Don’t know what Madam Pele is up to. Eruptions of Mauna Loa are usually short-lived. Too bad if it goes out before my guests arrive on Monday. But, Kīlauea, the volcanic version of Old Faithful, is still perking away.
So, what’s OK? I am OK. That’s what. I had been suffering from what Carlton called “unresolved discontent”. I was focused on what is lost, not on what remains.
I can still swim out to where the fish live. Sure, it takes longer. And I have to walk ½ to the take off point. (My hotel was across the street from the pier. According to Google I am now ½ mile from the pier.) SO, stop moping about what isn’t anymore and enjoy every fish that swims past.
No need to enjoy this bad boy. A Crown of Thorns Starfish. They have done serious damage to the Great Barrier Reef, but so far so good here in Kona waters. They seem to have some enemies. And our spear fishermen do kill any that they come upon.
I want to go on 3 boat trips. IceBreaker to the North Pole. Transit the Northwest Passage from Greenland to Nome. Sail a tall ship around Tahiti.
They are all doable. They take 10 days for the North Pole. 20+ for NW Passage and 17 for a nice trip around French Polynesia. Prices are in the if you have to ask . . . category.
I am most fascinated by the trip to The North Pole. At this instant. I have always been interested in the NW Passage. And finally, I love Tahiti.
Assuming I make it 3 more years – and with my family history – that will be stretching it – I could do all three. Think Tahiti should be first because tall ships don’t have elevators!
But nobody is promised tomorrow. Think to go round up some dinner. Chicken sandwich maybe.