May 17

A beautiful day has arrived and we decided to give the beach another chance. This time we took along our can of Coppertone SPF 50 spray. We also bought our own umbrella so we don’t have to rent something at the beach which is $8. Cara observed that one more day and we had paid for the umbrella. It is very windy so it seems like a good opportunity to try out our kite.

After a couple hours reading, napping, walking along the water, we need to pack up because Cara has to return to Boston today. We leave our umbrella in our Bodega (storage closet) so we can use it again at Chipipe. The elevator looks put back together but we are told it is not working. So we call Luis and find out that two more sub-contractors for windows and woodworking are not coming until Monday. We ask Luis to talk to the guard about the elevator so he can interpret for us. The final word is that they had to do testing before we can use the elevator.

6:30

Juan has returned to pick up Cara and we ask to ride along to the airport. The ride is long and bumpy and we are sad to see Cara go. When we return to the Alamar, we get on the internet and find out that Cara’s flight has been cancelled and an e-mail from her tells us that she has gone through Immigration and Security and is at the Gate. So we panic and worry that she doesn’t know about the cancellation and there is not an agent at the gate to help her. Finally, we use our Magic Jack to call American Airlines and find out that actually they only changed the flight number and the plane is already in the air. ¡Whew!