Winter 2026

                                      Winter Get-A-Way 2026

March-April 2026
(The Trip that would have been
My Hip which was suppose to get better after the shot, is worse
After 5 Days I am flying home
On the positive, I ate at some great Mexican restaurants,
Swim in the Ocean 1 time) 


Brief Itinerary
(full detail itinerary following brief itinerary)
Will update as I travel


March 1
Sun
Flight BOI (Boise) to DEN (Denver)
(Long Lay-Over - Lunch with Mike and Debbie)
(Brother and Sister in Law)
Flight to IAH (Houston) over-night
Marriott Houston Airport Hotel.

March 2
Mon   
Flight IAH to CZM (Cozumel) check into Suites Turquesa Cozumel

March 2 to 7
Mon to Tue

March 7
Saturday
Stay at Suites Turquesa Cozumel


One of the sayings on the Ski Patrol is to be flexible.
My hip is giving me lots of Pain, limiting what I can do so instead of hanging out in my apartment and not doing anything, I have book a flight home, sadly as I have really been looking forward to this trip for a year.  But need to be practical about it, and hang out at home.  :-(
CZA (Cozumel) to ORD (Chicago)
2 hour layover
ORD to BOI


March 10
Tue
Flight to Houston
Flight to Newark
Over night at Marriott Newark Airport Hotel


March 11
Wed
Flight to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Stay at Hilton Garden Inn in
La Romana Dominican Republic

March 11-15
Wed to Sun
Stay at Hilton Garden Inn in
La Romana Dominican Republic


March 15
Sun

Board Costa Cruise Ship
Ship: Costa Pacifica
Cabin 9277, Upper Deck Balcony


March 15- 28
Sun to Sat

Costa Cruise:
La Romana Dominican Republic
St. Maarten
St Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
Cadiz, Spain
Barcelona, Spain

March 28 April 3
Sat to Fri
Barcelona, Spain
Arc La Rambla, Hotel


April 3 to ?
Fri to ?
To Be Determined 


Full Detail Itinerary by Day

A bulkhead row all to myself on the flight to Cozumel
Life is Good!

Day
#1
March 1st
Sunday
Flight BOI to DEN then IAH
(Watched the Music video for the whole flight to DEN
AC/DC Live at River Plate ☺)

Lunch and Mini Tour of the Denver area with Mike on my 11 hour layover:
(Watch the Movie "Becoming Led Zeppelin" which took the whole flight to IAH,
Very Good with lots of Music)

Over Night at the Marriott Houston Airport Hotel

Day
#2
March 2nd
Monday
Flight IAH to CZM (I did not know that Cozumel had on airport right on the Island so very convenient)

Day
#2-7
March 2-7
Mon-Sat

Stay at Suites Turquesa Cozumel
(Thanks Susie for the recommendation
of the Suites and the restaurant Very Nice!)


Late lunch/early dinner at La Monina
Great Views!
Mahi Mahi on a bed of Potatoes (very good)
there were Margaritas involved (yes plural)

Nice View to have from your Bed!
(I'm talking about my feet of course 😁 )


Bought a small traveling speaker for this Trip
(I seem to have a music theme going on so far)

Day
#7
March 7
Sat

One of the sayings on the Ski Patrol is to be flexible.
My hip is giving me lots of Pain, limiting what I can do so instead of hanging out in my apartment and not doing anything, I have book a flight home, sadly as I have really been looking forward to this trip for a year.  But need to be practical about it, and hang out at home.  :-(  well packed and ready to go, I keep telling myself it's the smart thing to do.

CZA (Cozumel) to ORD (Chicago)
2 hour layover
ORD to BOI

It was an interesting trip given I'm not very mobile, with a cane, but really need crutches.  So I am experiencing what a lot of people deal with all the time, at least mine is temporary.  The airline was great a wheel chair every time I checked in and in the jetway getting off the plane.  They were airport employees not airline employees, all great they had to wheel me some long distances from one terminal to other one. (on the way down even to the hotels in the airports).  They always asked it I needed to use the restroom, or if I need to buy anything.  A few times leaving the hotel they had to call them several times, but I got up really early because this was all new to me.  It really emphasized how kind people are, complete random strangers would ask if I needed anything or did I need help. They let me board early which was great because I was so slow, it would also be nice that most of the seats were empty so I could use the seats as support (crutches) both on and off.  They wheeled me through Security most of the time.  One time they asked if I could walk, (cane already in the scanning) I said with a cane, and they had a cane I could use.  So I took a couple of "steps", The TSA agent nicely said that's not walking that hopping and had me seat back down.    Well overall an interesting experience.  One thing that the wheel chair people said that a lot of people don't really need it, they just want to get through security faster or just prefer not to walk.  They said that makes them a lot busier and not get to the people who really need the wheel chairs.


Flight to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Stay at Hilton Garden Inn in
La Romana Dominican Republic
(not my photo will add mine when I arrive)


Day
#11-15
March 11-15
Wed-Sun


Stay at Hilton Garden Inn in
La Romana Dominican Republic


Day
#15
March 15
Sunday


Board Costa Cruise Ship
Ship: Costa Pacifica
Cabin 9277, Upper Deck Balcony



(not my photo but will get some photos of the ship when I board)

Day #
15-28
March 15-28
Sun-Sat

Costa Cruise:
La Romana Dominican Republic
St. Maarten
St Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
Cadiz, Spain
Barcelona, Spain

Day
#28
March 28
Sat

Barcelona, Spain
Arc La Rambla, Hotel


(not my photo)
It's a great location right on La Rambla, main street, close to Metro, Close to Port and a very nice hotel.


Day
#28-34
March 28-
April 3
Sat-Fri

Barcelona, Spain
Arc La Rambla, Hotel
Day
#35
April 4
Saturday

? Home? Somewhere else?
Day
#?
Month/Day?
Weekday?

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