We picked up Mike from the airport on Saturday evening. He’s darned pale! haha Being new to the vacation thing, he wanted to watch a hockey game… (He’s confused – we’ll get him relaxed soon enough….)

So Sunday we had a leisurely breakfast by the pool. Then we decided to take him up north to the California Lighthouse and do a bit of snorkeling nearby. Note the size of those coffee cups! Pam felt they were a little too small, mind you!

We stopped at the flea market to grab a t-shirt or two and some shorts for Mike…. Well – we kinda hit a bit of weather! Aruba typically gets 20 inches of rain a year – and we got about 10 inches in this downpour! Too funny – Mike’s first day on the island and we get rained on!

We made it to the California Lighthouse, and the sun came out and it was lovely for the rest of the day. How about this flower? This was taken with the new camera’s “Super Macro” mode – not to be confused with “macro” mode…. Not sure of the name of the flower, but it was around the restaurant at the base of the Lighthouse.

Then we hit the beach. And did we pick a great spot! Some terrific fish to see and tons of stuff to see. Even the odd piece of coral! Mike is now hooked. He said, forget the shopping, let’s get right back to the ocean!

We had dinner in a nice beach side restaurant called Tulips. Pam and I had a local Aruban dish called Keshi Yena, a baked chicken dish with tomato sauce and cheese. It was sensational. The flavor was amazing. I’ll definitely be ordering that the next time I see it on the menu.