We are still in Kealakekua, and have been other places, too
Ben writes:
Hi there. We don't have any neat pictures for you today, but we have a lot of things to tell you about. Last time we promised that we would fill you in on our time in Honolulu Chinatown. Well, the pictures (which will eventually be on flickr, promise) tell the story better, but here's a little: we took the bus from the airport, and got off when some other people did. We ended up not near the beach as we had intended, but near this port area, with some old naval ships, and when we looked down over the side, there were amazing colorful fish, and crabs magically climbing up the walls. We were like "We are in Hawaii! There magical creatures in the very first place we looked!" Then we walked to Chinatown, which has lots of neat food, and strange advertisements (be patient, they're coming), and a beautiful smallish park in which we would have eaten lunch, but every single area was commanded by a person with a shopping cart, and we were obviously tourists. We sat near, but did not go into, a botanical garden, and Ben took a crack at beautiful accordion music.
Then we got the bus, and the plane, and Catherine picked us up, and left us at a Starbucks (because of reasons) where Killion and Esther got us in a stick-shift pick-up, which Joanna then had to drive (because of reasons). Despite what she might say when asked, Joanna did a fantastic job driving on the dang highway, and then up the crazy rocky dirt road to the farm, after traveling for like 16 hours. Good work.
This truck is very old (93,000 miles), and Joanna drove it a bunch our first weekend out, when Phyl was gone, and Esther kept persuading us to go to beaches (good idea, Esther). We drive it all up and down the farm road. Maybe a picture is really what we need here. This truck is important, but words are not doing it justice.
We promised updates in other areas, too. So:
There is also a dog. She was an early fifth birthday present for Mikey, and she is named Happy Fairy. Guess who named the dog. We call her Happy, for short. She is extremely rambunctious, much like Mikey, and she always jumps on people, which Mikey does not do nearly as often. She is fun to have around, though Phyl is sometimes exasperated by her.
In the evenings, we mostly stay on the farm, or may make it as far as this here library. The librarian is horribly stereotypical, in that every little request or abberation is a Very Big Deal, but the facilities are nice, and they have a good collection of Hawaiian music here. We often stay around the house reading or writing in our journals. Ben tries to get up to the gardening shed to practice accordion. We spent much of the second week (this is #3) playing spades with Killion and Esther.
Of course, things have changed now, with the arrival of FOUR more WWOOFers. Perhaps it is too soon to tell you much about them, but Tom is an older fellow who is recently divorced, and taking a step back from things. We were a little nervous about the age difference, but he is also easy to get along with, and good at things like mechanics, which Phyl appreciates. The other 3 are some young ladies from New York state, by the names of Ann, Katie, and Kanya. They are maybe a year younger than us, and very friendly, and enthusiastic cooks. The house is now quite crowded, but so far we are making do.
We have not even gotten to the other neat places we went. We spent the weekend in Hilo, on the other side of the weekend, for a music festival. This may also have to wait, as this entry is gettin quite long. We will have wonderful pictures for you next time, dear friends.
Aloha!
Hi there. We don't have any neat pictures for you today, but we have a lot of things to tell you about. Last time we promised that we would fill you in on our time in Honolulu Chinatown. Well, the pictures (which will eventually be on flickr, promise) tell the story better, but here's a little: we took the bus from the airport, and got off when some other people did. We ended up not near the beach as we had intended, but near this port area, with some old naval ships, and when we looked down over the side, there were amazing colorful fish, and crabs magically climbing up the walls. We were like "We are in Hawaii! There magical creatures in the very first place we looked!" Then we walked to Chinatown, which has lots of neat food, and strange advertisements (be patient, they're coming), and a beautiful smallish park in which we would have eaten lunch, but every single area was commanded by a person with a shopping cart, and we were obviously tourists. We sat near, but did not go into, a botanical garden, and Ben took a crack at beautiful accordion music.
Then we got the bus, and the plane, and Catherine picked us up, and left us at a Starbucks (because of reasons) where Killion and Esther got us in a stick-shift pick-up, which Joanna then had to drive (because of reasons). Despite what she might say when asked, Joanna did a fantastic job driving on the dang highway, and then up the crazy rocky dirt road to the farm, after traveling for like 16 hours. Good work.
This truck is very old (93,000 miles), and Joanna drove it a bunch our first weekend out, when Phyl was gone, and Esther kept persuading us to go to beaches (good idea, Esther). We drive it all up and down the farm road. Maybe a picture is really what we need here. This truck is important, but words are not doing it justice.
We promised updates in other areas, too. So:
There is also a dog. She was an early fifth birthday present for Mikey, and she is named Happy Fairy. Guess who named the dog. We call her Happy, for short. She is extremely rambunctious, much like Mikey, and she always jumps on people, which Mikey does not do nearly as often. She is fun to have around, though Phyl is sometimes exasperated by her.
In the evenings, we mostly stay on the farm, or may make it as far as this here library. The librarian is horribly stereotypical, in that every little request or abberation is a Very Big Deal, but the facilities are nice, and they have a good collection of Hawaiian music here. We often stay around the house reading or writing in our journals. Ben tries to get up to the gardening shed to practice accordion. We spent much of the second week (this is #3) playing spades with Killion and Esther.
Of course, things have changed now, with the arrival of FOUR more WWOOFers. Perhaps it is too soon to tell you much about them, but Tom is an older fellow who is recently divorced, and taking a step back from things. We were a little nervous about the age difference, but he is also easy to get along with, and good at things like mechanics, which Phyl appreciates. The other 3 are some young ladies from New York state, by the names of Ann, Katie, and Kanya. They are maybe a year younger than us, and very friendly, and enthusiastic cooks. The house is now quite crowded, but so far we are making do.
We have not even gotten to the other neat places we went. We spent the weekend in Hilo, on the other side of the weekend, for a music festival. This may also have to wait, as this entry is gettin quite long. We will have wonderful pictures for you next time, dear friends.
Aloha!
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