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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The two Makaw Parrots are still here at Turtle Bay. The greet us every morning on the way to breakfast…

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Coming back up to the north shore last night meant dealing with a little “rush hour” traffic both in Waikiki and over in Kanehoe (we decided to avoid H1 through Honolulu and come up the east shore). Ran through some heavy fog and mist by the Pali Lookout and in spots heading north. Hopefully this was a sign that the trade winds are rebuilding and the VOG will be thinning out.

The north shore seas are a little calmer this morning, only 2-3 foot breakers. When we got here on Thursday, there were some nice 5-8 foot surfing swells out there. We took pictures of the surfers here at Turtle Bay, but I didn’t post those pictures, as I recall… I just checked, I didn’t take any with the SideKick…

Well, today it is off to the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet this morning, then a drive up the west shore, where we did not go last time… More to follow… Sent from my T-Mobile SideKick LX-2009