Wow! That's all I can say. Well, maybe I could say more.

Yesterday we went to Wakana's favorite restaurant, Hoa Mai. It is a little dive in the Agat Shopping Center. They know us very well. We walk in, ask for our usual, and they bring us chicken penang and honey walnut shrimp with fresh lumpia on the side. And a quart of iced tea.

As we topped the hill on the Cross Island Road and the Philippine Sea appeared before us we saw a sight we've never seen before. It had been cloudy all day. Now as the sun sank low it lit up the clouds on the horizon. The air was dry and so very clear. The horizon was a straight line bisecting the gray sea and the neon sky. There were no obstructions except for a rain squall to the southwest. Through a miracle it seemed as if the horizon was higher than we were and that the sea would soon come washing over us. The sea was absolutely flat. We couldn't see the sun itself. It was lost behind a curtain of cloud but its light was all around us.

The clouds to the west of us were lit up from behind in a blaze of orange and pink and gold. To the south there were white clouds like mountains reaching up with their bases hidden from us. There were dark clouds behind them for a backdrop which made for a very dramatic display.

We drove to the beach and stood on the sand looking at the sunset. It was hard to speak in the face of such beauty. Off to the left of us were two or three boats way out. There outlines were so clear that it seemed as if we could make out every detail though they were but tiny toys on the face of the sea. One made its way north passing in front of the grand display. We could even see the rooster tail rising behind her. We spoke quietly in the face of such grandeur.

It was a sight I will not soon forget.

(I want to assure the public that two cats were pampered in the creation of this blog.)