Canadian Buffoon's Disney With a Teen Vacation - 08/13 - The Wrap

[MHSweb79]

Just in case anyone has had the urge to drive to Niagara Falls and visit the famous flower clock, as a public service I will post my photo so you don't have to waste any space on your camera's memory card:



And here is a picture of ALL THOSE OTHER PEOPLE visiting the flower clock:



I remember it was a hot day and our car STUNK when we got back. Like rotted, fetid garbage or a dead body or worse. We couldn't leave the floral clock as fast as we wanted to because nobody was willing to get back in the car. We dug around and discovered our wet socks from the Maid of the Mist ride were the nasty culprits. Gross! We inhaled that water!!!! If you'll notice the little gray trash can to the left of the car, that's where our socks went and I think one pair of sneakers too. Then we went back to the hotel to take one of those radioactive showers (where they scrub you with metal brushes).

Just hoping to amuse folks while we 1) try to deal with our outrage (and sympathy) over the stolen cat and 2) wait for an update!

 

[Steppesister]

Started off pretty much figuring we will have to shorten our Disney trip. I know a short one is better then anything and we're not at the point of cancelling yet. Still makes my sad.

WHAAAAT!?! Are you still overlapping with us some? Say it's so! PM me your dates; let's talk!

I've been typing on and off for the last six or seven hours.
I can't see straight anymore.
I'm calling it quits for now

Glad you know when enough's enough. Get some rest- thinking straight's actually a good thing.

 

[pkondz]

Just in case anyone has had the urge to drive to Niagara Falls and visit the famous flower clock, as a public service I will post my photo so you don't have to waste any space on your camera's memory card:

Aren't you glad you took that photo? Aren't you? Aren't you???

And here is a picture of ALL THOSE OTHER PEOPLE visiting the flower clock:

I do see one other car...
or were they fleeing?

I remember it was a hot day and our car STUNK when we got back. Like rotted, fetid garbage or a dead body or worse. We couldn't leave the floral clock as fast as we wanted to because nobody was willing to get back in the car. We dug around and discovered our wet socks from the Maid of the Mist ride were the nasty culprits. Gross! We inhaled that water!!!! If you'll notice the little gray trash can to the left of the car, that's where our socks went and I think one pair of sneakers too.

I remember this story.
We didn't have the same (gross) experience.
Perhaps they weren't dumping raw sewage into the river
that day?

Then we went back to the hotel to take one of those radioactive showers (where they scrub you with metal brushes).

Just hoping to amuse folks while we 1) try to deal with our outrage (and sympathy) over the stolen cat and 2) wait for an update!

It's written... but I'm too woozy to proof it right now.
It's a vicious circle.
I have a headache from lack of sleep which is keeping me up.
Tylenol seems to be kicking in though.
Soon....

 

[SoccerDogWithEars]

So, your amusing interlude (or is that tangent?) for the day:

Last night I was talking with Joe, and we got to the subject of motorcycle rides and etiquette and I said "Oh yeah pkondz and I had a whole discussion about it"

And he goes "You were talking to pecans????" (Because yes, while I live in the south I do say puh-cons rather than pee-cans)

"No, no, pkondz, like p-k-o-n-d-z"

"Is that really his name?"

"No, it's his screenname on the Dis"

"Another Dis person?" And then he rolled his eyes and went back to watching anime.

So see, even without an update you can still make us laugh. Or at least me. Though it doesn't take much to make me laugh. I'm easily amused.

 

[pkondz]

So, your amusing interlude (or is that tangent?) for the day:

Diversion.

Last night I was talking with Joe, and we got to the subject of motorcycle rides and etiquette and I said "Oh yeah pkondz and I had a whole discussion about it"

And he goes "You were talking to pecans????" (Because yes, while I live in the south I do say puh-cons rather than pee-cans)

I say pee-cans for pecans, but I've always thought of pkondz as pee-konz (rhymes with Fonz)

"No, no, pkondz, like p-k-o-n-d-z"

"Is that really his name?"

"No, it's his screenname on the Dis"

"Another Dis person?" And then he rolled his eyes and went back to watching anime.

I love how he rolls his eyes about DISing but watches anime.

So see, even without an update you can still make us laugh. Or at least me. Though it doesn't take much to make me laugh. I'm easily amused.

As am I.

More amusement (I hope) coming up in a few minutes.

 

[pkondz]

Shoot. Don't have time to post the update.
But it's ready to go.
It'll be up in about an hour and a half
when I go on break.

 

[pkondz]

We all live in a ...


