We’re Ready for Molokai

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Just a couple from the BBQ while I was cooking. These are looking North through the Cabana windows.

 

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Went to pick up our rental car for the day. First time I rented from Alamo on Molokai it nothing else was open and the cab doesn’t run on Sunday. Not much difference in price any way and the rental car is probably a little more convenient.

My wife wanted to get the car all cleaned before we covered it. So we went down by the wash station and got that done. I disconnected the positive cable on the battery and we put the cover on. This one went on easier and we have bungees on each side and it seems to wrap around the carreally well.

Forst time I noticed the banana trees by the car wash station too.

 

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Our flight out is at 2pm tomorrow. We are just having some frozen pizzas we have left for dinner tonight. We did really good with food this trip. Not much left at all and we have a cooler bag so we are taking the few things back with us.

We should be back at our apartment by 3:30pm.

 

[Passepartout]

Well, Boo Hoo for now, but you'll be back before too long at all. It's so nice to be able to 'vacation' in your own place. So which place seems more like 'home'? Honolulu and work, or the quieter, more laid back pace of Molokai? It seems like you're pretty comfortable with either one.

All the best. Back to the grind on Monday. In a week we'll take our first during- Covid vacation. Yellowstone for a week. Don't know much about what will be open (not much, we read) but I'll take a couple of fly rods and avoid most of the tourists. We'll really be thinking of you back at work. Occasionally.

Jim

 

[slip]

Well, Boo Hoo for now, but you'll be back before too long at all. It's so nice to be able to 'vacation' in your own place. So which place seems more like 'home'? Honolulu and work, or the quieter, more laid back pace of Molokai? It seems like you're pretty comfortable with either one.

All the best. Back to the grind on Monday. In a week we'll take our first during- Covid vacation. Yellowstone for a week. Don't know much about what will be open (not much, we read) but I'll take a couple of fly rods and avoid most of the tourists. We'll really be thinking of you back at work. Occasionally.

Jim

Yep, I appreciate you thinking of me.
I know you will enjoy your time away. Sounds like you take some vacation time at your condo too.

This trip was different because not everything was open but we still had a great time. I’m sure it will be the same for you. You’ll just find different things to do and see.

These last couple of trips here really cemented our decision with our Molokai condo. It’s home and we feel it as soon as we get here. We’re definitely comfortable in Oahu but work takes a lot of time and when I get vacation I am ready to get away.

I was really surprised that my daughter really liked Molokai and she is going to return soon with a friend so I know she enjoyed the quiet too.

 

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I still have a couple videos and a few pictures to post yet so I will have a couple more posts to add here.

 

[Passepartout]

That's really great, Jeff, We can fee your love for the place and your decision to move and retire there. No exaggeration, HUNDREDS of TUGgers are living vicariously through you guys. Keep it up!

Jim

 

[slip]

That's really great, Jeff, We can fee your love for the place and your decision to move and retire there. No exaggeration, HUNDREDS of TUGgers are living vicariously through you guys. Keep it up!

Jim

Well, I don’t know about Hundreds but Molokai is different that other Hawaii locations so it is always nice to see something different.

I enjoy taking some pictures and video and I know with the virus some people haven’t been able to get out so I hope everyone saw something they enjoyed.

 

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My wife was behind me driving our car when I had the rental car so I took a video driving on the way home. I think I have two of these.

This one is the last three miles on Kamehameha V Hwy and then pulling into WaveCrest.

The first 10 miles from Kaunakakai town are fairly straight but you get a few good views of the ocean. After about 10 miles it starts to get curvy with some 20 mph turns.

it was a crowded on the road so the video may be a little bumpy. I don’t talk but you have a nice Hawaiian radio station to listen to.

 

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I think this is the one that has my favorite part of the drive from Kaunakakai town to WaveCrest.

We have a sharp left to make and then you have a straight on view of the cliffs of Molokai and it looks different at different times of the day because of the sun. It reminds me of Napali on Kauai. That part of the drive never gets old for me. I think you see them at about the half way point of the video.

 

[chellej]

Well, Boo Hoo for now, but you'll be back before too long at all. It's so nice to be able to 'vacation' in your own place. So which place seems more like 'home'? Honolulu and work, or the quieter, more laid back pace of Molokai? It seems like you're pretty comfortable with either one.

