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Hawaii!!
OK, so been here a week and a half and today is partly cloudy with some light showers, first time! Usually it rains through the night and is gorgeous all day. But I am not complaining--somehow a rainy-ish day here is not like one in New England, it really is not a factor at all unless it is torrential! So I just might postpone my daily swim at Kailua Beach until later.
After all of our trips here, we pretty much have it down to a science Our first day here, Joe joins a gym for a month (yeah he is one of THOSE types), this year it is 24 hour FItness. On the days he goes to the gym, he drops me off at Kailua Beach--me, my boogie board and my books (life is VERY good), when he finishes whatever he does, he comes and joins me for an hour, back to the house, shower, change and off. If it is not a gym day, then we go early to sightsee, explore new places and revisit all of our favorites. Already made one trip out to the North Shore, will hit it one more time before we leave.
A hike in the Waimea Valley is on the schedule next week, along with a tour of the Macademia Nut Farm. We have been there at least 4 times--in fact we took our friends who live here to it!!--but never took the tour cause we were never there on the right day, so we are determined to do it.
Spent yesterday at the Blaisdell (sp) Center in Honolulu at an “All things Hawaiian” show (Steve, if you are reading this, I would recommend it, it was terrific, lots and lots of samples of foods etc to try - and lots of made in Hawaii products. We were there, along with another college friend of mine Marcia for over 4 hours. Then off to Waikiki Beach, watched the sunset - spectacular as always, and dinner at one of our favorites.
Did I mention I could get real used to this?? My body is totally on Hawaiian time right now, I so do not want to go back to NE. Love swimming every day, being able to stay in the water for hours without freezing to death! Not too many negatives to living here, other than the cost of real estate and food.
Went shopping for ingredients for a dinner I made last week, plus some extras and the bill was close to what I spend a week at home. Food is HIGH! But you do not pay heat and a lot of other things we pay for on the mainland so I think it is a wash.
Taking everyone out for Mexican food tonight, so should be fun!
OK, just thought I should post something. More when we return to work, home and reality!!
Ciao’
Well, have you come back to the mainland yet? Or are you still cavorting about the Hawaiian countryside? I really think it’s high time you returned to this sweltering humid soon-to-be hurricane ridden swamp. Don’t you?
HSAHA - yes sadly have left the land of sunshine and warm ocean waters and are now in Las Vegas. Got here Sunday, leave tomorrow. I will not be sad to leave Vegas but wish I was turning around and going back to Paradise!! I have never been as cold as I am here-they have the casinos cranked and I do not think I will ever thaw out. It is warm outside but not so much so that you need to be frozen!! Plus they took all my money, none of my favorite places were even remotely nice to me. In fact, I am back in the hotel room and it is only 11:30. Joe is still out playing somewhere but I was tired of contributing with no return!! ;) I heard about the weekend forecast, not nice!!
Well, welcome home and I’m sorry you can’t bring Hawaii back with you. We’d like that very much, if you could. Even though we’ve had sunshine (and almost nothing but sunshine) the humidity has been quite ugly the last week and well, we could probably do without a hurricane. However, if it would blow the skeeters away, that would be a silver lining. Safe trip today.