Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Their Vacation Ends!

Janet was sad their Hawaiian vacation was over.  The weather was so great and they enjoyed being in the sun.  It was also super fun having Meg, Mr. F and Auntie B.  The real key to the success of this vacation, however, was Mikey.  Doggie buddy extraordinaire!  He took such good care of us.  On our last day in PDX,  Mikey and Janet both noticed there was something wrong with Noodies left eye.  It has worsened, so we are off to torture land the vet tomorrow.  Everyone thinks I have gained weight from finishing off Noodles meals for the last few weeks,  but Janet says it's just the way my fur is fluffed up!

Last views from the condo:
Bye bye, fabulous view.  See you next year!
Phil's last hot tub:
Phil loves to B.S. chat with fellow hot tubbers.  You can tell the less chatty ones as the flee pretty quickly.  Happily for Phil, in the good ol' U.S. of A. there are tons of fellow hot tubbers that also love to chew your ear off!
They had lunch at Sam Choy's Restaurant three times.  First time was good, second time dreadful and last time, excellent.

Phil enjoyed his at this point in time unknown meal very much.
Fire pits at Sam Choys.
Not to mention, the super view!
This is incredibly hard to believe!  Before it was Sam Choy, it was a Wendy's Restaurant!!  Had to have been the best view with fast food ever.
On their last day, they drove "upcountry" to a chocolate farm.  This is a relatively new industry in Hawaii and is only one of a handful of states that is suitable to grow chocolate.  Janet came across the information in a magazine on their second to last day.  Two farms had tours, but were already full.  Next time!

From tree-
They had three varieties and the pods grow to be quite large.
To box...all in the same location!
Janet took Bronwyn's Hello Kitty quilt to Hawaii so she could hand sew on the binding.  She says this quilt is unbelievably light due the Liberty House fabric.
Hello Kitty on the lava!
Time to go....the most dreadful and one of the most expensive meals on the Big Island.  The airport!!
The one and only option.  Janet made the mistake of sending Phil up to choose the food they were to share.  He chose "Loco Moco", which is a much loved Hawaiian dish.  There is a hamburger patty on the bottom, topped with rice and furikake and finally topped with fried eggs.  They were to share this.  Janet can only tolerate eggs in two styles - scrambled and hard boiled in egg salad or salads.  She struggled to not make a scene in this dump.
Their old school plane paint job.
They spent two nights in PDX and the drove home on Sunday through absolute sheets of torrential rain and backsplash from big trucks.  Janet would have taken some photos but she was far too terrified.

Her reward!
Driving through Washington state, they purchased first of the season Dungeness crab.  Two for $20!  Major score!

It went from here:
to here:
and, finally to here!
Janet took this "staged" photo a day after the fact, which is why the green beans look uncooked.  It's because they are!  Ken is out of town, so they invited Karen over, spur of the moment, and Janet forgot to take photos.










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