Low Key Tuesday

Well, it was just another day in paradise... We got up around 7am and Russ made another amazing breakfast. We then packaged up all the trinkets into boxes, walked down to the post office, and paid an exorbitant amount of postage to get them all to the mainland in less than 6 weeks! But that's OK. Y'all are worth the expense. We then walked back to the room and did some computer work, then headed down to the pool for an early morning swim. Naturally, Garry beelined for the hot-tub. Back in the room again, we decided we needed to model our official Hawaiian leis for this trip.

Then Russ and I did some computer work while waiting for our signal that it was time to go to the beach. The morning is nice and calm, but right about high noon, the trade winds kick in and the trees right outside our lania suddenly have their fronds streaming almost horizontal. Time to go!

We grabbed flip-flops, towels, sunscreen, and headed out to...you guessed it...Little Beach! And wouldn't you know it---it was glorious again! We set up our umbrella, Garry dived onto his beach towel to "tan" (ie: sleep) and Russ and went to play in the water.

I took my camcorder with me. It's waterproof, so I recorded some footage of the waves rolling in. Here's a bit where a couple of big waves roll in and roll over me! I dunno about you, but I think it's cool. The water is so blue and clear. I'm ready to go back.

LittleBeachWaves from Damian Hart on Vimeo.

It was really windy out there today and at one point Russ and I were in the water and suddenly people started yelling as a big gust sent umbrellas a-flying! Fortunately, we had learned from yesterday and had filled the umbrella bag with sand and tied it to the umbrella. Still, it was in danger of getting turned inside-out, so we closed it up and moved to a shady spot under a tree. Garry went back to sleep. Russ hiked. Damian watched people. About 230, Russ and Damian went back into the water to play some more. Then it was 3pm and time to go. We trudged back to the car, drove to the resort, showered, then went out to eat. Yes, Russ has bought 7 weeks worth of food for our 10-day-stay, but he saw a coupon for half-priced tacos and Fred's....so we had to go! On the way back we stopped at an ABC store, picked up two Hawaiian music CD's and iTuned them while we got ready for sunset. Wine in hand, we walked down to our beach and watched the show. Not great...but good nonetheless. We visited with some other folks, watched little sand crabs build homes in the sand, then headed back in. Garry and Damian hit the hottub for a bit.

Then it was back to the room, dessert, pictures, sleep. Aloha!