adventure

Just kidding about posts from the Dominican...internet was not happening and I finally quit trying and decided just to wait 'till we got home, which we safely did after a long 7 hour road and border crossing this afternoon at 4:30.

The DR and Haiti have many differences, but they are still closely related, and traveling between the two holds lots of the same kind of adventures, except we only speak the language well in one.  It's always more of an adventure than you thought you signed up for...the room had air conditioning!  But it was NOT the room pictured or described online :)  No screens, the phone didn't work, the tub wouldn't plug, and no matter how many times we asked, we could NOT manage to get more than 2 towels for the 5 of us.  The roads are in FAR better condition, but we got stuck two different times behind herds of cows entirely taking over the road, one of those times with the cowboy being an older gentlemen on a moped with a stick.  My dad and his wife were sick from the food almost the entire time, though our Haiti stomachs faired far better.  We managed to successfully get in some shopping, even with Spanish and pesos, and the DR DOES have cat food (not just cats that equal food) but no wrapping paper.  Like, ANYWHERE.

By the time we got home this afternoon, it really did feel a bit like a miracle...but I hated leaving that quiet poolside, watching the girlies swim and make friends while someone else worried about the next meal, and cleaning up from the previous one.  We needed a getaway, even a far too adventurous one, and I'm thankful.

Also very thankful for some time with Dad and Cindy, catching up on the last many months and the girls enjoying so very much being with them.  Very thankful they came so far to spend a few days with us!

Here's a few pix from the days!

It rained the one whole day, which deterred everyone but Nora...who swam non-stop.

Thank you for praying us safely home, and for being along for the ongoing adventure!