Trips, Pics, and Tales

After our stop at the Natural Bridge, we continued on to one of the next most popular natural attractions in Aruba, the Casibari Rock Formations. Geologists are uncertain about the actual origins of these rock formations, but they believe that the collision of tectonic plates created them, forcing these massive slabs to the surface.  There are two sections to the Casibari, the second being the Ayo. However there are no trails or steps to the top of the boulders at the Ayo, so visiting there is a bit more challenging.  It's said that the Casibari is Aruba's Stonehenge, with their destincive shapes, created by the eternal trade winds.  There were a few friendly lizards sunning on the boulders! Our British friends had only signed up for the morning tour, so they departed, leaving us to drive the rest of the day! It was hard to believe that our tour was only half over. We had already seen...

We left off at the end of the Central Park Tour....the plan was to meet the kids "somewhere in the Royal Promenade" for the Move It! Move It! Parade! Great plan right? There must have been at least 1000 of the 6000 people on board doing just that! So, Keith and I found a few chairs in front of Sorrentos, the pizza place, and sat down. We knew Alex, and Alex eats pizza. Oddly enough, he doesn't really eat pizza at home though, just when we're on vacation. Strange kid. But we knew that if he came through the Royal Promenade, he'd stop for pizza....and sure enough - that they did! So, Megan and Alex stayed for the parade, while Keith went out to get some sun.  We told him to try to find two chairs by the Beach pool. Sure, we'd find him - how hard could it be? After all, the kids found us just now!  We were pretty early for the parade, so we just people watched for awhile. We looked over the Cruise Compass and planned out the rest of the day. Alex got more pizza.....