Ruth and I vacationed in Bonaire in 1983. The January 1984 swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated, featuring Kathy Ireland, was shot there shortly after we departed -- drat! [Wikipedia: Bonaire is an island in the Netherlands Antilles. Together with Aruba and Curaçao it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands of the Leeward Antilles, the southern island chain of the Lesser Antilles. Bonaire has a land area of 288 km² (111 sq. miles). The population was 14,006 inhabitants as of December, 2006.] Bonaire is the smallest and easternmost of the ABC islands, all of which are near the Venezuelan coast. The ABC's are very dry, semi-arid deserts. Their landmasses are low outcroppings of seabed, and the ground is all rock, sand, and coral.