Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
The Makapu’u Point Lighthouse Trail is one of the vistas that kept me obsessing over moving here for years and years. Tom and Bonnie—our previously mentioned patron saints of Hawaii—brought me here on our 2010 whirlwind tour of the island. The (paved) trail displays glorious views as it leisurely winds its way up the rocks. …
An excursion to the Dole Pineapple Plantation is kind of an odd choice for us since we all seem to react unpleasantly to delicious pineapple. My throat burns and my stomach gurgles uncomfortably for hours. Isaac’s tongue hurts. Eloise wolfs down pineapple like it’s going out of style, then cries and tries to wipe out…
Tokyo’s PPAP Cafe came and went months ago, but that did not deter my kids from dancing and singing “pen pineapple apple pen” all the way up the Northern Shore yesterday. Chris pulled over when we saw a sign for coconuts. Oh YES, I am that kind of tourist! Scattered across the counter between pineapples…
Still doing moving things. We toured a preschool. We checked our PO Box. We went to Anchor Church, which started Life Chapel, our beloved Japanese church. We looked at more houses with our realtors after getting outbid. We attended open house after open house. We went to storytime at the base library. I went to…
“Ua ka ua, kahe ka wai. (The rain rains, the water flows)” —olelo no’eau 2801 We took a break from moving mania to hike the shady, jungly Manoa Falls Trail. It did not disappoint. Thick ferns and creeping, flowering vines, trilling birdsong, trickling water, lots of other hikers, and a guy setting up selfies…
Moving is hard! As I mentioned, Chris started work less than 12 hours after got here, meaning our first weekend in Hawaii was spent scrambling to buy a truck (read: hangry bickering in front of the kids). Well we actually found something great and Chris is now the proud owner of a maroon truck…
Isaac (5:48am): “I like Hawaii a-cuz I can wake up early—wait we didn’t have to switch our language yet! Humuhumunukunukuapua’a!” Isaac (7:45am): “Why is it so green? ” Isaac (8:05am): “Hey, what is that chicken doing there?” (At the airport) Eloise (6:30pm) “Beach! No leave beach! Waaaa!” Eloise (6:40pm): “Pet the CHICKEN?!” (Kailua Beach…
