November 26, 2004
Voyagers
Wailoa Estuary Hilo Boat Harbor...
Its been a great three days with Monica here and our adventures with the store... It is so dead, and we had over 5000 cruise passengers here for the day, yesterday, with nothing set up for them to do . We handed out flyers telling people about the store being open but most took a look at the closed up shops and ran back to the boats...
We closed up at two PM and after tearing down the shop we drove over to the
Nani Mau Gardens, for Thanksgiving Buffet" The gardens were lovely... It has been very wet these last few days and I in my formal Muu muu didnt stray from the appointed paths. My camera was acting up, purly opperator error so I didnt get many snaps... But I got quite enough to eat and it was lovely
Today we are off to the Volcano Arts Center Craft fair in Volcano, for a bit of shopping. Since everyone will be shopping their hearts out at Walmart, The store is closing...Woody is standing guard somewhere all day.
Monica bought me a book of prints by the
Hawaiian artist and Historian Herb Kane called "
Voyagers". He was the driving force behind the development and sailing of the Voyaging Canoe "Hokulea" and therefore, close to my heart. I love this gift and will cherish it. I have begun to collect some objects that remind me of my Hawaii, especiallly the photographs that I have taken. The lingering Good Bye is hard ...
