Night Time

We have not watched TV for two months. We have a TV in every room but we haven't turned them on.  I am sure the programs are only in Dutch or Spanish. We haven't missed TV and have found that we have lots to do in the evenings.

This dive site made me think about how well we sleep here and how our evening routine has changed.

Many evenings we pack up our chairs, and cooler with adult beverages and go to the beach to watch the sunset.  This is a big tradition at every island we have visited.  Everyone comes out to watch the sun setting.  Families bring dinner, everyone plays in the water and watches the show.  The sun sets at about the same time every night and it is always beautiful.

This is the harbor at sunset.  There are lots of sail boats in port these days.  I think it is a stopping point on the way to South America. The clouds make for a beautiful sunset.  this photo was taken by a local...the woman that owns the KFC in town.

We often sit by the pool and can't believe we actually made the move to Bonaire.  We feel lucky that we slipped in between Covid lockdowns and now live in a beautiful home on an island. Our dream came true.

Star gazing at home or on the beach is a favorite of ours.  We were so used to seeing the stars and planets from Colorado, that we don't really recognize things in the southern skies.  There is no big and little dipper or north star.  We do have Orion and Orion's belt, Gemini, and what we think is Mars. The moon is one of the only familiar things we see.  So it's a whole new world to learn the constellations from this view point.

These are the prime lounge chairs for star watching at home.  When there is not a curfew we often go to the beach to see the moon rise or moon set. Also a big deal with the locals.  We have seen lots of people at the beach watching the stars and the moon.... and doing other things.

We also read in the evenings.  I read my trashy love novels and Rick reads his espionage or who-done-it books with an occasional historical figure biography.  This past week was a book on Elon Musk.  Very interesting.