Author Archives: Susan

Up at 5 am to catch 6 am shuttle to airport. Back into the plushy 777 and left on time. Goodbye, Hawaii. On the flight back, we were deprived of a view of the ocean, since the young man in the window seat in our row kept the shade down the entire five hours. HeContinue reading “March 2”

Woke up and spent some time in my passenger seat reading spot while Mike slept. We had to return the van by 3 pm. Before then we would have to clean it up and pack everything too. But no hurry . . . I went for a last swim, washed off in fresh water, andContinue reading “March 1”

Last full day in this lovely place. After breakfast, we decided to play tourist in Haleiwa town. We navigated there, remembering which exits to take from both traffic circles, and found a parking spot in front of an art gallery on the verge/walking path. Hey, everybody does it! We wandered around in various stores, notContinue reading “February 29”

Went for first and last swim at Malaekahana Beach. The weather hasn’t been great the last couple of days. Lots of waves, can’t see anything underwater because of swirling sand. Going back to Mokule’ia is a bit of an anti-climax because we already know what it’s like. But that’s also a good thing, because there’sContinue reading “February 28”

It rained quite hard a couple of times in the night and was cooler and windy in the morning with grey clouds. No turquoise and teal blue ocean 😥  I have not washed my hair since we were in our Airbnb and I’m not sure my surfer locks are working out, so I opted forContinue reading “February 27”

A rainy, windy night. Woke up before Mike and settled into the front passenger seat, with the blackout curtains between me and the sleeping body behind. The view out the front was of the early morning sun on the waves. I had my book and my phone, on which I pecked out a report ofContinue reading “February 26”

Time to move on from Mokule’ia Camp. We said goodbye to an English couple who we were friendly with who are also in a Hawaii Surf Camper van, but theirs is a VW. They were leaving the next day for “Blighty” as the guy called it, and his wife was glued to her phone tryingContinue reading “February 25”

Mike: Up at 8. Yes, 12 hours in bed, Fitbit says 10:40 sleeping so another tired night amid pounding surf just outside the tent. Heard several planes taking off next door; turns out they are each loaded with 6 skydivers, most are the double person first timers. Plane goes up, circles for altitude, drops theContinue reading “February 24”

Susan: I didn’t sleep all that well. Woke up a bunch when the surf crashed loudly, as at high tide the water was maybe 30 feet away (downhill somewhat). I heard the camp cats walk past making that meerooow sound they do when prowling at night. Anyway, another day awaited! Ate bacon and eggs, cleanedContinue reading “February 23”

Spent the morning packing for 11 pm checkout. I had to return the key to our AirBnB to the mail box in the lobby and discovered a free library shelf that I hadn’t noticed before. So I took C.J Box The Disappearance and P.D. James A Certain Justice. Not too excited about either of them,Continue reading “February 22”