Imagine if this was your view everyday? Seriously, the DR is definitely one of the most beautiful places in the world!!! This day was so much fun, definitely another highlight of the trip for me. Rach, momma Schwulst, and I woke up and drove through the mountains with the windows down and music playing, and about an hour and 15 minutes later we showed up to this beautiful scene. (There is a video of us driving through cows, which is apparently good luck, on my instagram, @acreativemission )The sand was so hot I took my shoes off halfway through the walk to the ocean, and I had to put my shoes back on after 10 steps because they were burning so badly. For those of you who don't know, I have a lot of calluses on my feet from soccer so I can walk on pretty much anything, so that means that the sand was crazy hot. It was a very restful morning, and for those of you who know me, I have a hard time resting, but apparently if you put me on the beach in the DR I rest very well.
We took a break from our relaxing to go get some of the best tacos ever! Seriously. I love tacos. All are amazing. But these, were so soo sooo good!!! I know I posted this picture on another tab (if you didn't know that, perhaps you should go explore), but I wanted to post it again because they were so delicious. The top left picture is my food and they are chicken tacos, top right is the chips and salsa we had (if you know me, you know I live off chips and salsa, so these were amazing), bottom left is Rach's food and it is a taco bowl, similar to a bowl you would get from Moe's or Chipotle so basically a taco but with no shell and it is huge, and the bottom right is momma schwulst's fish tacos, she said they were amazing, I take her word for it. After eating all of that we walked back to our spot on the beach, I kept my shoes on this time. I spent about an hour in the water just thinking and praying, it was a very peaceful time. Then I slept for about 2 hours. After all of that rest, we headed to a new place we saw on the way back from lunch called the "Chocolate Bar" and I had a chocolate milkshake, while Rachael and Momma Schwulst had these amazing brownie melted things with homemade ice cream (Pictures below). We picked up some pizza's on the way home and ate them while we watched Jeopardy, then headed to bed. This was a very restful day for me, and as I mentioned before something I don't do very often, I like to always be doing something, but God reminds me often that I am human and need rest. Isn't it amazing how God knows us better than we do?
Picture 1: My chocolate milkshake made with homemade chocolate ice cream. Note the cool way they wrapped my straw.
Picture 2-3: Rachael's brownie didn't stand a chance.
Picture 4-5: The sunset on the way home was amazing it make the mountains look like they were on fire, I couldn't really get a great picture of them because I was in a moving car, but that is what I could capture, God is so creative.
Picture 6: Rachael and I on the beach... in case that wasn't obvious.
Fun Facts:
1. I am not a huge sweets fan, I love them but only a bite or two, but I could have drunk 10 of these milkshakes and eaten a dozen of those brownies, so good!
2. Sunsets are on of my favorite things. As a painter it amazes me that God can paint the sky differently everyday.
3. Pizza and Tacos are two of my favorite foods in the world, and I got to eat both in this day. Which means it was an epic day!
Picture 2-3: Rachael's brownie didn't stand a chance.
Picture 4-5: The sunset on the way home was amazing it make the mountains look like they were on fire, I couldn't really get a great picture of them because I was in a moving car, but that is what I could capture, God is so creative.
Picture 6: Rachael and I on the beach... in case that wasn't obvious.
Fun Facts:
1. I am not a huge sweets fan, I love them but only a bite or two, but I could have drunk 10 of these milkshakes and eaten a dozen of those brownies, so good!
2. Sunsets are on of my favorite things. As a painter it amazes me that God can paint the sky differently everyday.
3. Pizza and Tacos are two of my favorite foods in the world, and I got to eat both in this day. Which means it was an epic day!