I may never get all the sand out of Leila’s hair. After sleeping on the beach for a week, it’s a wonder we don’t have lots more sand in infinite more places. We loved every minute though. Each morning we’d rise with the sun, and each evening we’d drift off to the sunset. The lapping sounds of the water hitting the rocks found us wonderfully relaxed at the end of every day. The rum helped too.
Day one I awoke to a roach on my face. That was seriously uncool, but what did I really expect? Day two there were mice. Not scary rants like in big cities, but cute little country mice stopping in to see if we left any food laying around. Of course this little visit had Jen standing on whatever she could find and whooping like a school girl. Mice don’t bother me, but roaches make my skin crawl. I guess it’s a childhood thing. Either way- she took care of the roaches, and I took care of the mice. Day three we hiked 20 minutes through the searing hot desert of “pokey trees”. These trees had huge, nasty barbs that promised to draw blood if you accidentally stepped onto one. Which, of course I did. Several times. The long hike was well worth it though, once we found our way down to Kiholo Bay, we spotted a group of turtles sunning on the beach. This particular bay offers a saltwater/freshwater mix. Some ideas the water is very warm, and in others the freshwaters well out of the ground and make for ice cold patches. Before the end of the day we found our way to yet another beach to watch the sunset between the palm trees.
Day four, the lovely Gwen cam to visit and we enjoyed a few moments of girlie giggles out in the surf while the kids worked on sandcastles. By now Malik has become very comfortable with a boogie board and has even considered learning to surf. Suni offered to teach him, but I’m not sure how brave my little angel really is. We’ve been pushing him to be brave enough to let us give him a mohawk, but that hasn’t happened yet either.
Day five and we were packing up to head up into the mountains to camp in the Eucalyptus forest. Still no power, no internet, but at least this week promises indoor showers.
