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Thanksgiving on Molokai

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One more thing on the Ninja Air Fryer, the metal does get hot on it and it takes a while to cool down. It will tell you when you can flip it up after use.

It probably rained about 8 times today for about 5 minutes each time but with the wind it seemed to come down pretty hard.

I went down to the pool to BBQ in between the rain. Still pretty cloudy and I couldn’t see Maui or Lanai. Still a great day.

We have to get a safety check on our car. It’s actually overdue. We should have had it done in September but we weren’t here. If the weather clears off we’ll try to get that tomorrow and stop to the Molokai DMV since our registration is due 12-31-20. If it’s raining, we’ll wait until Tuesday. Weather is supposed to be great for over a week starting Tuesday.
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Red Ginger is always such a pretty plant.

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Do you know of the various uses of the juice/liquid from the Ginger Flower? It is a sun screen, insect repellent, and a nice hair gel. We learned this from a Native in Fiji during a Forest/Nature Hike. Cut the flower from the plant, turn up side down, squeeze the flower, and collect the fluid.
 

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We just got back from Kaunakakai town. We were able to get our vehicle safety check done. We pulled up and honked the horn and they came out and got our registration and proof of insurance. Then they took a couple of pictures and we were done. $25 later, they put our new sticker on and we were out of there. :D
Then we went to the DMV. We had to wait in line outside for about ten minutes but then we got in and out quick after $272 more but now the vehicle is good for another year. She said on Molokai we always have to come in to pay the registration. For some reason it can’t be done on line. Oahu is easier and we can even do registrations at SafeWay.

We stopped at Molokai Burger on the way home for a quick lunch.

The wind is subsiding a bit so I took the short video from the lanai. Hope the wind isn’t too bad. I only have my phone this time. The tree by our lanai is a Plumeria, I called it a Hibiscus on the video.:D
 

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My wife made her Crab Rangoon’s in the Ninja Air Fryer. She used crescent rolls and seafood salad as the filler. 325 for 10 minutes on bake in the Ninja. It worked great and they tasted awesome.
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The high winds are being clouds and a little rain. They must have gotten some rain here recently because the drainage dips in the road had water across them on our way home when we first got here. Probably about a foot of water running across the road.

The wind is moving the clouds pretty fast. I can’t even see Maui right now.

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Have a good vacation on your favorite island.
 

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Wind has died down now down to a nice breeze but the clouds still came and go with some sun peaking through. Nice enough for breakfast out on the lanai. :cool:

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The afternoon turned out to be like the last couple days, rain coming and going most of the day. It was less windy but it was still strong at times.

Maintenance has been working on the stairwell right outside our condo. Looks like some posts and boards needs to be replaced. Looks like they will be done tomorrow. Tomorrow will be laundry day.

We never even left the condo today. We had plenty of leftovers to eat and the weather wasn’t the best so we just stayed home. My wife is getting caught up on her Christmas movies on Lifetime. :D

I fell asleep on the lounger on the lanai so nothing exciting to report today.

Tomorrow we will call to Make our reservations at Hiro’s. They changed it up this year with COVID. They are having a traditional Thanksgiving entree of Turkey, Ham, stuffing, corn on the cob and mashed Potatoes. Then they will have their regular menu. They do have dine in from 6pm until 8:30pm.

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We may stop into town to get a few things we’ll need in the coming weeks. We usually alway take a ride or two out to the wharf.
 

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The sun is back and with nice gentle trade winds. Perfect morning to enjoy the lanai. Today the Cabana is being decorated for Christmas. I’ll get some pictures when it’s completed.

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Happy Thanksgiving thanks for sharing your photos. Looks like a nice place. Do you ever rent it to TUG members?
 

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Happy Thanksgiving thanks for sharing your photos. Looks like a nice place. Do you ever rent it to TUG members?

I do rent it when we aren’t here. I have had some inquiries from TUG members. In Hawaii you have to have an on island property manager so if clients have issues there is someone on island that can take care of them.
 

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It was such a perfect day today, we decided to stay here and enjoy it instead of going to town. We’ll go in for dinner tomorrow.

We did laundry and I was finally able to move the car cover to lay it out so it could dry. After an hour, I flipped it over and then an hour later, it was totally dry. Another job done.

After that, I walked down to the cabana and took some pictures on the way. Then I sat out and got some sun. Awesome day.

The Cabana got decorated today and is all ready for Christmas now.

This first one is from our bedroom. It’s at the back of the condo but you can see some ocean and the island of Lanai.
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The one below looks back at our condo from the ocean. The gate and fence is the back entrance to the cabana and pool.
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I wish you could learn to relax. You're so hyper all the time! :D

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I wish you could learn to relax. You're so hyper all the time! :D

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As I’m sitting on the lanai having pizza and beer. :D :D :cool:

The Ninja does a good job on Pizza too.
 

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Just got to Hiro’s, beautiful night.
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Hiro’s was excellent. They had about a dozen tables going so it was a pretty good crowd and a few people were going in when we left. I had the Thanksgiving Plate and my wife had the Linguine with Shrimp Scampi and Pancetta.
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Before we went to Hiro’s, we stopped at the wharf for the first time on this trip.
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slip, so glad you’re having such a wonderful time there. Thank you for the wonderful pictures. ❤️
 

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Getting ready to head into Kaunakakai town for a few groceries. We only need a few things so we are going to go to Misaki’s. My wife has never been there so she’ll be able to check it out for the first time. It’s smaller than Friendly’s but still a full grocery at least by Molokai standards. :D

We had a kite surfer in front of the condo while I was waiting for my wife to get ready. I think that’s the first time I saw one out here.

