In Hawaii!

Susan Miller was right again - she said Mercury was retrograde, and technical glitches & communication problems were to be expected... My flight from Newark to Honolulu ended up arriving late, due to two patches of weather we had to circumnavigate. However the 10+ hour ride wasn't bad, all in all. I did get fantastic views of the Great Lakes, then the Great Salt Lake, and also Lake Tahoe. I missed my connection, though, and ended up having to spend the night in Honolulu, delaying my arrival in Hilo until this morning.

Once I got here, Miss K greeted me at the airport with a beautiful fresh Lei, and took me immediately to Ken's pancake house for a yummy breakfast. We poked around downtown Hilo, and I went to a little show called "Hawai'iana" at the Palace Theater. They are a historic movie house from the 1920's that showed silent films accompanied by a theater organ. I got to hear the organ and some traditional Hawaiian music & stuff.

We went to the farmer's market after that and got summer rolls, pumpkin & tofu curry, & cold coconuts to drink from. Yum!

It's been raining like the dickens this afternoon, which provided the perfect backdrop for a much needed nap. Jetlag (plus the need to get on a plane super early) got me up at about 4:30am today...

Looks like sushi tonight and a trip to Puna tomorrow.