i can’t exactly say why i’m not in bed yet.
here is the very first picture kevin took in hawaii. i’m on the street near the b&b we stayed in on Oahu, where we were for three nights. it was a very short walk to the beach.
this was the next morning when we went to the beach again. In Lanakai. there’s a good chance i might be making up that name, but i’m much too tired right now to see if i’m wrong. i think i’m right. anyway, we got there about nine in the morning and the beach itself, the sandy part, is pretty narrow because the rich people built big seawalls and that made the sand erode.
or so they say.
anyway, although narrow, it was a perfectly beautiful white sand beach. and that water…how could it possibly be so vibrant? plus the blue blue sky.
when we got there the place was deserted, except for this one old lady out there fishing. she stayed the whole time we were there, for an hour or so.
i told kevin, that’s what i want to be doing when i’m old. out in the water, wearing my hat, just fishing.
and then, of course, i’d have to return to my cardboard box in which i’d be living if i end up in hawaii.
do you think the earthquake made housing prices drop at all? doubtful.
that morning before we left a few other people appeared on the beach, including a guy and his wife and small baby. the guy immediately started setting up his sail to start surf board sailing. i’m sure there’s an official name for this sport, which involves a sail and a surf board, but i don’t know what it may be. once again, no desire to look it up.
one more photo before i fall right over sound asleep, this is me that very same day. i’m wearing this very cute two piece swim suit that i got at famous barr (now MACY’S) before we left. i bought three swim suits and i’m glad i had so many. anyway, this particular suit actually almost looks like a very very short little dress. and over it i had this white coverup.
and that morning, our first in hawaii, we went to the beach and then were going to drive a little way up the coast and go to another beach, but we ended up driving up quite a way, as it got more and more remote, and this was some weird place where there was some kind of banquet hall but it seemed a little rundown and deserted. but in back of me in this photo, the guidebook that i continally obsessively COULD NOT STOP READING AND REFERRING TO claimed that the island in back of me is where they filmed the opening of “gilligan’s island.” it said it was an airbrushed shot of that opening of the islad, you know the one.
very cool, hopefully the right island. it’s called coconut island.
after we stopped here we drove even farther and stopped for lunch at a huge place that was mostly an asian gift shop, but they also had food and it was delicious and i got a coconut with a straw in it in order to drink the coconut milk. very gilligan’s island-ish. we did a great deal of shopping, then we continued up the coast and spent a couple of hours at another spectacular and mostly deserted beach.
more photos tomorrow.
i’ve just started printing out the photos and it makes me want to GO RIGHT BACK TO HAWAII.
especially in light of the fact that although today it was kind of warm out, we had a good run this afternoon, but then it got VERY COLD.
must get rich in order to afford to live in hawaii.
that is all for now. how will i ever get rich, staying up till ALMOST TWO???
ok ok ok,
grace continuing to be married.