So – after going to bed at 10:00 last night (that would be 2:00 a.m. CST – which my body was still on) – I managed to sleep until 5:00 this morning.
I know that doesn’t sound very late, but that would be 7 hours of sleep, and for me – well, that’s doing pretty good.
So, I got up, took a shower, and at 5:45 a.m. made a Skype call to my family back in MN. If you haven’t tried Skype, you have to do so. It was such a joy to see Lisa and Gracie. I think it was good for Gracie to see her dad too. She was very excited when we saw each other on the screen.
As said in “Day #1” today (Saturday) was a free day, to get “un-jet-lagged”. Alec (my Mayo collegue) had rented a car, and we drove around the island for most of the day. We took off toward the north and made our way all the way around to Hilo – which is on the east side of the island (our hotel/resort is on the west side). The most notable things we saw today were Akaka Falls and the Pololu Valley Lookout.
You can see some of the picture in my "Hawaii- 2011” folder.
Also during our travels, in the course of 20 miles, we went from a lava field/near desert, to a rain forest, and then to a farmland type landscape that could easily be mistaken for somewhere in the midwest. We also drove through the Kohala Mountain, that take you from near sea-level to 3600 feet in a very short time. We couldn’t figure out why our ears kept popping, and suddenly we saw an elevation sign – and suddenly, “oh, no wonder!”
We finally meandered our way back home, stopped at a small grocery store, to pick up some supplies, and found our way back to our hotel. I’ve had dinner, and now – a just before 9:00 – am considering bed.
Tomorrow (Sunday) is set up day, and then off to more sight-seeing.
Bye for now – the boy is tired.
JBD
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