have slept more because we were all tired. We met downstairs for breakfast and then got on our bus at 8:15.

The bus was nice except it the AC was on blast! They showed a video of the attractions at the Xplore park and Xcaret. It was about an hour ride. We got there around 9:20.

Once we got thru the gates we got lockers and made our way to the natural pools. On the way we saw some animals–deer and flamingos. We saw some ruins because Xcarat park is an ongoing archaeological dig site. When we got to the natural pools there was barely anyone there. It was awesome. Most were very shallow with small fish. One pool was over 9 ft. It felt good to jump in. Don snorkeled there for awhile.

Then we had lunch at the buffet. Lucas had fun watching the birds trying to steal food. The view from the buffet overlooked the ocean. It was a good lunch.

After lunch we made our way to the lockers to drop off mostly everything to do the underground river. We all got life jackets and made our way down.

At first Lucas was scared. He held onto Don the whole time until the middle he got braver. The sights in the caves were awesome. There were waterfalls and fish. All kinds of trees and rocks. It was like nothing we had ever done.

Once we got out we started walking, we had about an hour left before we had to be at the lockers. We looked for jaguars but found a lot of iguanas. We went thru the butterfly house. Lucas wasn’t as scared of them anymore. It was very pretty. Then we went thru the aviary. It was awesome! I could have spent more time there, but we rushed back to catch our bus at 4.

Lucas got some cotton candy, so he wanted to sit with Gigi to share it. He had some then he was immediately asleep.

When we got back to the resort, Don wanted to check out the pool at Ventas so we took a golf cart over there. The sun was starting to go behind the buildings, so I was cold, but Lucas and Don were in for a long time. Lucas’s new friend, Arthur, was at the pool also. My dad showed up for a bit and we had a drink. Then we all went back to get dressed for dinner. We didn’t know what to do for dinner, but I heard Dolores was open so we all walked over there. There was a long line, but Don checked the line at the other entrance, and we got in sooner. It was open for a special event, Taco Night. The buffet was poorly organized, it was hard to find anything. It was also very loud. It wasn’t a great experience but different. After dinner we all went back for bed.