Right off the bat.
Finish the above line for bonus points.
Not sure?
I think by the end of this update,
you'll have an idea.

Speaking of bonus points,
what I said to the agent?
I wrote:

(he) slots the boarding passes into a passport,
grabs the other two passports,
hands everything to me and says "You're good to go."

Notice he's only given me three passports.
I replied "Not quite." And nodded at the missing passport.
He handed it over and we left.


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Before falling asleep...
well, let's be honest.
Before passing out cold,
I did have the presence of mind
to set my alarm.

If you want to see the sunrise from
Haleakala crater,
you have to be up at 2am.


No. Freaking. Way.


I don't care if it's one of the most
amazing sights on the planet.
I'm on vacation.
A short one, at that.
Wait... that's when you're supposed
to do stuff like that.
Maybe next time.

We had one... count 'em, one excursion booked.
And Haleakala wasn't one of them.


I don't remember if I mentioned this or not earlier
and there's no way in heck I'm going to go back
and read the crap I've written,
but we'd originally planned to do a luau.
Except we've done one before.
And, well... it kinda sucked.
Ruby and I did one years ago,
and we liked it.
But that last one?
Meh.

So at the last minute we scrapped the luau
and decided to do something else.



I woke up at 7am, a little before my alarm went off.
I don't know if it was the timing,
or if it was the Pacific, Hawaiian air,
but I got a great night's sleep (Finally!)
And... my throat... wasn't bad at all.
It wasn't 100%, but not bad at all.
So much so, that I didn't really notice it all day.
And that would hold true for the rest of the trip.

I did, however, have another issue to worry about.
How were my legs this morning?
It was going to be an awfully short day
if I couldn't walk.

I sat up in bed and took inventory.
Hmmm.... back only a little sore,
so... normal.
I got to my feet...
Legs... only a little sore.
Not normal, but considering the alternative,
I was happy to take what I could get.


Have you noticed that you can tell old people
(like me)
from young people by the way they get out of bed?
When you're young, you wake up, toss the covers
and pop out of bed.
When you're old, you wake up, lie there for a bit,
slowly sit up and stop.
Then, after a pause, get up.
All the above accompanied by various grunting
and/or moaning noises and possibly
(probably) a fart or two.
Hey. You know it's true.
(Unless you're young. Then you're just grossed out.
Just wait you young whippersnapper!)


Since I had a bit of time to kill,
I decided that maybe a hot soak in the tub
might go a long way to soothing those muscles even more.

I crept out of our room and past the sleeping kidlets.
Reached the bathroom and turned on the light.

And then tried to turn on the water to fill the tub.
The tap was your standard hotel tub tap.
You know, you turn it and the water comes on
and keep turning it until you get the right temperature.

I turned it and... nothing.
Oh for Pete's sake! Really?
We've got no water?!?!?

I was not impressed.
But I wasn't giving up.
Was I doing it right?
I spun the tap left and right as far as the stops.
A trickle of water fell from the faucet.
What?
I turned the tap back and forth some more.
A little more water came out.

I've never seen a tap like this.
Not even in Europe,
where everything's weird.
Yes, you turn it for temperature,
but you have to pull it from the wall to turn it on.
And not easily.
You had to pull and twist at the same time.

Once I figured it out, all was well.
I made a mental note to tell the rest of the family.
And like most mental notes I make,
I then promptly forgot all about it.


By the time I got soaked, shaved and cleaned up,
Ruby was awake and getting herself organized.
Legs were fine.
I told her I was going to go shopping for some food.


On our first Hawaiian adventure,
one of our fondest memories was sitting on the lanai
(balcony) eating fresh fruit for breakfast.
We had a fridge, so... let's do that again.

Except Kay doesn't eat much fruit.
So... fruit and... muffins.
And some juice might be good.


I drove off to a nearby Foodland.


They definitely have fruit.
Lots of fruit.
Whole, sliced, diced, you name it.
Lots of pineapple of course, and other tropical varieties.
I didn't know if I wanted to buy a whole pineapple,
or get some pre-cut.
I wandered down an aisle and bought
a cheap knife.

And I still bought the pre-cut pineapple.
Just lazy, I guess.
Got some mango, too.


While I was wandering around the store,
I spotted something that made me pause.
Spam musubi.
Basically a small brick of rice, topped with
a grilled piece of spam wrapped in seaweed.


Weird.


I passed it by.


I passed it by again.


On the third pass, I actually picked it up to
look at it more closely.
It was hot!
I guess I expected it to be more cold, 'sushi' like.
I put it down.



