Mahalo to the island of Kauai and its people for an amazing time. I'm writing from the Lihue airport awaiting my flight home via Honolulu airport. I've been on-island since after Thanksgiving and must say that this time period here was just right.
I packed this morning (it always takes way too long), my load lightened by a friend in Hanapepe holding a storage box full of island stuff for my return. No specific plans for a return, but it is only a question of when not if, and I don't think it will be long. Watch this space.
Dogs love to play with coconuts: like a big round green bone with coconut instead of marrow on the inside. If you have ever tried to open a coconut without a machette you know it's a good match for a dog's teeth and jaw. So I drank my last chilled coconut (with a bamboo straw) and tossed the rest into my friend Ed's yard for his dogs since I didn't have the tools to get the coconut meat myself.
Dropped off my last library book (I posted my collection of books home yesterday, saving 15 pounds of baggage weight, for a few bucks at media rate) and headed to Lihue to gas up and get breakfast.
The Tip Top Cafe has the best macadamia nut pancakes on the island and I had them with their homemade jam instead of syrup. The Tip Top is an informal "seat yourself" diner - with a sushi bar - where the waitresses roll around carts to serve and take away dishes. They are said to have the best sushi available here though I haven't had it myself.
Smooth rental car return and check-in and all that, which brings my here at Gate 6. They asked me to sit in an exit row on this flight - not sure if I'm doing them a favor or vice versa. It's a short climb-and-descend flight. The four pineapples from my farmer friends went through inspection in the bag and will be my main souvenirs. Looks like boarding will start in a while ...
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