Day 83

DR Day 12 (Wednesday): Off to Barahona today. 2 1/2 hours. Joe and Shannon in the front. Cass and Tiffany (nurse) in back seat. Olvi (translator) and I in the bed of the truck. We had a great time. Talked about "Grey Matters" the whole ride there. "Grey Matter" refers to our brains and also to where we live most of our life- New Testament tends to talk about general principles which we have to use our brains to make choices. Humans tend to want black and white. Example- don't go see movies because movies are bad rather than I must think about what movie I am attending. Hot topics tend to be alcohol, music, movies, but really each of us have areas of our life that get out of balance because we want black and white. Life is about living within the pendulum of God's truth.

Ok. Enough preaching.

Got to Barahona, went to the beach. Had PBJ on the beach. Then drove a couple more miles up the road. There was a place where we could hike up a river thru a waterfall. We hiked mostly through water, so I didn't take my camera/phone. You'll have to trust me, it was beautiful. Then back down to where they have made pools where you can swim in the freezing cold water.

Time for supper. Got changed and headed to Casa Bonita. Beautiful site for a meal.

Great pictures if you follow the link to their website.

I had garlic shrimp and rice.

About 6:30 started trip back to San Juan. It had rained in the mountains during the day. About 1 1/2 hrs into trip came to a puddle that had turned into a roaring river.

So back to Barahona to take another route home. By this time it was pitch dark and raining. I sang 80's tunes from my phone to Olvi who was cold and huddled in the back of the truck. His "favorite" was Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond. I was belting out "Good times never seemed so good" as we came to a speed bump in a little town. People hang out at the speed bumps since everybody has to slow down. Not sure what they thought of my vocals. But we won't ever forget that trip.