​In Bonaire, Mommy and I signed up to do a three and a half hour horse ride to a beach.  That morning, Daddy dropped us off at the dinghy dock to meet the man from the horse ranch.  When I got out of the car I saw a flea-bitten gray, and two bays.  They are Peruvian Paso Fino horses.  The gray’s name was Macho, the small bay was Lucera, and I can’t remember the other bay’s name.  Neither can Mommy.  The instructor/guide named Simone rode Macho, I rode Lucera, and Mommy rode the other bay.  Lucera is such a sweet and patient horse and pretty too, with big brown eyes.  She follows Mommy’s horse around everywhere she goes!  

The landscape was dry and covered in cacti.  We saw some very cute feral donkeys (there are a lot on Bonaire and they are protected) and some goats.  We saw a ton of flamingos and most of them were bright pink except for a baby, which was a light grayish-whitish color.  The baby was gray because it hadn’t eaten enough shrimp to turn pink yet.  It was very hot.

These are my favorite poems from the poetry jam.  If you don't know what a poetry jam is, please see Marin's blog.

the monstrous beast sadly but
relentlessly sailed alongside
Counting Stars with his eyes
wet with tears

Blazing
I was at the helm
devouring a
digestive while I
watched the contrary
water glowing red
with the blazing breath
of fire far out at sea

Far out at sea the favorite
sibling of the bamboo tree
listed the favorite words and sayings of 
his natural enemies, otherwise known as The Essex
eyes transoceanic teamwork
the critically flowing water

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                                                                          Just then a huge Greenland shark came out of
                                                                          nowhere and lunged at her and she was very
                                                                          scared.

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Suddenly a big beluga whale came and
scared it off.

Sophia was very grateful and asked what is your                                                                                       Name?” He answered “Uggy.”  “And I’m Sophia,"  she said.
 
 
                                                                     And that’s how they became best friends.