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My wife ended out liking Misaki’s. It is actually bigger than I remembered it and they do have a better selection of meat. Anyway we got some things we needed. We have to stop at the TruValue yet. My wife didn’t want to make another stop.

They had some whole roasted chickens at Misaki’s so we bought one. That’s what we had for dinner and it was excellent.

There were a few more people here today so we had some more people check in. The pool and Cabana were the most crowded I have ever seen.

We also saw our realtor here today. She had a couple she was showing units to. It was nice to talk to her, she had left the island after I purchased my condo but I had seen in the paper that she came back and is back into real estate with a friend of hers.

Another beautiful day, nice light trade winds all day. We had a few people snorkeling out in front of the condo today, plus a stand up paddle boarder. Then the sky was gorgeous tonight and then a rainbow came and made it even better.

Tonight is a full moon and movie night at the Cabana. They are showing The Wizard of Oz.

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We had a busy day today, by Molokai standards anyway. :DMy wife noticed we were running out of paper towels and I wanted to go to the TruValue so we headed into Kaunakakai. We stopped at The Bank of Hawaii first. I had to check and see if they received our annual insurance statement.

Then we went to TruValue, I wanted to pickup some rope for when I tie down that darn car cover again. :D We got a few other things that we wanted to do some other things around the condo, a brush to clean our screens and a hose nozzle. They don’t have one on the hose to wash your car here so we just grabbed one and we’ll take it down when we need to use it. Then we got some paint and a paint brush to do some touch ups around the condo. Lastly some caulk for around the bathroom sink. Wow, I’m going to be busy.:D

After that we stopped at Misaki’s again for a few things and Papar towels. They had pork chops on sale so we grabbed some of those.

Then it was time for a late lunch so we went over to Ono’s Fish and Shrimp. We got some Fish and Chips and a couple of Fish Tacos. We brought it all back and enjoyed it all on the lanai.
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After we finished, I noticed there was no one at the pool so I went down for a quick swim. It was pretty crowded this weekend so I didn’t go down there. My wife was a little tired from our trip to town so she stayed in the condo.

The weather was perfect again so after my swim, I grabbed a lounger and got some sun. Then a few people came down so I was able to meet a few other owners.

Cathy has owned here for 16 years and has lived here for the last 11 years. They started out with a one bedroom and then years later a two bedroom became available so they bought that and sold their one bedroom. They also had a studio on the west side but just rented that out but they sold that a few years ago. She says about 12 people/couples live here full time. That’s more than I thought. I was thinking 5 or 6.

Shortly after Cathy came to the pool a couple came in and introduced themselves. They just purchased a few months ago. They are from Minnesota and they plan on being here for about 5 months a year, November through March. They may stay a little longer this year because of COVID. I talked with them for quite a while. She just retired at 65 and he has been retired for 17 years already and is 79. We talked about doing things to our condos and I was able to tell them how we bought things and got some things done. They are in the C building just like Cathy.

Cathy was saying that the majority of the people who live here full time are in the C building. She said about 10 years ago most lived in B building. Most people who own in the oceanfront A building, come for a month or two and rent it out the rest of the time.

I invited both Cathy and the couple from Minnesota over to see our condo. Sounds like they will stop over tomorrow. They want to meet my wife too and then we’ll stop over by their condos.

We also meet the people right next door to us. They are from Massachusetts and are renting the unit month to month. I know that unit was rented as short term vacation rentals like we do but they probably wanted some income with COVID and decided to go with a month to month rental.

So a busy day for us.:D Plus a full moon tonight.
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After we do our visiting tomorrow, we plan on taking a ride to the west side and then having an early dinner at Paddlers. We’ll see what we get done.
 
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Good to meet the neighbors, and the full-timers. We enjoy being on a more-than-nodding acquaintance with others in our part-time condo. Plus it helps to have neighbors kind of looking out for your stuff when you're away.

Something we have at both places is (are?) Ring cameras. Of course you have to keep a router on all the time. It lets you keep an eye on the place from wherever you are. Just yesterday I was notified of someone at the front door. It was a delivery guy with a package for a neighbor that needed signed for. I was able to tell him that he was at the wrong house. It's like being there when you're away.

Sounds like your holiday travel to the second home has been a success. Enjoy, and have safe travels back home.

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My wife ended out liking Misaki’s. It is actually bigger than I remembered it and they do have a better selection of meat. Anyway we got some things we needed. We have to stop at the TruValue yet. My wife didn’t want to make another stop.

They had some whole roasted chickens at Misaki’s so we bought one. That’s what we had for dinner and it was excellent.

There were a few more people here today so we had some more people check in. The pool and Cabana were the most crowded I have ever seen.

We also saw our realtor here today. She had a couple she was showing units to. It was nice to talk to her, she had left the island after I purchased my condo but I had seen in the paper that she came back and is back into real estate with a friend of hers.

Another beautiful day, nice light trade winds all day. We had a few people snorkeling out in front of the condo today, plus a stand up paddle boarder. Then the sky was gorgeous tonight and then a rainbow came and made it even better.

Tonight is a full moon and movie night at the Cabana. They are showing The Wizard of Oz.

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Loved the rainbow picture Jeff. Happy thanksgiving.
 

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Seems like there's always some little things to do at our vacation/second homes, however the view and serenity makes even Lots of leaves to rake not to bad. Pluse the campfire an dark sky stargazing in my backyard with a cold beer afterwards helps. Have a great vacation Jeff. AL
 
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