My Little Sister, Ladies and Gentlemen

Having a baby hasn't changed my sister's personality one iota.

Saturday, she and her husband were in town, and we took their eight-month-old baby to the Brookefield Zoo. My sister did the exact same thing to the statue of John Ball at the zoo back home.

It's true: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Ooooh, Barracuda

Glass-Bottomed Boat Tour

Safari Part I

Safari Part II

Views from the balcony

Doesn't this look like a Corona commercial?

This is what I saw all day. Actually, I was in the ocean most of the day, but the few times I came out, this is what I saw.

I was riding the waves in, and when I was about five feet from shore in three foot deep water, I put my head under and saw that I was surrounded by thousands of little silver fish. I would swim down among them and they'd swim away and then circle behind me. It was amazing. Sadly, my digital camera is not waterproof, or I could show you.

Hunting lizards

The locals must think I'm an idiot. What I'm doing is the equivalent of tourists photographing squirrels back home. But I can't help it. I get so excited every time I see a lizad.

The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Saturday we arrived in Aruba, where we will spend the next two weeks. I've spent the last three days eating, sitting by the pool, eating, swimming, eating, drinking pina coladas, eating, smoking Cuban cigars, and eating.

Last night we ate at a restaurant called The Buccaneer that's designed to look like a shipwreck. It has aquarium tanks all around to make it feel like you're underwater. I ate next to a shark, a sea turtle, and a kissing fish with a nasty, swollen eye. Christine's mom took a picture of us with her new camera, which has a wicked flash.


Today we're going shopping in town, and tonight a local market moves into our resort around the pool.