I picked it back up.
I put it back down and walked away,
shaking my head.


I went and got some muffins for the fussy bunch.
(that's basically defined as "everyone but me.")

Just before checking out, I remembered I wanted some juice.
I grabbed... Hey! There's POG!
I've heard good things, so... why not?
(POG: passionfruit, orange, and guava)

Breakfast in tow, I headed for the cashier.
And grabbed that spam musubi as I passed by.


The cashier told me that if I entered my phone number...
and she said "Make one up if you want"...
I would get a discount.
Sure, why not.
Paid for my stuff (less the discount... saved about $9)
and headed back to the hotel.


By the time I got back, the rest of the fambly
was up and about and ready to pounce on my bounty.

"Hey!" Ruby says. "Did you know you have to pull the tap
to make the water come out?"
Oops.
"Uh, yeah." I sheepishly reply.
"How long did it take you to figure it out."
"A few minutes." She says.


I took everything out of the bags and...
"What the heck is that??" Someone asked.
"Spam musubi." I answer. "Who wants some?"
Ruby, afraid of anything that might be seafood related,
passed.
Elle, being fussy, passed on principal.
Kay, however, said she'd try a small piece.

I knew she wouldn't like it.
Heck, I knew I wouldn't like it.
It's spam and rice for Pity's sake.
Yuck!

But when in Hawaii...
I cut the wusubi in half... and half again.
each piece was about the size of a small sushi roll.
Kay and I hesitantly sampled, ready to spit it out.
She looked at me. I looked at her.
We blurted simultaneously:
"It's good!!"

I am no more shocked than you are.
Yes. It was actually very tasty.
We quickly gobbled the rest.

The POG was good too.
Except no one else even tried any.
Oh, well. More for me.
I had some every day.


While the girls finished eating and getting ready,
I relaxed on the lanai, enjoying, well... not feeling sick
and not seeing snow
and not needing a parka to sit outside.

My view, courtesy of Kay's Instagram post.

It was no ocean view... but who cares?
Not I.


I wanted to leave the hotel no later than 9:30,
and we actually managed to leave 10 minutes early.
We had at least a 45 minute drive ahead of us,
up the west coast to the touristy town of Lahaina
and I wanted to leave plenty of time for any traffic.



I just want to take a second to remind you all
that this trip was going to be a quick one.
So there are going to be times when we'll skip things
or leave things only partially explored...
because we just can't do it all in three and a half days.

Then again, as I look back at this trip,
I'm amazed at just how much we actually did...
Without feeling like we were rushed.



As we drove towards our destination,
I spotted some humpback whales off the coast.
I pointed them out to the others and, except for Kay,
who missed them, we all oohed and aahed.
They weren't close, but, still... whales!

We got to Lahaina a little after ten o'clock.
I had emailed the tour operator and been told
where we could park.
Free parking, no less.
I didn't think that existed in Hawaii.

And there were a few perks to parking there.
1. Close to the tour operator.
2. Across the street from Maui's only Harley store.
3. Half a block from a Local Boys Shave Ice shop.


There are lots of places to get shave ice in Maui.

Lots.

But (according to TripAdvisor, guidebooks, etc.)
there are only two that rise above the bland.
Local Boys is one. Ululani's is the other.
I doubted we'd be able to try both
(I keep telling you! No time!)
but we would for darned sure try at least one!
And wouldn't you know it?
There's one right on the way to our tour!


We parked the car
and when I say "we", I mean "I".
Driving is not a community event.
Heck, with Betty navigating,
there's not even anything for Ruby to do.
She prefers it that way, too.
Otherwise it's like this:
Me: "Tell me when to turn."
Her: "Okay."
Ten minutes later.
Me: "When do I turn?"
Her: "What?"
Me: "I need to know when to turn."
Her: "Oh. I wasn't watching."


We parked the car and strolled off.
We passed the Harley Davidson store.
(Later, my sweet. Later.)
And walked into Local Boys.

Oh, boy!
I made up my mind quickly,
and when the girl at the counter asked
what we'd like, Elle and Kay told me to go ahead.

I placed my order.

I ordered a lemon/mango/strawberry with
vanilla ice cream at the bottom and sweet cream on top.

I don't remember if they had Azuki Beans (sweet red beans)
or not, but since I'm not a fan of most types of beans
I wouldn't have ordered them anyway.

My concoction was quickly assembled
and I asked the nice girl to pose for me.
Look at that smile!
I saw that smile a lot on the island.

I think I want to live there.
Hmmm.... I'd miss snow in winter.



Sorry. Sometimes I crack myself up.


