The daughter goes home today... but not until after a fun-filled day of...mostly driving! yay! Well, this IS the Big Island! My friend, who lives on the BI, was telling me that she was vacationing in Maui, and had a rental car. When she turned it in after 3 days, she was shocked to find that they only drove 35 miles! At home, she averages 60+ per day. I get it! It's not uncommon for me to drive 100+ miles in a day. I was telling someone the other day that the pace here is very laid back, but everyone is very busy. It's true. Ya gotta live it to get it. For example, it's 1.5 hours to the nearest Starbuck's!
What the heck did we do for all these 6 days?? Let's see if I can reconstruct it.
Friday: Pat and I drove to Hilo to pick Eden up at the airport. On the way, we stopped in Pahala (30 min from home) to get prescriptions, then stopped in Hilo town to deliver chickens (organic, fully dressed, 5 lb. each), then to Ken's House of Pancakes to have Oxtail Soup and cheeseburgers. In our defense, we did go to 3 Sushi restaurants before deciding to go to the local, dependable Ken's. The first one had two tables and a 2-seat bar. We missed the seats at the bar by 30 sec. They said, "We're full, but you can wait." We thought we'd take a walk to check out the other places, only blocks away. One was huge, but full and the line was out the door. The only other one in town was closed. So we went back to the first one, and a table was empty, but they had quickly put a "reserved" sign on it! ouch! Thus, Ken's. Then, time to get the Girl-child! And, a 1.5-hour drive home. Meet the dogs. The old dogs recognized her immediately, Geea wagged that tail more than she has since the last girl came home, Hunni smiled, and the two new ones immediately sniffed and said, "Family," and cuddled right up. And to bed.
oops, gotta go feed chickens, more later!
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