Boy, gotta wonder about the front desk help here at the Turtle Bay Resort… Just checked with the concierge here at the hotel about tonight’s luau. The Polynesian Cultural Center is closed on Sundays!!! They have rescheduled the luau for tomorrow, which is our anniversary… Not sure if we want that for our anniversary dinner, I’ll have to see what Marianne wants to do when she gets back from the spa…

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Slowing things down a little today. Marianne is going to the spa today for some special “mother’s day” deals on treatments. It will give me a chance to relax as well. This afternoon and tonight we will be at the Polynesian Cultural Center to check out the center and then go to their luau dinner and show. It is all a part of our package here at Turtle Bay…

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The sun has set once again here in paradise. Time to head to the restaurant for dinner, as it will be totally dark in another 45 minutes, and we will feel like it is late at night and time for bed…

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We took a drive up the west shore this afternoon after leaving the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet. The scenery in beautiful, although different from the east shore, since this is the leeward side of the island. It is the dry side, and it shows. The Waianae Range up the west side of the island is just as magnificent as the Kohola Range on the east coast.

However, as a society should be ashamed of what we have allowed to happen to some of our citizens along the west shore. There is a section of 4 or 5 miles of beachfront highway that has become a tent city for homeless people. These people are just trying to get by on what has been dealt to them. My heart goes out to them that they have to live in such conditions, but I don’t know what I as an individual can do to improve their lives…. The following pictures are the better accommodations we saw. Those living in rusted out junk cars and vans were too secluded in the shrubs to get decent pictures as we traveled down the highway.

… and Flea Market… Did not make it 500 feet in the first hour!! Bargains galore for Marianne…

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