Adorable kids I have seen this trip so far:

• The little boy who upon seeing the koi in the pond yelled “FISH!” and ran up to the edge. The koi, upon seeing the kid, though they were going to get fed and swam quickly up to him. The boy then decided the fish were too scary, ran behind his dad’s legs, and yelled “TOO BIG! BIG FISH!” Dad tried to ( Read more... )

My flight out of Hawaii is delayed (of course). I'm going to miss my connection in Los Angeles.

I WANNA GO HOOOOOOOME.

I have to admit, I am more impressed with the island of Hawaii than Oahu. But mostly that's because Hawaii still has active volcanoes. Which are awesome. I got to hike along the rim of Kilauea. I couldn't go into the crater itself because the National Park service had it closed due to venting gasses, including toxic gas. No thank you. I'll watch ( Read more... )

I am in Hawaii. It is 5:30am here, but I'm up because my body is convinced it's 11:30am. I was hoping that by staying up almost 24 hours yesterday I'd reset my internal clock, but no such luck. I found grabbed a notebook to write on the plane (which I didn't do much of, because both my seat mates were nosy), and discovered some interesting bits I ( Read more... )