I’ve never blogged from a phone before. Excuse my typos.
Normally I’d wait until I got to a real computer, but there are three things I want to share about this place.
1) One-way bridges. From our condo to my favorite snorkeling beach there are at least four one way bridges. It means taking turns and being considerate. Four to six cars go, then it reverses. If you are car seven, you stop.
This would fail miserably in Chicago. Here, it works. The locals resist newer, better bridges. Progress sometimes isn’t. These socially-appropriate traffic patterns isolate Hanalei from inpatient jerks.
2) Naked little kids. At Tunnels Beach a few days ago, a lovely young mother sat in the sun and watched her two little boys playing in the wavelets. One, about four, was digging in the sand, the other toddler was pushing a truck around, making appropriate truck-like noises. He was a bronze cherub, naked as a cupid without wings. Adorable.
On the mainland, someone would call Social Services and report this lovely young mom for…something, I dunno. When she left, little cherub baby waved and shouted “goodbye,” over and over until I became aware he was talking to me. I smiled and said goodbye too, and apparently content, he toddled away with a grin. Mom smiled too and said goodbye.
Chill out, mainland.
3) Doing nothing. This is a difficult thing for me. Thank you, Kauai, for the doing nothing lessons.
Aloha,
Canoelover