Monday, Feb 2
Aloha! Early get-up at home in Gig Harbor for 0600 flight Sea-Sfo. Bill and I last to board w/ about a minute to spare before they closed the door due to Rob getting stuck in very long security line - but luck prevailed. Looked like a tight flight Sfo-Hnl, but Bill and I got on - YES!! - both in the E seat(smack in the middle of a row of 5 peops - very cozy) coach on a 777, Bill right behind me. My seat mate to the right was a very tired Japanese man who had come in from Las Vegas, ,and slept with his head on my shoulder almost the whole flight!! I figured out after waking him,only to have him fall asleep on me again, to put a pillow in between us - much better.
Arrived Hnl 1230 pm - got car rental and motored north to Laie to our home away from home, 
Hale O Na Popoki (House of the Cats) - so called because the lady of the house is a cat rescuer (seems that is our destiny, as the lady below us at home is also a cat rescuer!!). Chester Checkmark is almost a permanent lanai resident - very entertaining (see pic). The studio we have is very comfortable - murphy bed included - nothing fancy, but with with all the necessities, and the view is killer, as well as the sound Haleiwof the waves at night z-z-z-z.
Tuesday, Feb 3
After a very long sleep (very comfy bed) we made our first cup of Kona coffee (see pic)and then ventured out for a trip further north to get our bearings on the Island. Went to the town of Haleiwa - drove through beautiful green rural acerage and past Sunset Beach, Shark's Cove, and many beautiful beaches with rough and tumble surf. Breakfast at The Breakers, 
a stop at a fruit stand for papya, sweet corn, and bananas, then home for a walk on our beach and a snooze. At the other end of our street is a great viewing point - when the water is not so stormy apparently a great whale-watching point (see pic) Also our place is less than 3 minutes to a little shopping mall with large grocery store and laundromat.
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