Our honeymoon trip began with two days at sea as we headed down towards the Mexican Riviera. On the upper left is a photo of Sue Ellen and I entering the SS Enchanted Isle, which was one of the ships on Commodore Cruise Lines. She does not know yet that I have been planning our wedding; hopefully she will say yes, or it will be really embarrassing when we are called to the altar. The remaining five photos above are in Puerto Vallarta.

Our next stop was Mazatlan, and we had a great time; of course by this time, I am getting a bit nervous. After all, I still never popped the question, and the next day would be Valentine's day, the day I was planning to be married. The trip is either going to get much better, or much worse, really really quick.

The cruise director Frankie did approach me later that day, and gave me an ultimatum. She told me that if I do not ask Sue Ellen tonight, then she as the Cruise Director would not be able to spend any more time planning the wedding. So, tonight is the night that I must pop the question.

Of course, it will not play out exactly as planned. You see the original plan was for us to be served a cake after dinner, on a glass plate which had been previously etched with a special design to match a glass cake top which was custom designed for her. The words on the plate said "Entwined together as partners in love for life. Sue Ellen, will you be my valentine. Gary and Sue Ellen 2/14/1991" The new plan, as it unfolded, was to ask Sue Ellen later that evening.

Our next stop was Cabo San Lucas, and Sue Ellen and I were beaming all day.

We both loved our tours, and Sue Ellen got to hold an iguana. Perhaps "got to hold" isn't exactly how it went. In reality, she was talked into holding an iguana.

I of course was waiting to hold her hand, and that would be happening later that day. For now, there was still plenty of shopping to do, and many things to see. Since this was our first trip together out of the country, we had plenty of arts and crafts items to see; Mexican artists and designers have plenty to show, and trust me, are always willing to bargain.

First of course, was our dinner with the captain.

The dinner couldn't go fast enough for us; I was really excited and ready to move forward. Of course, I was pretty nervous also.