Returning to the Original Scene

It was five years ago when I first set foot on Aruba's soil.  The tradewinds are blowing harder than that first visit.  The temperature is just as hot.  The average annual temperature is eighty-five degrees.  The island has a lot more vacationers now as evidenced today in the customs area.  It was filled with frustrated American tourists as they waited an hour to present their US passports. A new hotel has been built. The pace of the island remains the same - slow aka 'island time'.  I smile to myself \in remembrance of the memories of that first family vacation to Aruba, watching the Fourth of July fireworks from the balcony of the five-thousand square foot house, and the joy that will last my family a lifetime.