Today we started slowly and enjoyed our normal breakfast. I did some ironing (a few things just need something, even after flapping in the breeze) and a bit of straightening. We decided that we would go to the east side of the island to see some Indian paintings on the cliffs after lunch. Well, that turned out to be an interesting trip. We didn’t get to see the paintings, but we did get to see God’s power in nature.

We weren’t sure how to get where we were going, but we took a dirt road that looked like it could go where we wanted. This road was kindly marked every so often with painted blue rocks. It took off over a flat wilderness of cacti, a bit of scrub, wild donkeys, mud, rocks and dirt. Just as we got to the area we were hoping to see, the clouds let go. Thunder, lightning, and pouring rain. We could see the waves crashing against the rocks, where we would have liked to walk and explore, and see the lighthouse. We thought about continuing to the cliffs, but as the rain came down, the road began to get very muddy very fast, so we decided to go back the way we came. We thought that if the storm blew over before we had gone to far, we could always turn around again, but at least we would be well on our way out if it continued. We had rain all the way back home. The road would have been very difficult to find if it had not been for the blue rocks! It was a fun adventure. We will take that trip another day. The storm was quite nice, not as magnificent as those in Swaziland or Colorado, but quite spectacular just the same. The driving rain, loud thunder and lightning along with the waves crashing against the rocks, certainly showed the power and awesomeness of our God.

We did see a very interesting building before we had gone to far off the beaten trail. It looked very out of place, not only on this little island of Bonaire, but also so far away from anything else.

This evening we were able to swim at Flamingo Beach after not swimming there for two days.

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Lighthouse photos:
www.lothardoehle.de/bonaire/lighths/lighths.htm
www.trabas.de/bilder/band_j/gross/J6414.jpg