Goodbye Aruba!

January 25, 2015
Already Saturday and time to go home.  It’s amazing how fast time flies when you’re having fun. To make the most out of the last few hours in Aruba, I woke up early this morning.  I walked along the beach and went to grab one last geocache hidden by a fellow Wisconsin geocacher.  I’m glad I went back to grab it as I hadn’t realized we walked by this same spot two other times.  I contemplated on going back to the lighthouse to grab the cache that I had missed there, but after checking my watch I decided it was probably best if I just turned around and headed back.

After breakfast and packing it was time to head to the airport.  It is not a long drive (maybe 20 minutes), but you do have to be there three hours before your flight.  I can certainly see why you need the three hours as you have to process through Aruba Customs and US Customs.  It was nice to take care of Customs and Immigration in Aruba so when we landed back in Chicago it was just a simple manner of picking up our luggage and getting our ride home.  The terminal was packed and we soon learned that our flight was delayed two hours.  Good thing we didn’t have any connections to make.  We were finally in the air and back home.  Our limo driver was waiting for us and we were soon back in the cold air of winter.

This has been an excellent vacation and would go back to Aruba in a heartbeat.  I can see why Aruba is called “One Happy Island”.

Jess

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