All the best. Back to the grind on Monday. In a week we'll take our first during- Covid vacation. Yellowstone for a week. Don't know much about what will be open (not much, we read) but I'll take a couple of fly rods and avoid most of the tourists. We'll really be thinking of you back at work. Occasionally.

Jim

Jim

Let us know how yellowstone is. We're not going until sept this year and hoping to see more animals and fewer people

 

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Last morning on the lanai until Thanksgiving. Another beautiful morning, trades are still blowing but not as strong.

We are all packed and have the condo already to leave. So I’ll enjoy the lanai for another hour before we head to the airport. We’ll be back in Oahu in a couple hours.

 

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Packed at the Molokai airport this afternoon.

 

[Luanne]

Packed at the Molokai airport this afternoon.
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Has the airport been enlarged? That's larger than I remember it being.

 

[amycurl]

Hey, it's bigger than the Bar Harbor, ME airport!

And it's really hard for us to pity you, as you leave one part of paradise for another part of paradise. Yeah, you'll have to go back to work, but at least it's a good job that you seem to enjoy.

 

[slip]

Has the airport been enlarged? That's larger than I remember it being.

Not that I am aware of, just 2 gates. But I have only been coming the past few years. Only 5 on our flight today.

 

[slip]

Hey, it's bigger than the Bar Harbor, ME airport!

And it's really hard for us to pity you, as you leave one part of paradise for another part of paradise. Yeah, you'll have to go back to work, but at least it's a good job that you seem to enjoy.

Yes, that work thing does get in the way of life but I am lucky to have a good job I like. Still hoping for only a couple years left though.

 

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Yes, we made it home. That was the quickest flight I ever had from Molokai to Oahu. We were only in the air 20 minutes. The Lyft drive was there in a flash and the traffic was great so we are about an hour earlier than I thought. These Mokulele flights are like a site seeing tour sometimes.

 

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My wife was really happy that there is water in our pool here on Oahu but it still looks like there is a lot of work to do before we can enjoy it. Now you can see why we were enjoying the pool so much on Molokai.

The dredge is closer to us but not much progress made on the canal.

 

[DaveNV]

Thanks for sharing things, Jeff. Molokai reminds me so much of the Windward side of Oahu from my teenage years, back in the 1960s. When we'd drive to the North Shore there were few cars, and lots of open country like that. Such a lovely experience.

I'm rethinking my retirement. Is it too late to move to Molokai? LOL!

Dave

 

[Luanne]

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Thanks for sharing things, Jeff. Molokai reminds me so much of the Windward side of Oahu from my teenage years, back in the 1960s. When we'd drive to the North Shore there were few cars, and lots of open country like that. Such a lovely experience.

I'm rethinking my retirement. Is it too late to move to Molokai? LOL!

Dave

Are those 100+ temps getting to you already?

 

[Passepartout]

Thanks for sharing things, Jeff. Molokai reminds me so much of the Windward side of Oahu from my teenage years, back in the 1960s. When we'd drive to the North Shore there were few cars, and lots of open country like that. Such a lovely experience.

I'm rethinking my retirement. Is it too late to move to Molokai? LOL!

You'll never get the nephew to drive the rental truck there.

 

[slip]

Thanks for sharing things, Jeff. Molokai reminds me so much of the Windward side of Oahu from my teenage years, back in the 1960s. When we'd drive to the North Shore there were few cars, and lots of open country like that. Such a lovely experience.

I'm rethinking my retirement. Is it too late to move to Molokai? LOL!

Dave

Yes, it’s too late to change your mind. You have your new place where you want to live and you will be visiting Hawaii.

 

[DaveNV]

Yes, it’s too late to change your mind. You have your new place where you want to live and you will be visiting Hawaii.

I'm working on a trip for next Spring. I already have a week booked on Maui and Kauai - maybe I need a few days on Molokai, too.

And no, I'm not tired of Mesquite, you guys. I'm just dreaming of Hawaii because of this thread.

Dave

 

[Passepartout]

Molokai looks VERY inviting to me too. It reminds me of 'Old Hawaii' in the stories my grandmother told me back in the 1950's. Except the cars are newer.
I don't know it would make me want to LIVE there, but for a week or two a year, it seem right heavenly- especially for those whose lives are of the 'too busy, too stressed, too many people' type.

Jim