Previous: On Saturday (12/17) we started out with eggs-in-a-hole for breakfast. Some people call them shadowbox eggs, but I think eggs-in-a-hole is more descriptive. I couldn't find the oil so I left the bacon grease in the pan and cooked the eggs and bread in it. Onolicious!
Last month I found someone to cut my hair in Kohala. Jessie referred me to Petra at The Hairspectrum, it's down at the bottom of the hill. I went in again for another haircut. Mom decided the next time she comes to Kohala she will come to get a haircut from Petra. She liked that Petra washes your hair before she cuts it.
We took Uncle Kazu out to lunch. Sort of. He wanted to get a box lunch and go to Keokea Beach Park, so that's what we did. While we were at CSC Cafe getting lunch, Lem came over to the car to talk with Mom & Uncle Kazu. Uncle Kazu had shrimp tempura, Mom had lemon chicken, and I had the mahimahi plate. We parked in the shade in the parking lot to eat our lunch and watch the waves. Later Mom walked out to the wall to get a better look at the waves.
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| Mom at Keokea Beach Park, Maui in the background. |
Uncle Kazu says it is only 35 miles from Keokea to Maui and only 25 miles from Upolu Point to Maui. He says people are able to swim to Maui from here, and some of the early Hawaiians probably did, I'll pass. It was very interesting listening to the conversation between Mom & Uncle Kazu. Mom was bemoaning the fact that so many things from her youth are no longer there. Uncle Kazu told her she should not feel sad, she should enjoy the improvements. He said if she lived in the past it would make her feel older. He used himself as an example of how he likes to go holoholo and see new places. He also said she needed to exercise and do more things to keep active. Uncle Kazu is 91, his father lived to 97. He said he heard people are now living 7 more years than their parents so Uncle Kazu is planning to live to 104!
When we left Keokea we drove down to the end of the road to the parking area overlooking Pololu Valley, but weren't able to enjoy the view. The parking lot was packed and people were illegally parked along both sides of the road all the way up to the old mule stable. The website I linked has some nice photos, but also shows a lot of damage; people are loving it to death. Previously there might be one other car in the parking lot when we would go to spend the day down at the beach at Pololu. Mom remembers when she went to visit friends that lived in the valley.
When we take Uncle Kazu to lunch we always end with ice cream. This time, on the way to Pololu, we passed a small nameless roadside "stand" that had ice cream. It was a small travel trailer with 3 or 4 picnic tables with umbrellas set out in a pasture. In the time it took us to order and eat our ice cream we saw at least a dozen people stopping by to buy ice cream, fruits & vegetables, and other items.
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| A great day for ice cream! |
Later in the afternoon the Arlene and Joyce came by for a visit. Their mom, Kimi who is 93, was too tired to come for a visit. We had a great time visiting with them. We sent them home with a bag of tangerines. Joyce has been spearheading the fundraising for the Kohala Jodo Mission obon celebration, she comes over to get lemons to preserve for sale during the bon odori. Both of them put in a lot of time making the bon odori successful.
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| L to R: Joy, Mom, & Arlene. |
After dinner Lem & Jessie came over for dessert. I had bought a Holy's Bakery pumpkin pie at Takata Store. I had heard last month that they were not making the pumpkin pies this year. I found out from an article in the Kohala Mountain News, that their oven had broken so during Thanksgiving they were not selling baked pies as usual; they sold them frozen for people to bake at home. I got a surprise when I went to put the frozen pie in the pre-heated oven, the pumpkin custard was frozen in a separate bag! Fortunately I had the microwave set up so I quickly defrosted it and poured it in to the shell. It was excellent!
Mom, Lem, & Jessie had very spirited and humorous recollections of various locals and relatives. They talked about the old Halawa Camp and where the various neighbors were & what they are doing now. We also talked about Auli'i Cravalho, the young woman who is the voice of the new Disney movie, Moana. She was born in Kohala! There was an article about her in the Kohala Mountain News, apparently she lived here for a few years until her parents divorced, her father still lives here so she comes back frequently for visits.
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| from IMDB website |
It was a lot warmer at bedtime, it was 70 degrees F. But for Mom it was still feeling very cold, got her to wear her leggings and a sweater to bed along with the heating pad.
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