3rd Annual Buckeye Cruise for Cancer

Mr. Cash and I, once again, went on the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer February 25-March 1. Although the weather was chilly, what's new, for most of the days, we still had a blast. My favorite Ohio State player, Troy Smith, was on the cruise this year so I finally got my signed number 10 jersey. The cruise left from Tampa went to Key West, Playa del Carmen and a day at sea. The first night was an introduction to all of the players on board and a tribute to Stefanie Spielman, wife of Chris Spielman, an Ohio State great, who lost her battle with breast cancer this past November.

Here are all the athletes singing Carmen Ohio along with the rest of us. That night was an early night, midnight, since we needed to get up in the morning for our autograph sessions. Here we are with some of the athletes and us waiting in line.

Archie Griffin

only 2 time Heisman Trophy

winner.

Mike Nugent and Troy Smith, how did they know to put my two favorite players together?!

James Laurinaitis, who plays for the Rams and Todd Boeckman.

We just hung out and relaxed for the rest of the day. That night was the first auction of Ohio State and player memorbilia. Some very cool, most out of our price range.

The next day we were in Mexico. The ship had to tender of fthe beach and we needed to take a boat into Playa del Carmen. It was very windy so the boats were having a hard time linking together. After waiting for an hour and a half, we finally got on the boat. Apparently, we were the last boat to go ashore. They refused to tender the boats anymore due to the wind so everyone else was stuck on the ship. We went to the Tulum Mayan Ruins, which being the history buffs we are, were fascinating.

We made it back on the boat with no problems. That night was the player's experience auction, where you can bid on different activities to do with the players or get exclusive access to different events, like College Gameday. Once again, most were way out of our price range, but it's fun to watch. We stayed till the end around 2:15 when they auctioned a horse. Here is Kirk Herbstreit auctioning off the Heisman Trophy experience.

The next day was for sleeping in and relaxing, which we did. We had a great time and can't wait to go again next year!!