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This morning we packed up and took a shuttle back out to the airport for our first interisland jaunt with Aloha
Airlines. These flights are open seating
and have a limited drink service. The fact that they bother with drink service on a thirty minute flight was
amusing. We weren't even in the air long
enough to turn on electronic devices.
We landed at the tiny airport near Lihue on Kaua'i and took the shuttle to our Alamo car rental office. "Go out
these double doors and look for the sign
that says SUV. Pick any car in the lot, the keys are already in it. Drive it to the guard at the gate and sign the
form."
Simple enough. A bit odd that they just leave all the cars unlocked with the keys in it. Apparently, crime isn't a
big issue on Kaua'i.
We drove to our deluxe condo. The roads on Kaua’i are pretty simple. Supposedly there's traffic just north of the
airport around Kapa’a but we were
headed in the other direction. There's only one highway that circles the island. You just drive until you find an
intersection - and nearly all the
intersections tell you what city they lead to.
The condos on Kaua’i don't typically have air conditioning because the air is so nice. Ours was no exception that
rule, except it was damn hot. We
opened all the windows and took off most of our clothes - it was still hot. Hot! And sticky! We thought, "Oh,
no..." But we went on with the day,
crossing our fingers for cooler nights. The lady at the front desk gave us directions to the grocery store. "The"
grocery store because there's really
only one and it's in Koloa. It's about a 20-minute drive back to the K-Mart / Macys / Sears mall complex near the
mall but these people consider that to
be unbearably far.
The groceries were a bit expensive but not terribly outrageous. Here are some examples:
We drove back to the condo and started our first load of laundry. We sat out on the lanai, soaking in our proximity
to the ocean while Amy ate her
dinner (California rolls from the grocery store; Damon had already eaten a sub). We were playing on the computer for
a bit when Amy looked up and
noticed that she could see the Milky Way. We didn't need to let our eyes adjust for 10-15 minutes, we just had to
look up and there it was. It was
amazing.
There was a little walkway near our building where some other people (from Indiana) had gathered to look at the stars
also. It was a beautiful sight and
even around 8 pm we could still see regular shooting stars. Quite a sight.
The evening breezes did indeed bring cooler temperatures into the condo. We settled in for a nighttime movie,
"Speak," before fatigue set in. We listed
to the sea spray against the rocks beneath our window and drifted off to sleep.
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