Dusk

So often, I thank God that Dave and Alli moved to Kailua on O'ahu, and that they have welcomed us to be here for 6 months each year.  We live in a cottage just a house from the ocean, so this is "our" evening view from our beach chairs.

Looking back toward our cottage -- that's our beach access.

An Evening at Formaggio's in Kailua

A fantastic evening -- thank you Carol, Alli and Richard!  Carol is both a good friend and our landlord.  How does that work?  Aloha makes lots of things in Hawaii "work" that the mainland wouldn't understand.  What a kick it is to watch Alli be "social"!  We just don't get enough of her -- she is animated, quick, witty and huge fun!!!

Reunion

Pupus and Mai Tai at Buzz's.  Richard on the left, Oli, Judy and Doug. Richard, Oli (me) and Doug were in the same class at San Marino High School, and now Doug and Judy live in Lanikai within walking distance from our cottage.  One day I took my kayak on a paddle up to Lanikai to wave when Doug was on the beach at their house.  What a great pleasure to meet Judy, and it was fun to "talk story" about how you two met.  We'll see you again when we return in 6 months, for our next 6-month stay!

Kayaking the Canal

Richard does the heavy lifting for kayak trips that require car transport.  Mostly we've just put our kayaks on their wheels and walked a couple of houses to the beach access to Kailua Beach.  But this time, we want to explore the Kainui Canal.

It's about a 1 mile drive and then . . . unload it all!

We're heading 2 miles up to a park very close to Dave and Alli's home.   That's the Kalaheo Bridge ahead.

That's a shot of Richard I took holding the camera up over my head shooting backward!

Here comes the Oneawa Street bridge.

Almost time to turn back now . . .

Locals.

While returning, a squall moved in with wind and rain, but nothing to be worried about.  What you see here is where we started, and these home are part of the rented "Obama Compound" where he's been coming for Christmas.