The white cloud looking thing in the top left quarter of the picture is a whale breaching. We watched the pod for about a 1/2 hour. Amazing!
It has been a little over a week since we landed here and we are beginning to settle into very loose series of events that kind of goes like this: every morning around 6 am we are greeted with a cacophony of bird calls, which in and of itself, is pretty amazing to witness. If you listen long enough you begin to pick out underlying rhythms of patterns and phrases amongst the din. After about a half an hour the birds start to take flight and the calls meld into the soundtrack for the day.
As we have our morning coffee (thank you, Dayna. Your Caffeine Cuisine Coffee rocks!), we talk about options for the day. More times than not we'll fix ourselves an acai bowl. For those not familiar with acai bowls, they are a must-try local favorite. Our version is made with frozen acai berries, cottage cheese, yogurt, fresh papayas and apple bananas (M & J, you guys were right, they are delicious), and topped with granola or Rice Chex. And if we're feeling a bit adventurous, we'll add a splash of Koloa Kau'i Coconut Rum! Nah, we haven't yet, but it does sound good. After a leisurely and relaxed breakfast, the dishes and kitchen area are cleaned and everything is wrapped up tight (to keep the bugs away since we are in a forest environment with an outside kitchen). After our morning tasks have been tended to, we head out to Waialua Bakery for our internet fix. From there it's all open.
So far we have been to several farmer's markets, driven around the island, and went into Waikiki several times. We have seen whales off of Diamond Head, watched the sport of He'eholua at a festival, and enjoyed the sunset from Ka'ena Point. There was the football party put on by our hosts, Scott and Melissa, where we met some very nice folks in the neighborhood. Experienced liliko'i for the first time, and bought poke. Morning walks are a wonderful way to ease into the day (and it gives Gail a chance to say good morning to 'her' goats), and oh yeah, swimming. Lots of swimming (Jodee!!!). And the list goes on…
What's on the agenda for today you may ask? Well, we're not sure but then again, we're ok with that. After all, not always knowing what awaits is the essence of the adventure, isn't it?
Take care and enjoy!
-Mahalo
I can hear the birds from hear. It is wonderful thinking you guys are enjoying this. We love the posts, and we miss you both so much. BTW, saw what the kids are doing to the floor and it looks great. A lot of hard work.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mike! The kids are giving us updates on the floor but I'm sure it looks great from all the work they put into it. Btw, we got a wonderful email from Jodee...go Hawks (and breathe Mike)!!! : ) Gail and I broke in to the coconut rum last night. That tastes way too good!! Since we got the Mai Tai recipe from Jodee we'll get right on those as well. Take care and enjoy the cabin. See you both here sooner than you think! ; )
DeleteThat Koloa rum, got a little going with the last egg nog of the season. Coconut eh?, sounds delish. Bummed we haven't got plans yet. Help me Stephen with the other half. :-) The Sunday anticipation here in Seattle is over the top! GO HAWKS!!!
ReplyDeleteHey Jeff, yeah, that Koloa Coconut Rum is really off the hook (do they even say that anymore?) As for Melinda, keep working on her. She's a smart woman and she'll come around soon enough : ) (but let me know what we can entice her with - bribes work well too). The North Shore is 49er country so Gail and I are bucking the trend here with our pro-Seahawk slant. Oh well, we is what we is... Go Hawks!!! Enjoy in the fray of the moment 'cus when it's over, it's really over... Take care and give our best to that beautiful wife of yours (flattery doesn't hurt either).
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