Farewell to Maui
Wednesday
While we were here on Maui, I had picked up two boogie boards, and two beach chairs – along with 8 to 12 baggies of sand from the various beaches we had visited. I wanted to take these all back to Hawaii island with me, so, I needed a checked bag, as I didn’t think the airline would let me carry this all onto the plane. I put the baggies of sand in the pockets attached to the two beach chairs – each chair had a couple of zippered pockets. Then I sandwiched these two chairs around the two boogie boards and tied it all together with about 20 feet of 1/4″ rope. The agent at the check-in counter said, “I don’t think this is totally legit, but if you walk away real quick before my supervisor comes past, we won’t have any choice but to send it through.” So, I did just that.
When I arrived in Kona, there was a slip of paper in one of the zippered pockets of one of the chairs from the TSA telling me that they had inspected the contents, but all the sand was there – success!
I caught the early afternoon bus to the south end of the island and arrived in Waiohinu around 4:30PM. I had texted my neighbor asking for a ride, but he had npt responded, so I stashed the beach chair/boogie board “sandwich” and my carryon roller bag behind a rock wall in some tall grass, put my backpack on my back, and proceeded to walk up the hill. A little more than an hour later, I arrived at the property on Holowai Street. I put my back pack under the gazebo and got in the car and drove down towards town to retrieve my luggage.
Even when only traveling about a hundred miles away, it still takes all day!
TTFN
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