We are so surprised at the inconsistencies of airport security in different parts of the country and the world. Sometimes we pass through without a sound; other times it appears we could bring down the house with the ringing. In Kauai yesterday, we thought with alarms sounding, it might be Pearl Harbor II. The result is that we got our first taste of a visit to the gynecologist. No more children for us, not after that procedure. The most intimidating part was watching and waiting as the TSA officer fitted the gloves. Our editor, bless her heart, was hysterical with laughter. ‘Yes’, we said, ‘what was so funny?’
‘I was waiting for the guy to pull out a jar of vaseline’. She can be very funny, can’t she?
We were able to catch an earlier flight (4 hours) than we had booked although we had already checked in. We did not think that security allowed luggage to fly unaccompanied. However, it seems when it suits the airlines, its fine. We beat our luggage by nearly 5 hours. We mentioned to the woman at information about the dilemma we faced. ‘When you return to collect your baggage,’ she informed us, ‘you should wait in the cell-phone car park.’ What a fine idea we thought.
Sitting in the car park a few hours later, we turned to each other and simultaneously blurted: “Did you remember to give our luggage our new cell-phone number?”
A person learns each day, especially when in a new place and even more so in another country. Our first taste of this occurred when the attractive woman offered us POG. What to make of the offer? Are the drug laws different in this state, we wondered. Could it be a fancy drink? Who knows? We don’t get more complicated than Diet Coke, but hold the ice. Of course, we don’t mean that literally. After a brief explanation, we realized that we might have over-reacted a little. After all, we like peach, orange and guava juice (pog) very much, even mixed. We know how to hold a cocktail drink of that potency pretty well, if we may say.
Without wishing to be difficult, we have switched to CO2, not the gas though. One part carrot juice and two parts orange, our new Hawaii buzz. You see, we’re going ‘native’. Be bloody funny if we started a new drink craze, wouldn’t it. Well...
Over the last few months, we have begun a new regimen thanks to Pam Resnikoff. We start the day off with two glasses of water at least—‘kick-start’ were her words, we think. Now we have two to three glasses H2O, one glass of CO2, two cups of tea and we only then begin to think of D-Coke.
The scene is set. What do you think must occur on the mountain trails? Yes, what goes in must find a way out. No problem so far—the system is set up to handle the overflows. However, have you given thought to what happens in the high winds on the West Maui Mountain. The task is no longer that simple. There is the headwind, the tailwind, never forgetting the treacherous side-wind. Facing the former can result in a rainless shower; the tailwind provides extra flight impetus, which could endanger hikers below. The side-wind might even point to faulty equipment—we don’t even want to go there.
A certain amount of skill is definitely required.
We had a great time on the rocks and mountain today—the pictures attest to this.
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
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