WIND AND RAIN AND WAVES, OH MY

What a wind!!  Usually when we look out our window there are a few surfers out there on smallish waves far out. 

Today, because of the wind it was all white water -- and Waikiki has small 3-5 waves even on high wave days. 

Also, there were at least five guys out there windsurfing with kites.  And they were ripping across the water. 

We were going to go to the new Eggs and Things this morning, since Hanauma Bay is closed on Tuesdays and we didn't have any more "have to's" to get in.  But it was so windy we could hardly walk down the street, and when we got there, there was a pretty big wait, and you didn't know if you'd get a seat or not. 

Seemed like it was going to rain soon, so we just went into McDonald's.  This is the altecocker heaven.  There was nobody under 65 in the whole place except the employees, and every table was full.  And just as we got our Egg McMuffins, and just then the sky opened up and rain came down by the bucket.  Typical tropical storm. 

We were going to go for a walk, but rain was predicted for the whole day, and the walk I had in mind was kind of long and far away if we ended up getting drenched. 

We came back to the hotel and John went to work out and I took my packages to the post office to mail.  I hope I'll get my glasses back the week we get home.  I'm really mad that I broke them. 

When I came back, John was still working out, so I decided to take my beads down to the beach and make a babe or two.  I had no sooner set my stuff up than the wind came up and the rain started pouring down again, in another downpour that lasted about 15 minutes, with the wind blowing the rain straight into the covered area.  Afterwards, I dried the table and bench off and sat and made a few babes.  It was kind of nice working on the beach, but it was also kind of windy. 

Check out the cool way this guy decorated his bicycle. 


And that's our big day.

Tomorrow is supposed to be quite cool, which means no Hanauma Bay for me, so I've got to look up some bus schedules and maybe we'll go up to the flea market at the Aloha Stadium.  Here's a picture of how we manage our bus trips.  We have all these little slips of paper with bus stops and bus routes that we write out from the computer.  It's old fashioned, but cheaper than a smart phone.