Random thoughts from Kauai:
Kacie, thanks for getting up early and taking us to the airport. It makes travel so much easier.
When will we go on a trip and get more than four hours of sleep the night before? At least it makes sleeping on the plane easier.
IAH to LAX and LAX to LIH (Lihue) is a great way to get here. Breaks up the trip into 3+ and 5+ hour flights and Presidents Club has wi-fi.
Taking the dogs to the kennel: Jac & Luc got dog biscuits at the dry cleaning pick up on the way to be dropped off. Lesson learned kids: do not get in a vehicle and leave your mother when a man takes you for a ride and offers you treats. Champ was boarded at Petsmart and I ran into a business associate. It took Alan an uncomfortable second or two to recognize me. Come on Alan - fedora style golf hat and a big ungroomed doodle and you do "not recognize me out of the oil patch".
iPad: do not travel without an iPad. You can eliminate laptops, books, magazines, and newspapers and wear earbuds to listen to music and not the lady next to you or the infant crying 10 rows back.
OK, I was just kidding. You need a magazine because you have one hour per flight when you cannot have your electronic device turned on. Bring a copy of Wired magazine from home. It costs $10 per year to subscribe. Apple thinks you should pay $5 per copy to get it as an iBook. This will change although the people buying this are the same ones who put the idiots in Washington who decided the people with healthcare should pay for healthcare for people who do not want to buy it or work for it. Who can afford healthcare when you need another $600 per year for 3G and the WSJ app. But it is so cool and I get to be a couch potato.
The magazine on the plane reminded us that we are on an island and life is slower here. A 30 mile drive to the hotel is about an hour drive. It is a nice drive because everything is green and the mountains have high clouds while we are in the sun and a gentle breeze. Still I had time to contemplate the price of gasoline about 50% higher than Texas. It is a good reminder of what happens when you live on an island with no natural resources and everything is imported. We should carefully consider these things when we react to rogue behavior whether it is BP, Skilling, Madoff, or Sanford. Washington politicians are like the poor souls on Lost who were constantly fighting over leadership and believe in magical energy sources at the heart of the island. I think we should lock them in a cellar and tell them to punch a button every hour or they will blow themselves up. Let them fight over that and keep them from destroying our way of life with their political tinkering.
First whale sighting in Kauai. She was blubbery and had packed on enough fat for two females her size. From across the parking lot we heard her blow F!$&, F!$&, F!$&......until a male of her species came to her rescue. She was inebriated and sunburned and a reminder of how not to spend your vacation.
Hawaiian pigeon: I forgot that chickens were everywhere on this island. I much prefer them to the pigeons you see in most places. Since they live on the ground there is no danger of being bombed by a pigeon as I was in Piazza de San Marco.
Tiki torches: they really set the mood. I was tired last night so I had a Sapporo beer and went to bed. Tonight I am thinking Mai Tai under the wavering light of the tiki torches blowing in the gentle breeze.
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