Aloha from Hawaii!
Well, it has been a while since I wrote on my blog. We are in Hawaii with only a week left. I will be sad to leave .... especially since back home the temperature hasn't been out of the 20s I don't think while I am enjoying high 70s and low 80s!! What an adjustment we'll have to make!
The Occasions AND Sale-A-Bration catalog are ready to go. There are some great products in there - hope you have had a chance to look through the catalog. I have placed my first order and hopefully, it will be waiting for me when I return home next week! I can't wait to play with new goodies. I had a hard time narrowing down my choices since, of course, I wanted it all!!
We have been busy ever since arriving here on the 24th. We had a quiet Christmas, just the 3 of us eating, visiting and watching football. We went on a hike one day during the week and saw some awesome views. The hike was not steep but was long - think we figured it was over 4 miles round trip. I was glad to see the end! For New Year's, we flew to the island of Molokai where the leper colony is. Our plane was definitely a puddle jumper - only held 9 passengers and we were asked our weight before we boarded! There are only 8 past patients living at the leper colony now. I don't know what will happen to the "town" once they are all gone. The only way to get to the colony is by hiking or riding a mule. We chose the mule! The route down to the colony was rocky with puddles of water everywhere (Hawaii set a record a few days before with rainfall!). It was a trail with 26 switchbacks. It was a little bit scary!!
Sonny and Ashley on the way back up |
View from the top. You can see the colony below. |
Ashley made it safe on our puddle jumper! |
Ashley in the saddle! At the end of the ride, we had mud from our ankles to our knees! |