5.'elima

owowow..... my "new (moonlighting?) career" as a crew member on a fifty foot catamaran is helping me appreciate the rejuvenate powers of a loooooooooong hot soak in the tub. I now know where all my arm muscles are. I even know where my finger muscles are! But the upside is the flying along under sail on the brilliant blueblue/greengreen ocean , with the lovely Kona skyline and mountains on one side and the misty silhouette of Maui's Haleakala crater surrounded by clouds on the other, the sun in my face and the wind in my hair. sigh. I simply love it. I wanna "come back" as an otter or a whale. can't wait for the next sail on Thursday.... just need a few more of those loooong hottttttt soaks....
and yes!! I'll remember to bring the kayak from the beach! aye yae yae....that's a long swim. in the dark. my sincere thanks to the captain for being the one to go.

labor day on the rock....early Saturday I did the "dawn patrol" with Natalia at Kahaluu and it was so much fun. nice refreshing waves, we got in n' out before the crowds, and I sat on the wall and watched a kayak race , strung along the horizon, like pearls on the sea. ----------- - ----- ---- - ----- - - --- -
and all those bikers out and about!! (what does one call a group of motorcycles anyway? hmmmm...)

the rains have stopped,at least here in Kailua Kona, so it's sprinkler time again! I can even feel a bit of fall, a nip in the night....or wishful thinking?

and a melancholy moment for the "crocodile guy"....Steve Irwin...."a hui hou", to that great ocean in the sky.....

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