That was one brutal plane ride. There was almost no turbulence. All the passengers were friendly and happy. There were no screaming babies. The crew were hilarious and entertaining. So what was so brutal you ask?
The heat. It was so flipping hot on the plane we almost died. I would say it had to be in the high eighties. Everybody was dying, but only in the few rows right where we were sitting. Ten rows back it was lovely and cool. Six rows ahead the same. But the block of seats we were in were ridiculous and the air blowing out of that tiny hole above did nothing. When we mentioned it to one of the crew all he said was "well if you think this is hot, you shouldn't be going to Maui!" Asshat!!
The trip seemed to be so long. We were up at five thirty am and on the road by 7:30. I say so easily. It wasn't without its angst amongst the troops. Travel PMS we call it. But we got going and had a lovely breakfast on the ferry. On the other side we missed the turnoff for the airpot and did a twenty kilometre detour, ending right back where we missed the turnoff. Oh well…we had lots of time. We met Aryn at the airport for lunch and had a fabulous time with her. Then started the four hour tedious wait. Anyway here we are and it was so good to get into our condo.
But…upon going into the kitchen, there were cockroaches (inevitable in this climate) fairly big ones that can fly, all over the kitchen. I had to grab the fly swatter and start swinging. There are still a lot and we have an exterminator coming on April 3. Until then we shall exterminate manually!
Today we kept it simple. We have a convertible for two full days until we get our car re insured and registered (they register their cars every six months here). Today we hit McD's for breakfast, ABC store for visors and sunblock then off to Paia to show Myles Stonertown. This is where Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, and willy Nelson all own places. What does that tell you?!! We then went out to Turtle Beach (Ho okeepa Point) and spent some time there. On the way home we stopped at Costco and loaded up. Now Spod is in bed (and its only four o'clock), the kids are at the pool and I am blogging.
I forgot to post the above. It is now Friday morning, early! Everyone is still asleep. We went to the hot tub last night (while Spod still slept). Its always interesting..meeting different people with their different life histories.
Today April and Myles are going to stay here and go to the pool and nearby beach etc. Spod and I are going into to town to regulate our little car and buy some crocs for Spod. He is like a kid…no matter what we buy he will still trip (he drags his feet now, he can't feel them cuz of diabetes) and blame the shoes. 'sigh' So TTYL and I shall include a few pics in the next post.
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