Tuesday
The unit we are staying in at the resort has a washing machine and a dryer, so we took advantage of this and did a load of clothes. I wish I had brought more of my clothes from the Big Island so I could wash them a bit better. So it goes!
The architect I have been working with responded with a price to provide plans for this simpler design – basically a rectangular plywood box. His price is the same as he charged me for the more complicated plan – $4,500.00, so I contacted a different architect and asked him to work me up a price.
The resort is holding a class on how to make a lei,
so we went to the pool area and each made a lei with purple plumeria flowers.
Then we decorated a sun visor.
Now it is time for the beach.
We drove south on Kihei Road towards Makena Beach but ended up stopping at Palauea Beach to spend the day sitting on the sand, soaking up the sun and watching the waves. Right at the shoreline, the waves kind of dumped onto the sand abruptly, making a rather sudden and immediate entry into the water when we went in, but once we were past the first 10 feet or so, it smothed out.
I need to backtrack a bit here, to lead up to how we spent the afternoon. On Sunday, (or maybe it was Monday, I lose track of the days if I don’t immediately write it down) we went back up to DT Fleming Beach near Kanapali, past Lahaina. We had picked up a boogie board from a thrift store and we thought that DT Fleming had a shore break that was good tor boogie boarding/bodysurfing. After we parked, I saw another boogie board leaning against the trash can – someone must have decided it wasn’t worth the hassle to take it home with them, so they just left it. Actually, it was busted – right across the middle – but it is still functional to catch a few waves. So, that is what we did for an hour or so, before going up to sit on the sand and eat the lunch we had brought. That is when I realized that I had my cell phone in the pocket of my swimming trunks! - DAMN !!! When we got back to the timeshare unit, we tried putting it into some rice, but that didn’t work.
It must have been Sunday when we went to DT Fleming Beach, because Monday was spent on line trying to find a replacement phone. We did find one from a boy for $215.00. We arranged to meet him on Tuesday in Kahulua, near the airport at my phone service carrier’s store. That way, they could check the phone over and make sure it would work as a replacement before I paid for it.
So, that is what we did on Tuesday afternoon. He could not meet us until after 4 pm as he had school. The phone carrier was able to check the phone out and transfer my phone number to this “new” phone, but they could not transfer my contacts, or my pictures, as the sim card was damaged and I needed a new one. I would have to contact Apple to have them transfer the rest of my data from the cloud. I could not remember my Apple.com user name or password, so this was a real hassle, as I had to set up a whole new account . I had to give them all my info and then wait 9 days until they would transfer the info to the new account, but I was able to manually enter the contacts I could remember, and now I was no longer in the dark ages without a phone!
Alanah was leaving for the mainland at 11:00 pm, so we returned to the resort in Kihei, had dinner, she finished packing and I drove her to the airport – I will be leaving tomorrow at noon to go back to the big island.
TTFN
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