Tourists

February 5, 2023 After missing their plane on the 4th,, my daughter and her kids arrived the following day, the 5th! (see my previous post – “Expecting Company” for the explanation) I rode the bus into Kona to meet them. I was not confident about my truck, so I rented a car for the time

Expecting Company

Door Panel Walls My daughter and her three kids are coming over for four days, the first week of February. She told me that she had found a fare on Hawaiian Airlines for $220.00 round trip. I did not believe her. Three days later, I went on the Hawaiian Airlines website, and sure enough, there

October 5, 2023

Thursday I left Kona and the Big Island behind and flew to Honolulu on Oahu. We flew past Haleakala on Maui Then we passed Kahoolawe as well as Lanai and Molokai Then we approached Oahu flying past Ewa Beach. Then circled back, to land at Honolulu. Alanah had come from Arizona and we spent the

September 10, 2023

Sunday Left Holowai around 10:00 am to go to Kona. Alanah is returning to Arizona. Arrived in Kona around 11:30. Alanah received a text telling her that her plane was delayed thirty minutes so it was not scheduled to leave until 1:45 pm. We stopped and had fried fish for lunch before taking her to the airport. After

September 7, 2023

Thursday Drove into Kona to pick up Alanah from the airport.  Stopped off at the lumber store first for cement. After the airport, we went grocery shopping. Then drove back to Naalehu. Arrived back at Holowai around 4:00 PM TTFN

August 25, 2023

Friday Flying through Oakland to reach Kona. I’m going back! As I sit in the terminal waiting to board the plane, I realize that I did not pack my medications, and forgot the blocks of cheese I wanted to bring. Was originally scheduled for August 13th but I got the flu and have been battling

May 16, 2023

Tuesday Today is my “pack-up” day. I put away everything that I will not need from my kitchen into the plastic tote boxes in the gazebo. Tomorrow, I will put the stove in the back of the Escape with the generator. I put away all my tools under the shed, and packed up any loose clothes. I watered

Last day

Tomorrow I go back to the mainland. It will be August 22. I have been here in Hawaii since the 12th of July. I am sitting in a chair on the lanai (porch or patio) portion of the gazebo, thinking about all the things I need to do before I go. I could just leave.

Leavin’ on a Jet Plane . . .

July 8, 2022 Well, my bags are packed! They’re ready to go. They’re standing here inside my door . . . WAHOO!!!! Next week I go back to Hawaii. No covid vaccine requirements! No covid pre-tests to take! And best of all . . . no facemasks! – not in the airport, not on the

Road Runner – Beep! Beep!

Traveling from Arizona to San Antonio, Texas for another High School graduation requires us to travel through the bottom corner of New Mexico. Just across the Arizona/New Mexico border is a “ghost town” called Steins. We stopped here on the way back from attending a high school graduation in San Antonio and I have created