Summer Vacation

Some of you may already know, but we get to head out on a cruise with Billy's family at the end of this month! Since we love going on cruises, and the last one we went on took place almost 3 years ago, we've been getting very excited! The ship we get to sail on is a brand new ship too! How much better can it get?!
Well, one problem arose about a month ago. Anyone care to guess where our cruise (leaving out of Long Beach in L.A.) was headed to? Uh huh...Mexico. We were scheduled to travel down the Mexican Riviera to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas. So yeah, Swine Flu anyone??? (Just a little FYI - our cruise was booked WAY before any news of this outbreak came about.) Shortly after the outbreak, we heard that the cruise was still a go, but that it would not allow anyone off at the ports. This message contained both good and bad news to me. Good for the obvious reason that my family would have better chances of not contracting the illness. But also good because we had been on this particular cruise twice in the past and I had already said I wasn't getting off at every port with two kids in tow. (We've attempted it with one child, and it's hard work!) Bad, however, because I was excited to get off the ship to relax and hang out at the beach. Allison has never been, and Tyler was too little to remember the last time he played in the sand at the beach. So, these were the things I was looking forward to on this cruise. The opportunity for my kids to experience something new, and no pressure to get off and "see the sights," since I've already been to each of these places twice. I got over the downside of it very quickly though...I was still going on a cruise nonetheless!
But that's not it.
We just recently discovered that the cruises to Mexico have all been rerouted to different locations. For example, ships that were supposed to sail to Cozumel are being rerouted to Nassau, Bahamas. Pretty good trade, right? One tropical, sunny location for another!
Not so much in our case...
Our cruise has been rerouted as well, and will now be heading north. Maybe it's just me, but Astoria, Oregon and Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada don't scream tropical and sunny, right? So while I may get my wish of hanging out at the beach, it may not be quite the same experience if the temperature isn't even going to be in the 70's! So now my "good" and "bad" reasons have completely flipped. These ports offer new sights and places I've never been to. But do I make sure I'm up and off the ship at every port so I don't miss out on anything (this is totally a little personality quirk of mine by the way), and risk experiencing the stress that could be involved?!
Then there is the problem of the weather...
Should I even bother packing swimsuits??? I did a little research and looked up the averages for those areas for the month of May, and NONE of the recorded temperatures even hit 70! I mean honestly, I'm not going anywhere near the water if that's the case! Someone who knows that area a little better than me, please tell me that the weather is going to be perfectly warm and sunny and conducive to going to the beach the first week in June. If not, well, I'll just have to look on the upside of things. I'm more than willing to experience the many other redeeming qualities this area has to offer! And like I said before, no matter what.....

I'll still be on a CRUISE!!!