P-days and holidays are always the best.

On the holiday, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (say that fast 3 times or even once), Polly and I took a partial tour of Kualoa Ranch. This ranch has a very interesting history. This is the part I listened to---
"Sometime after 1795 when Kamehameha I became the overall ruler of all the Hawaiian islands, he gave the lands of Kualoa to his favorite wife, Ka’ahumanu, after which they became part of the royal lands."

 





The first part of the tour was get on a bus that transported us to a canoe where we traveled to the "Secret Island." It looked like a jungle on the ocean shore. We boarded a catamaran and went out to the Chinaman's hat. We saw a few sea turtles but they were to fast to take pictures of.
           

We arrived back at the ranch and boarded a jeep like vehicle and went on a jungle tour.
 We visited places where the filmed parts of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World. We drove further up the mountain, took a short hike to the top of a mountain and saw spectacular views of the island.    

                                        

                                                                       

                                          P-Day, again:)

Friday night started off as a surprise. We decided to go to the outdoor movie at the PCC-Hukilau Market place. There is a green area, they put up a white canvas and there we have a sit in, outdoor movie theater. We saw "Moana."  What could be a more perfect evening? Cool sea breezes, stars, nice company, yes, we had popcorn and a great movie.

SATURDAY: Tender Mercies, even when we are "bad" girls, happen. Two sistah's decide not to go to the Settlement Devotional on Sat.(there were good reasons) and take off early  to go to Kaneohe and accomplish some things we can't do on any other day. We arrived at the turn off to Kaneohe, the engine light came on and the car started puttering and sputtering. Polly hurried and pulled over the first place we could and here we are at the "Hygienic Store." It has a large parking lot so we glided right into it. We said a prayer and then decided to call roadside assistance. While we were waiting we visited a small lagoon that was behind the store.     Again, it was so beautiful. There was a 7-11 across the street so we walked across for a drink  and up pulled up the tow truck as we were paying for our drinks. Our next dilemma was how to get back to Laie. The traffic was so horrendous that we hated to have anyone come get us. We asked the roadside assistance if we could ride back with the car and they said "no" because of insurance purposes. "Oh dear!"  The Lord took charge and gave me courage to ask the tow truck driver if we could ride with him to the "Organic Mechanic" where they were taking the car and about 5 min. from home. He said "sure" but it would be crowded. Well the traffic was good going north but south there were cars about 1 mile backed up. When we got to the "Organic Mechanic" our friend Sally O picked us up and transported us the rest of the way home. Again, miracles never cease. All this before noon. What to do the rest of the day? Why of course! Go to the beach. Off we went for lunch at Seven Brothers and got a to go box and ended up at:                                    

We had an enjoyable afternoon of lunch and relaxation at the beach, except, Cecily put her lunch down to take a walk and came back and the ants were devouring her goodies. My lunch was really good. I devoured it before the ants got it. I had garlic shrimp with rice and salad. 

I will close now. It is getting to be time for church and my battery is running low. Just want to bear my testimony of the Lord's love for me and for each of us. He blesses us each and every day in ways that we don't even think about. God is love!