vacation 2009 part 2: red flavor

The people in Aruba are very trusting. I know this because they let me drive there. They have these jeep tours over the desert and rocky areas and they let YOU drive the jeep. One guy leads in his jeep and the other jeeps follow him, with the tourists as the drivers.

Does this seem like a bad idea to anybody else? They didn't even check if I had a license. And who's to say my USA license is valid in Aruba? Aruba is NOT a territory of the USA and I'm barely allowed to drive here. I can't legally drive in twenty states...and half of Iowa for an incident involving pancake mix and a tree.

Other than blind trust, the driving was really fun! It was bumpy and dusty and windy and really cool. You should do it. Part of my jeep fell off, but we fixed it, so I'm sure you can handle it.

I also found out that there is a lot of soda sold in Aruba that you can't get here. Like Big Red Fanta. I asked the lady at the counter what flavor Big Red is and she could not answer me. Liking the color red, I decided to try it. It is, in fact, red flavored. You may not think red is a flavor, but it turns out that it is. And adding big flavor to red flavor?! Amazing! I hope you can find it sometime.

I also enjoyed cherry, banana and pineapple soda. Also good. It's like carbonated fruit. That actually sounds really yummy. Can science do that yet? If not, I'm going to work on it.

I'm off to plant a carbonated apple tree.

Enjoy!

-DJ

vacation part 1: back

So, I'm back from vacation. And, as is tradition, I will blog about it so I don't have to actually look for news stories to talk about. Because I'm lazy.

It was Aruba this year. The bad thing about Aruba is that it's always sunny. I tried to stay away from the sun as much as possible, but it kept following me. It was like a hot stalker. And not hot in a good way.

I tried to go underwater so the sun couldn't find me, but there is only so much air in a submarine. I did find out that the color red doesn't make it too far underwater and your lips turn grey. It's pretty cool. And you look dead, so for all you Twilight fans, get in a submarine and you'll look like a vampire too!

I also got a dive certificate that tells me that I am an OFFICIAL "Atlantis Submariner"! It is signed by the Manager of Submarine Operations. That means it's official. I'm going to ask the Navy to borrow one of their subs this weekend. I'm clearly qualified to operate an underwater vehicle. I have a certificate. With my name on it. I had to write my name in, but it still counts.

I'll keep it short today because I still have about 3 days worth of work to catch up on, but I will leave you with one more tidbit of information.

Popular songs like Bailamos sound great on steel drums. I was hoping for a little steel drum Journey, but sadly, steel drums don't have Steve Perry's vocal range.

I'm off to the Navy for my sub.

Enjoy!

-DJ