Aruba
Well we decided to make a last minute (6 days prior to departure) trip to Aruba to unwind and recharge our batteries before embarking on what we hope will be a life changing and memorable experience. It was definitely satisfactory. We hung out with my mom and step-dad on the beach taking turns in the morning at 5 am to snag a "chi chi", by the beach. Yes, 5am! A chi chi is a palapa shade structure and the ones with front row views of the beach are high demand. You have to stake your "chi chi" very early, or you don't get one, or you may find one in the back near the pool. Otherwise our trip was fairly uncomplicated and smooth. I did have to do some blog research and I am still learning, so please bare with me as Anj and I work through the kinks.
Other than hanging by the beach, we rented a trucks and did some "off roading" on the winward, east side of the island, aka the backcountry of Aruba. Anj drove of course and my parents chose to join us in the back seats. It was quite a bumpy adventure, but we came out okay. Had to give the car a dusting off before returning it. Apparently, we were not supposed to go "off roading" with it. There is no development on the east side of the island other than an old church, a old god mine and some fishing shacks.
We also ate lots of seafood, grouper is the local fish, and got lots (too much) sun. It was a great start to the trip. Anj will post more about the energy stuff in that section of our website, and I will post some architectural insights in that section of our website. Stay tuned for the next chapter of our big adventure.
Edward on his way to his first Habachi experience.
The view from our accommodations 😯🤗