We arrived to the next island in the evening, lucked out with a manageable ($) upgrade to a Ford Mustang convertible (not a habit we intend to pursue for the next several months, but we did allow ourselves this treat as a little holiday present - they sure are FUN!). On arrival we were greeted by a lovely (and serendipitous, since we hadn't looked at any moon schedules lately) full moon.
Otherwise, not too many exciting events on those first few days - and the videos for this particular blog post are somewhat uninspired (except perhaps for 'Groceries 1' and 'Moon Set', but again, this is not meant to be a prettily pruned production, but rather a venue for cataloging our whereabouts...In any case, here goes...
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The landing approach:
That sweet red Mustang convertible:
Moon over Maui (in that sweet red Mustang...):
Sugar is still grown on the Hawaiian islands in some quantity.
'The Mustang and the Sugar Truck':
We discovered that convertibles and dry weather are very utilitarian combination indeed, particularly when your grocery shopping trip includes things like Officejet machines and the like:
The ingestible result of our first Hawaiian grocery run (yum!!).
'Groceries 1' (may be more later):
You can also get these at the regular grocery store:
And - even in Hawaii - Pointsettias to accompany the dendrobium orchids - but only for X-mas:
In Hawaii, when you're up early with Wall Street, you get to see the moon set:
'Morning Moon Set':
On this day, we had to head upcountry to pick up something. Found narrow roads, Tibetan prayer flags, and a steel x-mas tree on the way.
'Tibetan Prayer Flags & A Tree of Steel':
And then we came across some wild guava...
More later!
Warm Aloha,
Steve & Camilla
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