Marcie and Ken at the Natural Pool.   This is located on the east side of the island, where it's generally rocky with large waves.  This pool is protected from crashing waves by the large boulders.  This is one of the few places on the east side that you can swim.

Marcie and Ken on our horseback ride.  We took a 3 hour ride along the east side of the island and to the Natural Pool.  These horses weren't like the usual horse rides in the States...they trotted, galloped, and all out ran.  We weren't really prepared for it! 

Here we are at the Natural Bridge.  Centuries of raging wind (the island is very windy) and waves sculpted this coral rock bridge.  This is located on the east side of the island.

Cactus are prevalent everywhere on Aruba.  In the background is Ayo rock formations.  These boulders are said to be a mystery because they don't match the geological make-up of the island.

Jeanny, Marcie, and Ken, at the top of Casibari rock formations- very similar to the Ayo formations.  In the background is Hooiberg Mountain (Dutch for Haystack).  It is the second highest point on the island, and on a clear day, you can see Venezuela (19 miles away).  Jeanny is like a surrogate daughter to Aunt Dorothy, and is a native Aruban.

Aruba is a desert island, thus their golf course isn't exactly green.  Above is Marcie standing in the middle of the fairway!  The greens were either artificial turf, sand, or ground asphalt.  Playing this course made golf seem like a whole new game.

Ken, Marcie, Jeanny, and Lando in front of the Balashi Gold Smelter Ruins.  Jeanny and her boyfriend Lando took us sightseeing, and we saw all sorts of neat things that only natives know about.  They were wonderful tour guides!

Ken's great photography skills got him this great picture of an iguana climbing a tree.  Iguanas and other small lizards are a frequent site!