Hurricane Dean

While Hurricane Dean slammed into Cancun, Mexico this morning it only brought back memories of Hurricane Wilma.
Especially, since we watched the coverage all weekend....
Kevin and I spent our honeymoon trapped in Cancun in October 2005 in a middle school for six extra days. There were no showers or baths. Let me tell you people stop stinking on day two! We had about 30 people in each room of the school. It was a lovely honeymoon. At least we did get to spend a few days with some nice weather- (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
The day before we moved into the shelter we had been swimming with dolphins. When we returned to our room we found a letter that said "We suggest you return to your country." That letter had been sitting under our door I would guess all day. Because we had left early that morning and when we tried to return to our country that evening the airport was SHUT DOWN.
Then reality....
It was time to meet up with the other honeymooners who we would ride out the storm with.
That night we went to a "Honeymooners Dinner" at the resort. We made friends with everyone at our table. That was a good thing because we lived in close quarters with them for the next several days.
The next day we all boarded buses together and headed to the Mexican school about six miles inland and the rest is a stormy scary experience (you can read about it in my first ever post in this blog).
In the end it's been an experience we've never lived down. People still ask us about it everywhere we go. They say "hey you guys are the couple that got trapped on your honeymoon." We say "yes." I guess we'll always have Hurricane Wilma!