Friday, October 25

Our first trip to the DOG PARK....

We had to leave our house for a few hours on Wednesday so the bug man could come and spray ( we have a horrible problem with ANTS). So Mom took us to the dog park!! This park is maintained by the Kauai Humane Society and it is a beautiful facility. The only problem is that it's a good 45 minute drive (when the traffic is good) Mom doesn't like to take us without poppy cuz she's just a bit afraid of other dogs since I was attacked on Molokai...guess there's some things you just never get over. Anyhow, back to the park.
When we arrived we were the only pups there....mom guessed we had a good 2 acres to RUN, nothing like the farm, but it was fun to stretch our legs and OMD the p-mail was  abundant.  
 
 Check out the view...no ocean but the mountains in the distance were just beautiful.
Schatzie explored here one of the 4 gazebos

There were 2 swimming pools (Schatzie felt right at home)

We sat and watched the little dogs play over there by those shrubs
in the center of the photo.
The little ones had their own play area :)

Hey mom, there are some great pee-mails here, I can honestly say I don't know any of these dogs!!

 The grass was...can we say
 WONDERFUL!!!
 Mom this place is awesome!!
 Come on Schatzie ---see if you can catch me!!! BOL
This was a terrific outing and we can hardly wait til the bug man comes again.
 
Gracie :)


Thursday, October 24

Move Over Mom...you're too slow!!

Gracie here and I've taken over this blog. It seems my mom is just taking too long to post and that my friends is just unacceptable. This behavior has been building for the past few weeks. She's been taking photos but not posting them for all of our readers to view. This situation came to a head a few days ago while we were out for our daily walk about...I will let the photos tell the story.

One of our favorite spots to walk is to the Spalding Monument.
Here we are allowed to be off leash. Free to RUN and investigate recent P-mail.
We love this adventure.
 
 Schatzie enjoys a dip in the creek, me not so much!!
 

See how the pack keeps moving....yes, moving!!
Where's MOM??? 
 
 
come on mom, pick up the pace...
She's so slow!!!
 
 She kinda reminds me of a SNAIL!!!
 
I'll be back tomorrow. It's time to get this blog back on track!!
 
Love, Gracie

Sunday, October 13

Cowabunga Dude....

Yesterday we headed to Hanalei Bay to try out my new standup paddle board and ended up surfing our first waves. Well, I should say my hubby rode his first wave--you know...Hang Ten!!  The smile on his face was priceless and it will be etched in my mind forever....pure excitement and joy!!
 
 
Ron with Hanalei Bay in the background...
Cowabunga Dude!!

Wednesday, October 9

Tuesday, October 8

The Coconut Festival...

One of my favorite things about living here is being exposed to all the
 various cultural events and activities.
 
 
  My first Coconut Festival...

the coconuts--the stars of the festival
 
 Tongan Dancers
 
 Of course there was a  Coconut Cream Pie eating contest
 
 a pie in the face
 
 Kap Te`o Taifiti
 

 Kap weaving a basket
 
 making fire...
 
 he made fire  in like 20 seconds....I want him on my deserted island!!
 
 Throwing fire...

 throwing knives with fire!!
 
 Preparing to climb a 40 ft coconut tree.
 
 Nice view from up there (so he said:)

Here's a few coconut facts
 
Coconut trees produce fruit for 75 years and can produce 50 coconuts a year
 
the Hawaiian word for coconut is "Nui"
 
Early Spanish explorers called it coco, which means 'monkey face" because of the 3 indentations
(eyes) on the hairy nut resembles the head and face of a monkey.
 
 
Want to welcome Miss Melinda from Texas--my 100th follower!!
and of course many thanks to all my followers, you guys keep me blogging.
 
 
 
 
 

Monday, October 7

Monk Seal Monday....

 
It's Monday again....
 
and the government is still shut down!!
 
RT12----aka SAM!!
 
He has completed his annual molt. I found him last wednesday on a secluded
 beach just resting (upside down)
 
 
I see where we've almost made it to 100 followers....will you be number #100??