Getting situated in Aruba, we rented a car and drove around a bit for a couple days. The kids have gotten into geocaching lately, so our drives are constantly sidetracked to look for those, which is kind of fun. Apart from that we didn’t really have any plans in particular.
Bumfuzzle is tucked away where she will sit for a couple of months. There’s another marina here in Aruba, but it’s way out on the other side of the airport, and next to the trash dump, which is inexplicably located directly on the waterfront. The garbage pile literally is a hill that runs right down to the edge of the water, and it’s upwind, so any loose garbage just blows straight into the ocean. Whoever dreamed this up must have a grudge against fish.
These little geocache containers always seem to be hidden in some dark crevice. The kids find it, and then get me to stick my hand in.
Let’s just say the lighthouse here isn’t as scenic or remote as those on Bonaire. At this point we were all starting to feel like Bonaire had spoiled us.
Headed to the beach in our mini-car. Bumfuzzle airbags have been deployed for safety.
Really not sure the stairs warranted a sign this big.
The Casibari Rocks were kind of cool, seemingly dropped from the sky in the middle of the island. That hill in the distance was where we were headed next.
I’m not sure why we (and people in general) always feel the need to climb to the highest point everywhere we go, but here we were, staring at a few hundred steep steps on a hot day anyway.
Digging through the geocache booty.
Staring at the closed water park at the bottom of the hill, talking about how fun each of the slides would be, and of course how epic it would be to build one from up here.
Thought it would be fun to go to the donkey sanctuary. Misjudged just how excited they get by carrots. After walking through all of them, you get to the gift shop area where they will sell you carrots, and they also put up a fence for you to stand behind while you feed them. That fence is there for a reason. Despite appearances, Ali survived.
14 Comments on “Around Aruba”
Check out the natural pool! One of my happy places.
Hi Schmevin, I’m trying to get a hold of you about your Bumfuzzle hat order. I emailed your PayPal address, but you haven’t responded, so I’m trying here. You forgot to pick a color hat: Heather Grey, Pink, Charcoal, Khaki? Thanks!
We were completely unimpressed with Aruba, won’t be going back. Kind of a boring island.
After just a few weeks (and only 1 cruise ship in port), it hasn’t won us over. We will see once we get out to anchor and do some wreck dives if it changes our opinion.
Loved your pic caption: “Headed to the beach in our mini-car. Bumfuzzle airbags have been deployed for safety.” Made me LOL. :-0
I put together a Geocache bag that I take when I go searching to aid in finding and recovering containers. It has a flashlight, mirror, tongs, pen, and a few trinkets for trading. Especially in AZ, you don’t want to stick your hand into a dark hole.
Yes, Ouest has a mini-backpack with most of those (she added a tongs now!). She is launching her first geocache today. She is excited to read what people comment on it.
Loved Aruba when we were there years ago…I’m sure it’s changed lots…Take care, Bums…be safe..
My kids love to geocache. And when I say kids, they are in their late thirties. They have somewhere above 700 finds over the years. And all over the world as they’ve traveled. They have passed on the love of the search to their children. The search can sometimes lead you to places you did not know existed. I love how creative people can be with their stashes and containers. We are off to Mackinac Island this weekend; I am sure there will be a search.
We have found some that were really cool, and others that we were like “seriously?!” Just started finding a few in Minnesota…
The final photo with Ali made me laugh big. So funny! Glad she’s okay:)
I always go in knowing they are going to do this and try not to freak, but they are aggressive when there are so many. Big laughs from me too.
Hi, I’ve been following your adventures over the years, what a wild ride! I wanted to ask you guys about your travels in the Bahamas and Caribbean. I’ll be having my own adventures that way this winter but will still be working. How do you guys handle the internet situation there? My apologies if this question was already asked an answered somewhere else.
You are so lucky. Ten years ago that situation sucked. But now, internet in the Bahamas is easy and the coverage is awesome. Local SIM card with BaTelCo covers just about all of the islands. If you are on a boat, just buy a cell booster and you’ll get a good signal from any island. It’s a far cry from our 2003 phone calls back to the US that cost $1/minute in a phone booth with a prepaid card. 🙂