Aloha!

We've had a busy couple of weeks, with our quick trip to Maui in the middle of it. We flew out of Portland on Wednesday morning so we drove up to spend the night with Tami on Tuesday night. It just happened to be Earth Day, and it just so happened that the Yarn Harlot was speaking in Portland that evening. Of course Rocky had no desire to go to that, but Tami was game and so we drug Rocky along so we could eat dinner right afterwards. We get there and there is a room full of about 400 knitters; if it hadn't been cold and rainy I think Rocky would have waited in the car. We were lucky enough to get three seats together in the last row. Blue Moon hosted the event and they started off with a raffle. They called about five tickets and mine just happened to be one of them; this is what I won (its Socks that Rock yarn):
Wednesday at the airport went pretty smooth once we found a parking spot, but things got a little crazy in Honolulu where we had to change flights. Hawaiian Air ended up cancelling two of their flights and combined them with a third. They got most of us on a 747 for the 20 minute flight to Maui. It was a bit chaotic but I think everybody eventually made it there.

Thursday we got up early since we were still on Pacific time and went for a walk on the sidewalk that runs along the beach in front of the hotels for about two miles. We rode the shuttle to the Cannery Mall where there is a Long's Drug Store because Rocky wanted to wear crew socks with shorts, but I wouldn't let him. Fortunately they had ankles socks.

Friday we went Ziplining. It was fun. The fun began with the van ride to the first line. They got us all geared up and we had to wear our helmets in the van. We all decided that that was the only place we really needed them.











There was one guy in the group who was more scared than Rocky, but he was good natured about it, especially after watching the little 12 year old girl zip. She had no fear. There was one line where the guide made her wear a weighted backpack because she wasn't heavy enough to make it clear across. Turned out that she still wasn't heavy enough. She almost made it and then she slid back toward the middle of the line. She just hung there while the guide on the other end got hooked up and shimmied out to pull her in. She said it was fun.






This is a bush outside our hotel room:

Saturday I decided that the sore throat from the day before wasn't just the Vog, I was sick. Rocky did a little snorkeling while I lazed around the resort.

Here is a sunset from our balcony:

Saturday we went to dinner and had our picture taken. The leis were from the day we arrived. I had put them in the refrigerator. I just plucked off the wilted flowers and they still looked fresh.

Sunday Rocky snorkeled some more, while I made a quick trip to town. I didn't feel like shopping, but I couldn't stand the thought of napping our last day in Maui away. We flew out at 8:00 that evening and arrived in Portland at 7:30 the next morning. We got home at about 11:00 am and went straight to bed.

Tuesday we worked in the barn between naps to prepare for shearing on Wednesday morning. Now it is Sunday, I'm almost caught up with laundry; I'm still sick, but I feel like I'm on the mend; Rocky's sick now; and I'm going to see Mamma Mia with Sandy and Aliya tonight.