As I waited for the girls to pick and get their
...shave ices...
Shaves ice? Shave icedies? Shavies?

...treats, I started to eat mine.
I kinda had to.
Rude to eat before they got theirs, but...
it was starting to melt.
(Ruby's not an ice cream, or ice fan, so she passed.)

While the girls' treats were being made,
I handed my shave ice to Ruby
("You can have some." "No thanks.")
and paid the tab.

I grabbed my ice back from Ruby so she wouldn't
have sticky syrup drip on her hand.

Oh. Napkins.
Gotta grab some napkins.
Just reeeeaaaaach over here...
Uh...

Right hand. Reaching for napkins.
Eyes on the prize as I reach.
No thought for the left hand.
The one holding the ice.
Which is rapidly melting.

And red, sticky syrup is spilling...
onto my shorts.


Crap.


A long red stain began just below the zipper
and ran down to just above the bottom of the shorts.

How shall I say this.
It looked like... uh...
It appeared as if... um...
I can't do it.
I can't say what it looked like.
Nope.
Can't do it.
Period.


Thank goodness, I pack light and only brought
one pair of shorts.

The only saving grace is that I'm an old fart
and pretty much don't give a crap what others think.
Heck. Maybe I'll start wearing socks with sandals.
Brown socks.


Ready to enjoy our shave ice.
(You can see that mine's already been attacked.
You can also see the bloody napkin I'm holding. )

mmmm.... sooooo good.

We continued our walk as we enjoyed our refreshing
albeit obnoxiously messy delicacy.


We had to check in for our excursion.
Quite a few of you guessed whale watching.
And you were close.
We almost did that.
But we've been on a boat before.
This was something that none of us had done.
It was a chance at a truly novel form of transportation.
And we were all really looking forward to it.

Our check in point.

Atlantis runs submarine tours.
And not "submarine" tours which are
really just boats that settle a bit in the water
or have glass bottoms.

This puppy dives to 150 feet below the surface.
How cool is that?
(If you're at all claustrophobic... then, not at all.)

Checking in...
(Ruby's attempt at an "artsy" photo.)

(I note my shorts look fine... from this side.)


The people at Atlantis Submarine have it down to a science.
The ship arrives with passengers from a previous sub ride.
They disembark and you get on.
Meanwhile, the sub is taking a different group for a ride.
By the time you get out there, that group is done.
They board the ship and go up to the top level.
You board the sub from the lower level
and the ship goes back to port
and repeats the process.
At any time, they have three groups going.
Either waiting to board, on the ship, or on the sub.
I was pretty impressed with their organization.

We checked in, were given some coupons and info
and told to take a seat, the ship would arrive shortly.
I took the opportunity to try and wash some of the blood...
I mean, red dye out of my shorts.

Didn't work at all.
That stuff was there to stay.

Soon after, our ship had come in.
Literally.

Take note of the folded up metal gang plank
on the starboard side.
(Uh, okay pkondz. What's the starboard side?)
I always remember the difference between
port and starboard by thinking left has fewer
letters than right.
Port has fewer letters than starboard.
So Port = left.
Starboard = right.

We watched the passengers disembark.
I always like to watch people's faces
when they come off a ride or tour.
And I've never really been able to tell if they're happy or not.
I'll keep doing it though.


After we boarded, we were given a short safety briefing.
We were told how to use the life vests, etc.
But they also told us that they've been operating for
30 years and never had a single accident.
That's a pretty good safety record!

After the safety spiel, we got underway and were free
to move about the ship.
We headed topside.

The view back to Lahaina as we motored out.

About 10 minutes later, we approached another boat.
At first I thought it was just a chance encounter,
but soon found out it was the sub's tender.
You'll see it in later pictures,
but the tender flies the "diver down" flag.
A red flag with a diagonal white stripe.
It's used as a warning to other craft to keep a safe distance.
The captain or our ship, told us where to look as the sub
would be surfacing soon.
In the first photo below, look to approximately
the center of the photo.
There's a slightly lighter patch of ocean there.
That's the sub, coming up.

Once it breaks the surface
(which it does very quickly)
the tender scoots over to it
and we are all guided back down below decks.

It doesn't take very long for our ship to pull alongside.
The starboard gangplank is lowered to the sub
and it disgorges its passengers.
We are sorted according to our group's size
and told to exit the ship.
As you approach the gangplank,
we are told to cross as quickly as possible.
Makes sense.
You have two ships bobbing in the ocean
connected by a narrow gangplank.

Once on the sub, you climb down an almost
vertical, ten step ladder.

