Well, two stupid things today…

#1: I forgot to recharge the battery in the digital camera last night, and it died early on today. Or spare non-rechargeable was also dead (oops!). I finally found a new spare battery in a camera store in Hanalei. Not an unreasonable price, and better than waiting to get back down to Lihue and go to walmart this evening to save a couple bucks.

#2: I left the SideKick LX-2009 in the car while we were at Kiluea Lighthouse, so no “on the scene” blog entry from there… Look for some pictures from our DVD camera tonight or tomorrow..

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Yes, not foggy, but voggy. Excessive volcanic fog drifting northwest from the big island. The normal tradewinds are in a doldrum for the next few day, causing very hazy conditions… But, keeping the sun at bay some… Temperature now is 78°F.

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Opened up the lanai doors to find a mama and her brood of chickens looking for breakfast… We are asked not to feed them, as the chickens have overpopulated the island due to no natural predators.. Cute to see though…

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Ok, so it’s already afternoon for those of you back on the east coast, but the day is just getting started here… Sunrise in about a half hour or so…

The radio is talking about hazy conditions today, and saying that the “Kona winds” are the cause, so it is actually VOG (volcanic fog). Must be there is some serious volcanic activity on the big island right now.

Would look it up on the web, but the SideKick has limited service inside the hotel (in and out), wireless on the laptop is very poor, and I just found out my ethernet port is not functioning!!! Hopefully someone makes a cheap USB to Ethernet adapter so I can get high speed access on O’ahu, as Turtle bay does not have very good wireless either, but that will be Thursday.

For now, I can live with the poor wireless when I sit out on the lanai. Time to today under way….

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We are all settled into the hotel for the next 4 days. Our room is ground level, with a patio and view out to the pool area.

Now we are going to just relax for a bit then go to dinner here at the resort for Marianne’s birthday.

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