I arrived around 6 last night (11 or so central) to sweet, thick, humid air. My gelled hair had no chance. I glanced at my reflection and it looked as if my hair was longer from the fro.
A wavy drive along the coastline has brought me to Cliff's Edge bed and breakfast where I will stay and help out where I can while enjoying the facilities.
Its amazing! The view from my porch is of the pacific and I can hear the waves while I go to bed. I have a nice private bathroom and large desk where I've spread out my inking supplies and have finally cracked open this hand made leather journal my friend Emily made me for my birthday a year or so back.
Pictures are a must of course while I stay. I've taken pictures of plants and rock textures hoping to utilize them anyway possible as I make digital and hand made illustrations in the evenings. Sun goes down around 7 and its completely dark out!
A little hic-up in my travels came from the my connection flight from Mpls. to Seattle. We had around 5-10 min to get off one plane and onto the only one going out to Maui. I got on but my 1 checked bag had not. Somewhere between the pacific lays half a planes passengers bags. My toiletries and some of my chargers+ card reader (hence no photos) are still MIA. I've made pleasant due though with the pair of shorts and t-shirt I have while turning my awesome boxer briefs into my make-shift swimwear.
I took a late night dip in the salt water pool and couldn't believe the difference! For one thing I can open my eyes underwater sorta and my skin has softened since my first swim. It was surreal as well the sensation of floating 300 ft above the ocean, looking up and seeing the moon peak out between light rain clouds that would occasionally sprinkle down and cause a cricket like orchestra when it hit the water.
Today I'm going to try to acclimate to the time zone abit, do some yard work and most likely sun my self as much as I can while I wait for my supplies to come. This week though I plan to get down to Paia and further to get some snorkeling started. My goal is to get out 2-3 times a week to a snorkeling place! Molokini is my true goal before I go.
Wildlife and flora is amazing. I guess thats no surprise since we have all experiences or have seen pictures. I have met a frog the size of my hand, a gecko as tiny as my pinky, 2 different species of spiders trying to trap me on my porch and a dragon fly the size of a small bird.
Speaking of birds. I awoke this morning to the sounds of the most amazing birds! Of course what is the first thing I see when I step out...
a pigeon.
More to come. Here is the Molokini!
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