Barbara Thompson

Friday, January 11, 2025 I had an idea when I woke up. I thought we should look for malasadas. They are a Portuguese doughnut (without a hole) that are apparently quite the thing in Hawaii. I searched and found a place 21 minutes away. It seemed a bit far to go for a doughnut, but […]

Thursday, January 9, 2025 We spent some hours on the balcony again this morning. It is so nice out. We have so many birds flying around; it’s wonderful. I am in love with the turkeys. They come around quite often and I just watch them. Some Nene geese came around to show us Hawaii’s national

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 We went to the only vanilla factory in the United States. It was incredible. I cannot say enough good things about it. We stopped at McDonald’s on the way for breakfast to try the Hawaiian big breakfast – eggs, rice, Portuguese sausage, and Spam. Keith loved it. Sometimes there are dogs

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 After a delightful SPAM and eggs breakfast, we set out for Volcanos National Park. The map said it was 2 hours away and we would want to stay 4-6 hours. Sounded like a good day out. We had our audio guide man, Ray, telling us about stuff as we went. The

Monday, January 6, 2025 We had a reason to stop and look even before we left our parking lot. Keith found some awesome audio guides for the island. We (partially) did one today. It said it would take 8-12 hours (depending on what you chose to do). We left by 8:45am and got home at

Sunday, January 5, 2025 We just keep saying, “We’re in Hawaii,” so it must be true. We have a great balcony with a table and four chairs. We trickled down this morning as we woke up and ended up out on the balcony. We have trees to look at (with golfers just beyond) and birds

Saturday, January 4, 2025 We got two companion tickets from Alaska airlines and invited Gary and Julie (the original) to join us on the island of Hawaii. Gary told us that he had unfortunate luck with TSA and to expect him to be stopped. We abandoned him and Julie to go use TSA precheck. I

Friday, January 3, 2024 We need to leave for the airport at 5am tomorrow. Alexander is okay with taking us, but I need to know he isn’t going to sleep through his alarm, so he has come to sleep here. He also worries about being late when early morning things are happening, so he is

Thursday, January 2, 2025 I don’t officially have to make my New Year’s resolution until winter vacation is done. That is not until January 13th this year. Woohoo. But I already made it. I have decided to use a spoon rest this year. I have a spoon rest. I put spoons next to it. There

Wednesday, January 1, 2025 Yes, I did just type 2024 and had to change it. Happy New Year! We had a spectacular day watching recordings of brass bands competing at Brass in Concert from November. Mike and Mary came and we talked and talked and talked, then settled in to watch the top 5 bands.