Aruba

Dave is standing by the California lighthouse on Aruba.
This is a garden. You can see the cactus plants. Some are used for building fences and homes, others are used to make soup. We didn't see many flowers here, but lots of lizards.
We went on a Sea and See tour and this is a picture out my window of a world war II sunken ship. Some nice fish were swimming by. The ships are now sunk there on purpose to build up the reefs. Lots of fish and coral live here.
This is a natural bridge on the ocean shore. Usually, the surf here is huge, but on the day we were there the weather was unusual because of the storm.














This is the boat we went on for our tour. Windows are under the water.




I was surprised at Aruba. I thought it would be a fancy island. It was very desert like and very depressed financially. There are no domestic animals on the island. Everything is brought in from Venezuela. People live on fish and iguana - there are lots of those. No trees, only bushes and cactus.