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All Good Things . . .

It’s Saturday night. I am thinking about my exit strategy. I think backwards. My plane leaves on Monday morning at 8:20 AM. Therefore, I must be at the airport no later than 7:00 AM. I’ll need to drop off the rental car, and catch their shuttle to the terminal. I have two large suitcases withContinue reading “All Good Things . . .”

Rental Cars

Looking back towards Kona from Highway 11 on the drive to South Point It was a short walk from the highway where the bus dropped me off down to the rental car center located between the airport and the highway – or as they say in Hawaii, mauka the airport; makai the highway. Then toContinue reading “Rental Cars”

Another Day . . . Another Adventure

Riding on a bus on my way to Kona. It is actually a large, rather comfortable bus – more of what I would call a motor coach. I got on in Waiohinu – at the chinese store that is no longer open. I wonder why. Someday I will have to ask. I asked my neighborContinue reading “Another Day . . . Another Adventure”

Accomplishments

Now that I have been here in Hawaii for a few weeks, I guess it is time to stop and see just what I have accomplished. Perhaps the most important is that I have my solar panel system set up. Previously, I had purchased a 100 watt solar system, but I have yet to setContinue reading “Accomplishments”

Crime Spree

The other morning, I was having breakfast, and went to the car to get something. As I came through the trees and around the corner I saw a Hawaii County Policeman standing in the middle of Holowai Street in front of the car. I immediately wondered what I had done. Had my covid test atContinue reading “Crime Spree”

The Envelope, Please!

The southern most town / city in the US is Na’alehu, Hawaii. Na’alehu looks like a small rural town from the 1950’s, but it has been here much longer. There was a sugar plantation here in the 1880’s, and it is rumored that Mark Twain rode through here in the 1860’s, so it was probablyContinue reading “The Envelope, Please!”

Another Warm Welcome

It was ten minutes after five when the plane took off from Oakland. The direction was west. – into the setting sun. The sunset was spectacular – not just because of it’s duration (over two hours) but also because it produced a band above the horizon starting with a dark red-almost a purple – toContinue reading “Another Warm Welcome”

Play it Again, Sam

Well, I’ve done it again. I’m going back to Hawai’i. So, I need another covid test. Back to the Walgreens on line site to book an appointment. I got this email: Hi David, You’re eligible for COVID-19 drive-thru testing based on the information you provided under current state and federal guidelines. We’ve requested a lab orderContinue reading “Play it Again, Sam”

Pros and Cons

I was reading about another couple’s transition to being expatriot Americans and living in a foreign country. They seem to have gone through the same or similar steps as we have – they have gone traveling to interesting places with an eye out for answering the question, “Would we want to live here full time?”Continue reading “Pros and Cons”

Leilani Estates

On May 3, 2018 Kilauea Volcano erupted in the East Rift Zone area outside the Volcanos National Park boundaries. A series of fissures developed along a fault line between the towns of Volcano and Pahoa. Most of them just bubbled up spitting out enough lava to cover a few acres and then quit, but thereContinue reading “Leilani Estates”