Week Two

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My first week in Hawaii has come to a close. I'm sure each week hereafter will fly by just as quickly as the first. The atmosphere here is so different from the Mainland; time is not especially priority here... people get things done at their own leisure and enjoy the scenery on the way. This kind of lifestyle would drive most Mainlanders crazy i suppose, but it's a pleasant temporary change.

After yesterday's entry, i went up to take a nap, say around 3:30... Dave woke me up around 6:15 so we could catch the sunset... but no lie, i could have slept through the night. I must have been extremely exhausted, huh? The sunset was pretty intense, but i think it's still holding out. I've been promised a wonderful view from the Hilton... I forget which nights were staying, but i'm out of my mind excited. I'll send a link to the hotel closer to the date.

Mom: in answer to your e-mail, i am eating very healthily, lol... i've been making fruit smoothies every morning - blueberries, fresh papaya, strawberries, bananas, guava, pineapple... anything that grows here basically, haha.. i can't say i've had anything authentically hawaiian yet; but then again, i'm not too fond of spam. For real, they have spam everywhere here - why? Couldn't tell ya. Just fact. Oh yeah, i also went to the store and bought fresh ginger root, so i've been making tea... even got kathy hooked on it, we have it every morning. In summary, i'm doing okay... but it's not the same as home. PS i'm not coming back. JK 😊

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Photos

Sunday's sunset
Down the street from the Scott's house

Stop Sign
Here's your stop sign, Krystal... this appears everywhere in the Parker Ranch territory

Stalker
Ok this guy was watching us from a distance as we were eating chinese food. Intimidating??

Marquita's man
He apologized; he's not so bad. Marquita - if you dont like Jacob, this guy's quite a catch. He's super quiet.

Humble abode
Kingdom Hall in Honoka'a... i'll try to get more pics of the grounds - grapefruit trees, lemon trees, hibiscus, ocean, and... goats :)

Oranges??
Occasionally, people in the congregation bring extra fruit from their trees to give away... these, believe it or not, are lemons. [i]Orange[/i] lemons. How do you know their lemons? I asked... they picked them from a [b]lemon tree[/b].

ok this picture's a little late.
Dave. The boat. Look at the size of the whale again. =O

Comments

[mom]

COOL!
Hey----can you bring me back some of those 'weird' lemons?? I want a fresh fruit smoothie too! How was the Chinese food? Any different than ours here? Can u tell I like food? Haha---You BETTER come home! More Photos! we luv 'em.

[pumpkin]

Can you confiscate some of those lemoranges and bring them back to NC? Or would they bring you over your weight limit on the small 9 seater plane? Looks like they'd make awesome juice! *squeeze* *squeeze* MMMMMMMmmmmm

[marquita]

my man
i'll take jacob, he may be a little young, but this other guy seems a little stiff....get it?