Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
There's nothing like morning, especially in Hawaii, to make me feel good. I'm sitting in the swing, which hangs from a tree, in the yard. There's a pretty strong breeze and sun and blue sky. Not possible to feel bad, I guess. Haven't written anything here in a long while, so I want to catch up a little.
Fred and family were here this past week. They stayed at the Marriott, so I was over there a few times. The Marriott has a heated, shallow, salt water pool. Ideal for kids and me. As if that isn't enough, there's also a jacuzzi with even warmer water and power jets and the whole nine yards. One day I went snorkeling with Sharon, Ella and Ben, while Fred stayed in the hotel and caught up with some work. Snorkeling is an amazing experience. The fish have no fear of humans- they're so use to us in that area. They really look like the pictures of tropical fish, but it becomes much more real when you see them in person. The designs, and the colors on their little bodies are works of art. Mother nature at her best. A big sea turtle (named Rocky) crawled up on the rocks (hence the name) to sun himself. I would have thought he was dead. There are docents who give information about them and watch that no one harms them. Fred has a video camera which, amazingly enough takes videos under water. I'll try and post one.
This is me, now in real time.
I learned there's a bus which goes along the coast every morning, mainly to take the workers to the hotels. It leaves at 6:30AM from Hawi and I took it twice. It's so pleasant to watch the sun gradually rise as the bus goes down the coast. By the time we got to the Marriott the sun was up. From my experience, the local people have been very friendly- the bus driver remembered me, told me where to catch the bus back, and wanted to know if I would be back on the bus again. Kehau, a woman I met on the bus lives in Hawi and works at one of the hotels doing administrative stuff. We may get together on the weekend. She is the bus driver's cousin and opens a gate for him. She looks Caucasian although he looks more Hawaiian. Two Chinese people who I thought didn't speak English, got off the bus with me and began giving me directions (in English.) Guess I looked confused, but that's my normal look.
Well, this blog is playing games with me. I tried to find my photos to post and all I could find is this web cam, hence the picture of me. I will ask Mackenna, when she gets up, if she can figure out why I can't get into my Hawaii album. She is sick today- nausea, vomiting and that sort of fun stuff. It's been going around.
There's nothing like morning, especially in Hawaii, to make me feel good. I'm sitting in the swing, which hangs from a tree, in the yard. There's a pretty strong breeze and sun and blue sky. Not possible to feel bad, I guess. Haven't written anything here in a long while, so I want to catch up a little.
Fred and family were here this past week. They stayed at the Marriott, so I was over there a few times. The Marriott has a heated, shallow, salt water pool. Ideal for kids and me. As if that isn't enough, there's also a jacuzzi with even warmer water and power jets and the whole nine yards. One day I went snorkeling with Sharon, Ella and Ben, while Fred stayed in the hotel and caught up with some work. Snorkeling is an amazing experience. The fish have no fear of humans- they're so use to us in that area. They really look like the pictures of tropical fish, but it becomes much more real when you see them in person. The designs, and the colors on their little bodies are works of art. Mother nature at her best. A big sea turtle (named Rocky) crawled up on the rocks (hence the name) to sun himself. I would have thought he was dead. There are docents who give information about them and watch that no one harms them. Fred has a video camera which, amazingly enough takes videos under water. I'll try and post one.
I learned there's a bus which goes along the coast every morning, mainly to take the workers to the hotels. It leaves at 6:30AM from Hawi and I took it twice. It's so pleasant to watch the sun gradually rise as the bus goes down the coast. By the time we got to the Marriott the sun was up. From my experience, the local people have been very friendly- the bus driver remembered me, told me where to catch the bus back, and wanted to know if I would be back on the bus again. Kehau, a woman I met on the bus lives in Hawi and works at one of the hotels doing administrative stuff. We may get together on the weekend. She is the bus driver's cousin and opens a gate for him. She looks Caucasian although he looks more Hawaiian. Two Chinese people who I thought didn't speak English, got off the bus with me and began giving me directions (in English.) Guess I looked confused, but that's my normal look.
Well, this blog is playing games with me. I tried to find my photos to post and all I could find is this web cam, hence the picture of me. I will ask Mackenna, when she gets up, if she can figure out why I can't get into my Hawaii album. She is sick today- nausea, vomiting and that sort of fun stuff. It's been going around.
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