Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #54

March 9, 2024

Welcome to Blog #54

Thanks for tuning in and hard to believe another exciting week has passed. The weeks are passing like wild horses-a saying my neighbor Karen just told me.

It has been a mostly a cold windy week which is good for our projects.

I made the big trip into Kahalui this week for building materials and a roll of weed cloth. This helps contain the rapidly growing weeds. We continue spreading this cloth out and then raking and shoveling out the piles of chips. Also a priority is digging out the rock walls.

It was a fourteen hour marathon trip. I left home at 4:30 so as to get an early start, but it was all in vane. The first delay was a little landslide which had to be cleared before traveling on. Then down the Hana Hwy a bit further was a gigantic tree over the road. The only good thing about this is while waiting an hour or so for chain sawing a large equipment to come in I met some neighbors. Waiting turned into a Hana social event. Coming back I could hardly squeeze in another thing.

We harvested some squash this week. This crop seems to do very well here so I will use it for ground cover under the coconut trees and then start selling it. Right now I just give it away as the locals love to fix it with either chicken or pork.

Finally some inside improvements also. Mikey redid the shoji doors that Bob salvaged years ago and they look exquisite.

I finally made it to Jan’s house high on the hill above the airport for water aerobics. Jan’s house is not an easy trip as she has a 2-3 mile rough gravel driveway. It was so freezing cold and we all suffered, but it was good to get in the water. We could only stay in for a half hour. Afterwards Jan made us hot tea and lunch that warmed us all up along with the nice commarderie.

I heard via the grapevine that my kitchen sink is finally ready and will be delivered this week. Am I ever looking forward to that after doing dishes with cold water and garden hose for over a year.

Last night for desert and the first time we enjoyed fruit from the chocolate zapote tree planted twenty years ago. I think this next week will be a big week for action here so hope you will check in for the progress.

The best part of this week was my fourth great grand child Wyatt was born-SO EXCITING!

Thanks for tuning in and have a great week

Aloha Nui,

Vicky