Karen McBride's Island Views: Feeding my son to the "sharks!"

Rain is just a way of life in Hawaii. It is as much fun to swim in the rain as in the sun. Now I don't really believe this but most don't care. You are we already wet so I guess if it isn't lightning it doesn't matter much. What does this have to do with anything? It doesn't. Just a thought. Life is often filled with surprises.
Such as this one!

Yes! It is what it looks like.
It was a little bit disconcerting to look over the side of a boat and see 2 or 3 of these swimming around the boat.

While Kevin was here he wanted to go swim with the sharks so he booked a trip and I went along for the boat ride. It was awesome watching them swim around and around the boat.
They were in cages and I suppose

perfectly safe. (I didn't want to do it)
It was a little scary thinking of him out there as shark bait.

Waimae Falls

Another adventure that we went on was up to Waimae Falls. It is a beautiful walk but when we go to the falls we were in for a big surprise. It must have rained hard because the little falls had turned into torrential falls. I had a hard time believing they were the same falls that I have been to previous times before. They were not letting anyone swim in the falls, today.

HOME ON THE POINT!

Kevin rented an AirBnB home up on Laie Point. It had two bedrooms so I was able to go stay with him for the week he was here. They let me out of the compound for a few days RnR. It was wonderful. It was at the end of Laie Point and had a swimming pool, and a private deck to watch the sunrise and the sunset. I enjoyed the outdoor shower. That is the shower door on the left and to the right is one of the decks and entrances to our rooms.

The last day Kevin was here I took him back to Wakiki Beach to his hotel and we looked down from the balcony and I thought I saw a funny looking rock. Then it started moving and looking closer it was a big moulting seal.

And that was that! All good things must come to an end. I left Kevin and went back to Laie for another 6 weeks. Now I am down to 3. See you soon!

THE RAT TRAP

Some people collect stamps, bottle caps, rocks, etc. I guess I am collecting rat pictures. After all that has happened in our office and I think that nothing more can distract us, along comes another surprise. This surprise was the surprise of the "rat invasion."
Meet Lulu!

and Elmer!

Here is HoyHoy in the cockroach trap. HoyHoy ran across my feet one morning as I was talking to a vender. Her hearing will never be the same. She just said she would have screamed louder that I did. She was so kind.

Thursday we caught "Tails" He was in the trap from Monday to Thursday. They could smell him but we couldn't find him. He was right above my head the whole time. Misi said that there were maggot friends up there with him. SEE THE TAIL!!!