just got home a short bit ago and just as i was walking in the door jim called on the sat phone. he's less than 300 miles away and plans on arriving noonish sunday. nothing has broken, he's getting some sleep and generally doing well.
today was my big drive day. i headed south stopping at a few places to look or shop but i'm really not interested in buying anything. no place to put it and wear it. decided to drive up to opaekaa falls and walked around a bit but didn't have the right hiking shoes and i could see mosquitoes in the air. then drove up to waimea canyon and got half way there when i realized i needed to get gas. it was okay because i did get to see some spectacular scenery. that red dirt is really something and takes quite a while to get off the skin. i had all the windows down in the car and enjoyed the different smells and thermal climes as i drove up and back. the vistas are so breathtaking it was hard to decide where to stop and take pictures. i poked along the road back home and stopped at one of the beaches to cool off and wash my feet. my poor sandels will be bleeding red mud for weeks to come i'm afraid.
today was my big drive day. i headed south stopping at a few places to look or shop but i'm really not interested in buying anything. no place to put it and wear it. decided to drive up to opaekaa falls and walked around a bit but didn't have the right hiking shoes and i could see mosquitoes in the air. then drove up to waimea canyon and got half way there when i realized i needed to get gas. it was okay because i did get to see some spectacular scenery. that red dirt is really something and takes quite a while to get off the skin. i had all the windows down in the car and enjoyed the different smells and thermal climes as i drove up and back. the vistas are so breathtaking it was hard to decide where to stop and take pictures. i poked along the road back home and stopped at one of the beaches to cool off and wash my feet. my poor sandels will be bleeding red mud for weeks to come i'm afraid.
forgot to mention the eucalyptus trees at opaekaa park. camaflouge colored. i know they're not indigenous to the area but they are so sensual with their sleek trunks and i love their smell. anonther thing was trying a sweet bread pastry. cary says the coconut cake is wonderful and this place didn't have that but they did have sweet bread with coconut filling. it was okay, not worth the calories so i'll continue to look for coconut cake which i'm sure is really easy to find.
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