You can see where we sat, on the left.
Portals on the right.
You don't quite have a portal per seat.
Kay and I shared one.
And it was fun, because we'd point things out to each other.

It's kind of blown out, but if you look through the nearest portal,
you can make out the propeller of the tender.

Once we were all settled,
the tender's propeller started to spin
and the boat moved away.

AHOOOGA! AHOOOGA! DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

I kid you not.
They actually did that.

And they had a very good reason for doing so.
Because almost everyone has heard that
from watching TV or movies.


Within seconds, we started to see fish swimming by.

And not long afterwards, we were down at the bottom.

The depth varied during our tour,
which lasted about 45 minutes to an hour.
(Sorry. I didn't keep track of the exact time.
The entire tour is under two hours,
but that includes briefing time
and cruise to/from the sub.)

The deepest we descended was 150 feet.
That's the deepest that the coastguard will allow.
The sub is rated for much deeper.
(I believe we were told it was rated to 500 feet.)

Lahaina is an old whaling village,
so every now and then we'd spot old
anchors on the seabed.

We saw several varieties of fish,
Puffers, clown fish, (I found Nemo!)
parrotfish, surgeons, star fish, moray eels,
my personal favourite, the Moorish idol and several
others that I don't remember or didn't identify.

Eventually, something else slid into view
of our portholes.

In 2005, Atlantis Submarine sunk the Carthaginian,
an old ship that was beyond repair.
Now it forms an artificial reef in 95 feet of water
and provides a habitat for many species.

You can't see it very well,
but in this next picture,
if you look near the bottom of the ship,
in the middle of the frame,
there's a squiggly white line
that kind of looks like a "3".
If you look closely, you'll see that there's
a 6 or 7 foot reef shark lying on the sand
right behind the squiggle.

Did I mention that there were a lot of fish?

During the tour, our guide kept up a running commentary.
He would be constantly bringing various sights or critters
to our attention.
"On the port side you can see an eel."
"To starboard there are some parrot fish.
They graze the coral with their teeth that looks like a parrot's beak."
And when he wasn't pointing something out,
he was constantly cracking jokes.
"Maui is home to a lot of beautiful waterfalls,
but if you see one on the sub, that's a bad thing."
or
"We're now at our max depth of 150 feet.
Although you have no way of knowing that except for the
digital display. For all you know, we're only 5 feet down."


Eventually, our dive was over and we surfaced.
Seconds later, the tender pulled up,
followed by the passenger ship.
We exited the sub and quickly crossed over to the ship.

The passengers on board scanned our faces
to try and read if we'd enjoyed our ride.
I kept my face neutral.
I'm a jerk, that way.


Arriving back at Lahaina, we disembarked and...
well, I don't know about you, but I'm hungry.

So was the rest of the fambly.
I had done a bit of research and read that
"Maui's best burger" was here in Lahaina
at the Cool Cat Café.
Which just happened to be a stone's throw away,
on the other side of Lahaina Banyan Court Park.

Plus, we had a coupon for a free rootbeer float, so...


The park is home to one of the largest Banyan trees in the US.

I tried to tell Elle and Kay about it,
but they didn't believe me that it was all one tree.
"No, really." I persisted. "The tree branches out
and extends roots to the ground."
"Yeah right, Dad." Elle retorted. "Those are all different trees."
I still don't think she believed me that it was just one tree.
With many "trunks".
Oh, well.
That's what I get for constantly pulling their legs.


We crossed the park, then crossed the road.
(Why did the Ponzi cross the road? To eat a burger.)
There was a bit of a wait at the restaurant,
but we were soon seated.
I'm sorry I didn't take any photos of the place,
it had a cool 50s vibe going on.

We ordered our food and soon our drinks arrived.
Ruby got her usual Diet Coke,
Elle and I each had a rootbeer float (darned coupon gave me a craving)
and Kay had a grasshopper shake:
Oreo cookies and chocolate syrup hand blended into
locally made Gourmet Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream.
Obviously, I'm a bit daft. I didn't order that.
Stupid coupon giving me cravings for inferior beverages.
Don't get me wrong, the float was fine.
But it wasn't... this:

Our food arrived not long after.
We ordered some rings and fries to share.
Ruby and Elle each got a hot dog.
Which was weird.
Not that they ordered hot dogs,
but the hot dogs themselves.
It was more like a grilled cheese sandwich
with a sliced wiener stuck inside.
Kay and I got burgers.
Because when it comes to drinks, I may be dumb.
But not when it came to the food.

