Dinner on the beach

We had a wonderful dinner on the beach last night at our hotel restaurant. The meal included five courses and was served by our own private waitress (Virginia, from Jamaica.) The food and sunset were so awesome we finished two bottles of wine then went walking along the beach, hoping to see some sea turtles hatch (but no luck.)

Hurricane Emily

This is coming to you from Eagle Beach in Aruba. Hurricane Emily passed this way early this morning. Around 7 am, there were some strong winds and pouring rain but nothing too extreme. It is now 2:50 in the afternoon and I'm sitting under a palm hut on the beach. The sun is out and I can't take any more of it today.

The only effects from the storm is the surf. The waves have been about 5-6 ft high today and they've been slamming right into the shore. They're strong enough to knock me off my feet. In fact, I tried body surfing one and it ground me into the sand chest-first. It scraped a hole about 5 inches across in my sunburned skin, kind of like road-rash. I tried to stay in but the salt water was too irritating. Now I know about 1/100th of the pain a burn victim must feel.

Hi Tech

What's amazing is that I'm sitting on the beach in Aruba, watching the Tour De France live on my PC via a Wi-Fi connection. Lance is still the overall leader although Vinokourov had a massive ride today. He attacked at 28km and won the stage! He was ahead by over 3 minutes going over the Col Du Galibier. I guess he was pretty upset about getting spanked yesterday.

The only problem I'm having is that my laptop battery is about to die. Go figure.

Hello from Aruba! Here is a look at some palm trees outside our hotel room. The ocean is just beyond the trees to the right. It is morning here and my lens had a little dew on it. I'll post more later!
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