I flew out Friday night after work and was straight to the airport. On the short 30 minute flight I was given an adorable fruit cup style cup of water before we started our decent to Lihue.
Jackie and Drew were waiting right outside the airport and we went straight to happy hour. We quickly caught up on life stories. Jackie and I typically only get to see each other once a year so this second visit in 2012.
We took a quick driving tour to the south side where they call home. We continued to catch up on stories until we all passed out in our respective beds. I slept on an air mattress in the living room that was near the lanai. If you are not familiar with island life then you may not know that most places do open air to keep cool instead of air conditioning. This means that any outsides noises become your sleep aid or anti-sleep aid. For me the proximity to the door meant listening to crazy chicken clucking it up for the night. If I lived there longer I could see how the chicken sounds can become part of your nightly ritual but for me it was an extreme disturbance.
Jackie and I were up before 7:00 am to go start our fitness filled Saturday. First up was a TRX bootcamp. I love a good work out but on my limited sleep this was an early morning butt kicking. After sweating out last night's happy hour we rehydrated with fresh coconut water, it was like the nectar of the heaven. We rehydrated in the car on our way to our next adventure: coastline trail run. A trail run is not very interested to read about so I will share our trail in pictures.
On our way back to the car we stopped to look over a cliff to see a pod of 20-30 dolphins jumping around in the water having a happy Saturday play time. We could have watched this all day but after our second workout of the morning our stomachs lead us back to the car for breakfast. (This is all before noon)
After some power food and my first ever Beermosa we (Jackie, Drew, and myself) were off to buy supplies for our camping adventure. We packed up the Subaru and headed to Polihale State Park. The local weather man warned us that there would be rain that night. In preparation the rain Drew and I made a homeless tarp tent city.
We were able to get a campfire going to roast our weenies and cheers our beers around before the rains came. We were even able to lay down in our respective air mattresses before satins storm raged upon us.
I began my evening under the extension of our homeless tarp-city tent. The wind began to pick up and the rains started to pound down upon us. I tried to hunker down under the tarp but I quickly felt like I was going to be swept off to Oz during the next wind gust. Right as I was about to jump into the tent I heard Jackie yell at me to get in the tent. The three of us hunkered down in the tent trying to wait out the storm. Drew had to add extra rocks to our tarp to keep it from blowing away and chase down the air mattress as it flew toward the ocean about to become a raft. We survived the night with little sleep. On our drive out of the park we realized just how bad the storm had been as we drive past tree branches that have been ripped from their trees.
We had original intentions to hike Sunday afternoon but instead we explored the north shore, Jackie surfed, and Drew and I took a nap on the beach. We finished the adventure weekend with a happy hour and pupus before I had to leave them for my own island.
I hope to have more adventure times with my friends as we continue to be island neighbors.
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