Kay and I enjoyed our burgers,
the hot dogs Ruby and Elle had... less so.
I think overall, I'd give it a

Just don't get the "hot dogs".
But do get a shake.

The one thing I really didn't like?
The price.
Factor in the tourist location,
add a tip, then... add in the lousy Canadian dollar exchange rate.

Two burgers, two hotdogs, one rings, one fries, one shake,
two floats (one free) and a diet coke...
$114.

Ouch.

Oh, well. We're on vacation.

Let's spend more money!
Wanna know on what?


Contest!

Remember the 20 bonus points for guessing the excursion?
20 bonus points to the one and only person who guessed submarine ride:
MAGICFOR2

10 points for anyone who guessed I wanted all our passports!
SnowWhiteOz, DonnaBeeGood, irene_dsc, franandaj,
orangecats2


Previous chapter's questions and answers:

1. Rise & shine! What time am I up?
Answer: 7am.
Nailed it 15 points +/- 30 minutes 10 points
+/- 60 minutes 5 points

2. What weird breakfast item do I buy?
Answer: Spam 10 points

3. Can I walk?
Answer: Sure. 5 points

4. Did you see it? Bonus points if you did.
Answer: Where's Waldo? 5 points

5. What local treat do we get?
Answer: Shave ice. 15 points.


Answers:
Gracefulskinny - 8, spam, yes, saw it, Mochi - 25 points
Mrs T 2009 - 7:30, spam, yes, saw it, dole whip - 30 points
ougrad86 - saw it - 5 points
SnowWhiteOz - 4:56, spam, yes, saw it, shave ice - 35 points
MHSweb79 - 6, spam, yes, saw it, shave ice - 40 points
rndmr2 - 5, spam, yes, saw it, shave ice - 35 points
Terra Nova guy - 6:20, spam, yes, saw it, shave ice - 40 points
MAGICFOR2 - 6, spam, yes - 20 points
DonnaBeeGood - 5:45, spam, yes, saw it, nuts - 20 points
6travel - 7, spam, yes, saw it, pineapple - 35 points
afwdwfan - 7, spam, yes, saw it, pog - 35 points
irene_dsc - 6:30, spam, yes, saw it, shave ice - 45 points
Captain_Oblivious - 5:30, loco moco, yes, saw it, shave ice - 25 points
Curiouser&curiouser! - 7, spam, yes, nope, shave ice - 45 points
SoccerDogWithEars - 6:05, pupus, no, saw it, pineapple - 10 points
Steppesister - 4, spam, yes, saw it, pineapple - 20 points
natebenma - 4, spam, no, saw it, shave ice - 30 points
jandlinz - 6, spam, yes, saw it, shave ice - 40 points
cinderkelly - 6, spam, yes, saw it, shave ice - 40 points
franandaj - 4:30, spam, yes, saw it, shave ice - 35 points
DISNEYMOON10121991 - 5, spam, yes, saw it, nuts - 20 points
orangecats2 - 5, spam, yes, saw it, shave ice - 35 points


Can do math better than me - Gracefulskinny - 5 points
Knows how to vacation - afwdwfan - 5 points
Knows how to sashay - irene_dsc - 5 points

Standings:
irene_dsc - 110 points
afwdwfan - 95 points
franandaj - 90 points
jandlinz - 90 points
6travel - 85 points
orangecats2 - 85 points
SnowWhiteOz - 85 points
Captain_Oblivious - 80 points
Curiouser&curiouser! - 80 points
DISNEYMOON10121991 - 80 points
DonnaBeeGood - 80 points
SoccerDogWithEars - 80 points
Gracefulskinny - 75 points
MHSweb79 - 75 points
rndmr2 - 75 points
Terra Nova guy - 75 points
cinderkelly - 70 points
GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes - 60 points
natebenma - 60 points
Steppesister - 50 points
Mrs T 2009 - 45 points
MAGICFOR2 - 40 points
BibbitybobityLu - 35 points
vrajewski10513 - 35 points
TheLittleKatie - 20 points
ForeverDance - 10 points
ougrad86 - 5 points
Self_resqing_princz - 5 points
mmeb144 - 0 points

If I've made any mistakes,
let me know!

Next round:
1. Name one store we visit.
This is an easy one.
I already gave you the answer.

2. How many beaches do we go to?

3. We split up into two groups.
Who's with who?

4. Did you see it? Or should I say, him?
Bonus points if you did.
If you didn't... you should be ashamed.
I mean really.
Take a good look in the mirror
and tell yourself you're a DISer.

5. What tragedy befalls Kay at the beach?
(not really tragic)

Good luck!

