Sun shines.\u00a0 As it nears noon, the heat comes on, lovely after the slight, but welcome chill of the morning.\u00a0 Now the palms sway a bit to gentle breezes.\u00a0 The ocean reflects the sky and both send off a blue that suggests today will be fine, just fine.<\/p>\n
A catamaran employee, a fit looking woman in her late twenties, spoke to a crowd, “We need to go with the ocean.\u00a0 As it runs, we need to stay up with it.”\u00a0 The crowd of pot-bellied, weather weary midwesterners nodded as if they’d understood.<\/p>\n
Whaler’s Village had a slow start this morning.\u00a0 Most shops had not opened when I wandered over there about 7:45.\u00a0 The grocery store cum gift shop cum liquor store cum clothing store had its security door rolled up, so I walked in and purchased Nyquil, kleenex in the handy packs and listerine in a three ounce (TSA compatible) bottle.<\/p>\n
Back at the hotel I had an\u00a0even lighter breakfast (and, therefore, cheaper)\u00a0than yesterday, which suited me just fine.\u00a0 I realized a lot of my anticipation on a vacation had focused on food.\u00a0 Now I have to satisfy that need in other ways.\u00a0 Not to say I don’t have options:\u00a0 hiking, swimming, reading, writing, shopping.<\/p>\n
At the Honolua Surf Company I found a sweatshirt I liked, a fancy shirt for my birthday dinner on Thursday and a long sleeved t-shirt.\u00a0 The apparent irony of a sweatshirt from Hawai’i has appealed to me since we first came and I have a collection.\u00a0 In fact, at night and sometimes in the early morning a sweatshirt is just right.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sun shines.\u00a0 As it nears noon, the heat comes on, lovely after the slight, but welcome chill of the morning.\u00a0 Now the palms sway a bit to gentle breezes.\u00a0 The ocean reflects the sky and both send off a blue that suggests today will be fine, just fine. A catamaran employee, a fit looking woman … Continue reading Sweatshirts and Palms<\/span>