Bronwyn Says They Are Coming Home!

We have had a great time in Camp USA, but now we are pretty excited because they are coming home tomorrow.  Yay!  I wonder if we get to do the hotel gig in Port Angeles again?

Here is how they have spent the last few days!  They troop off every morning to get their latte and take little baby size bottles of Baileys with them.  Phil has done this for three or four years and Janet is a new convert. Janet is somewhat worried about putting the Baileys in the coffee as she doubts slinging alcohol on the street at 9AM is widely approved.  Not Phil - no covert actions there!

This is in front of Lava Java, which is on Ali'i Drive in Kona.  Just to the left of the photo is some major road work that has been going on all week and ties up traffic in an unbelievable manner.  Phil says traffic here is stupid crazy when things are going well.  Now toss in some road work and it's barely controlled chaos.

Quite similar to the rest of the world, there are about 8 workers and two guys actually doing anything.

Move over, Meg and Bronwyn!  Check out this guy ridin' the waves on his SUP!

And, Mr. Baby...check out this little keiki - playing in the sand pool at the Sheraton Hotel.  Perfect for tiny tykes - shallow, sandy, warm and no big waves!

Janet and Phil went for a small car trip.  They drove to Captain Cook where they visited the Manago Hotel, which is still in operation.

You probably can't see it, but there is a sign advising the TV room is for hotel residents' only.  Seriously?!  Who would cross the street to watch that antiquated TV and not have control of the remote?

Next door was the Kona Chip factory where they make all their own potato chips.

The whole potatoes with skin on went up the little conveyer belt and then all of a sudden were sliced super thin and dumped into  a vat of hot, spinning oil below.  After just standing outside for a few minutes watching made both Phil and Janet smell like they worked in the factory 8 hours a day.

They took a look at some coffee trees.

They went to an incredibly tacky seafood restaurant and fish market.  Food was really good and look at this really lucky guy!  I want to be him!

Janet thinks perhaps he has been there many times as he curled up around the bar stool so well.

Janet has been working on a scarf for our Poppa as he is always cold.  Somehow, the yarn became so knotted it has taken Janet longer to unknot it than knit the scarf.  Phil loves Janet's artistic endeavours little crafty gigs and gives her a hand with the yarn.

Good night!