Coming up... Time for a little sightseeing.

What big teeth you have​

 

[SoccerDogWithEars]

When you're young, you wake up, toss the covers
and pop out of bed.

Nope. My alarm goes off. I reach over, hit snooze, and roll the middle of the bed. Alarm goes off again. I roll back, hit snooze again, and burrow deeper into the blanket. Alarm goes off again. I actually turn it off. Roll over onto my back, convince myself that I can get up. Remind myself that laundry needs to go in the washer too. Fall back asleep for 5-10 minutes. Finally roll out and stumble into the bathroom.

Yes, you turn it for temperature,
but you have to pull it from the wall to turn it on.

I once house-sat for a friend, and I had to text her on vacation to figure out how to turn the shower on. I actually had my laptop and was googling the make and model of the faucet to try and figure it out. Basically, you had to pull down on the part of the faucet that turned down. It was weird as heck.

And I still bought the pre-cut pineapple.
Just lazy, I guess.

Or sensible. Who wants to fight with a whole pineapple?

Me: "Tell me when to turn."
Her: "Okay."
Ten minutes later.
Me: "When do I turn?"
Her: "What?"
Me: "I need to know when to turn."
Her: "Oh. I wasn't watching."

Better than my ex-boyfriend, whose navigation consisted of: *points at street we're passing* "You needed to turn there"

A long red stain began just below the zipper
and ran down to just above the bottom of the shorts.

Heh. So last Christmas, we traveled to Ohio to spend it with Joe's family. We rode with his cousin, and Joe had to hold the pies in his lap. What he didn't realize was that one pie was topped with melted caramel, and he was holding it at an angle. We get out of the van, and Joe's nice cream sweater and jeans are now covered in caramel. He spent the Christmas party in a pullover and horrifically short plaid shorts borrowed from his uncle.

Maybe I'll start wearing socks with sandals.

Don't judge. I did that when I was younger.

How cool is that?
(If you're at all claustrophobic... then, not at all.)

Yeahhhh.....not a submarine fan. We rode the Nemo submarine ride at DLR, and I had to focus on my breathing the entire time.

In 2005, Atlantis Submarine sunk the Carthaginian,
an old ship that was beyond repair.

I now have a vivid mental image of the little sub torpedo-ing the ship. Probably not how they did it, but it sounds cool right?

Elle and I each had a rootbeer float (darned coupon gave me a craving)
and Kay had a grasshopper shake:
Oreo cookies and chocolate syrup hand blended into
locally made Gourmet Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream.
Obviously, I'm a bit daft. I didn't order that.

See, I'm just not a fan of floats. I love coke and root beer. I like ice cream. But I don't like them together, because I think it makes the ice cream taste funny. I'd be going for the shake too. We have a chain called Cook-Out down here, and they're famous for their 80+ flavors of milkshake you can get. My favorite is the mint oreo

Two burgers, two hotdogs, one rings, one fries, one shake,
two floats (one free) and a diet coke...
$114.

SoccerDogWithEars - 80 points

Ouch.

If I've made any mistakes,
let me know!

Yes, I'm not in the lead anymore!

1. Name one store we visit.
This is an easy one.
I already gave you the answer.

2. How many beaches do we go to?

3. We split up into two groups.
Who's with who?

4. Did you see it? Or should I say, him?
Bonus points if you did.
If you didn't... you should be ashamed.
I mean really.
Take a good look in the mirror
and tell yourself you're a DISer.

5. What tragedy befalls Kay at the beach?
(not really tragic)

1. Harley Davidson
2. Two
3. You and Kay, Elle and Ruby
4. Okay, at first I didn't. Then I went back and did. And then wondered, really, what would have happened if I had just said yes anyway? Would the TR police have come for me?
5. Her phone battery dies.

 

[irene_dsc]

Standings:
irene_dsc - 110 points

I have to admit, I was way too excited to see myself at the top of the standings!!! I'm sure it won't last, but I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts!

I'll have to come back later with guesses and commentary...

 

[Heluvsme]

So glad you were feeling better!

Good pictures, good installment, thank you!
Dawn

P.S. LOVE POG! On a cruise we took several years ago it was part of the daily offerings at breakfast..... I got hooked!

 

[rndmr2]

Nice update, sounds like you had a nice day!

We went on one of those Atlantis subs in Grand Cayman on our HM cruise and it was nice but you saw a lot more than we did.

1. Name one store we visit.
This is an easy one.
I already gave you the answer.-----------The Harley store

2. How many beaches do we go to?-------one

3. We split up into two groups.
Who's with who?-----------------------You and Ruby, Elle and Kay

4. Did you see it? Or should I say, him?
Bonus points if you did.
If you didn't... you should be ashamed.
I mean really.
Take a good look in the mirror
and tell yourself you're a DISer.---------yes, can I say it? Mickey in the mirror...

5. What tragedy befalls Kay at the beach?-----------sunburn
(not really tragic)

 

[Thumper_Man]

And that's one game I've never played.
Looks like fun, though.
It'd be more fun to get together and you can show me.

Sure. We'll be in Vegas next month. Come on down and I can show you then.

Nice! Bet you were walking around with a big ol' smile on your face.

Not walking, strutting was more like it; hoping I wouldn't get mugged on my way to the parking lot.

It was really nice.
I don't get to spend much time with her anymore.

Really. I thought she would be home every weekend.

"Hi Dad. How's work? I spent all my money already. Do you have any you can lend me that you will never get back?"

Yep. Figured you were.
How was it?

It was just ok. I spent a lot of time doing things on my own as Lady H was stuck in the conference most of the days we were there. The times she was with me, we had a great time. She told me next year this same conference will be in Orlando. Now there I won't mind if I have to tour on my own.

No way!!

That's great... no!

No. It's EXCELLENT!

Wonderful news Mike! Congrats!
Very happy for you!

I am so happy, now I do the dance of joy.

 

[orangecats2]

We all live in a ...

Yellow Submarine!!!

So my nice neighbor complained to the lady at the animal shelter that she wasn't doing anything for me. SO she said to give her two pics of Pig Pig and she'll put them so up at the shelter. So whoopty do!!! Next step is to pick up the police report and take it to the prosecutor to see if they'll do anything. The way things have been going is doubtful.

 

[Thumper_Man]

We all live in a ...

in a beautiful world.

Lady H said yellow submarine, and she hasn't even read the chapter. I asked her this before I even read the chapter myself.

1. Name one store we visit.
This is an easy one.
I already gave you the answer.

Harley Davidson Store.


2. How many beaches do we go to?

Two

3. We split up into two groups.
Who's with who?

Elle is with you.
Kay is with Ruby.

4. Did you see it? Or should I say, him?
Bonus points if you did.
If you didn't... you should be ashamed.
I mean really.
Take a good look in the mirror
and tell yourself you're a DISer.

I didn't see Mickey in the mirror. Is that who you're referring to?

5. What tragedy befalls Kay at the beach?
(not really tragic)

Blew out her flip flop
Stepped on a pop top
Cut her heel had to cruise on back home.

It looks like I'm all caught up again.

 

[Steppesister]

We all live in a ...

Yellow Submarine

When you're old, you wake up, lie there for a bit,
slowly sit up and stop.
Then, after a pause, get up.
All the above accompanied by various grunting
and/or moaning noises and possibly
(probably) a fart or two.

Thank GOD!!! I thought it was only me.

"It's good!!"

Of course it's good. It's Spam.

Beeee-u-ti-ful!

How shall I say this.
It looked like... uh...
It appeared as if... um...
I can't do it.
I can't say what it looked like.
Nope.
Can't do it.
Period.

That was masterfully done.

1. Name one store we visit.
This is an easy one.
I already gave you the answer.

Harley Store

2. How many beaches do we go to?

1

3. We split up into two groups.
Who's with who?

You and Kay; Ruby and Elle

4. Did you see it? Or should I say, him?
Bonus points if you did.
If you didn't... you should be ashamed.
I mean really.
Take a good look in the mirror
and tell yourself you're a DISer.

Hi Mickey! Did he enjoy some shave icies too?

5. What tragedy befalls Kay at the beach?
(not really tragic)

Sunburn

 

[TheLittleKatie]

Pkondzi I am about to revolt. I miss a few weeks and suddenly I'm 100 points behind in the contest??!?!?! I feel so defeated. One might describe this as a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Alas!

One needn't worry.

I shalt carryeth on and claimeth mine victory. Has't no fear.

(Say it. Bonus points. 'Nuff said.)

TANGENT!!!!!!!!!!

Side note.
If you are one of my younger readers
and are planning to marry
or cohabitate sometime in the future, take note.
If you do a chore that first time... it will always be your chore.
"Honey, could you take out the garbage?"
It's a trap! You do it once and it's yours forever.

Being fore-warned is being fore-armed.
And frankly my forearms are a little sore
from all the garbage I've taken out.

Hahaha, it's funny because you're 100% right. Taking out the garbage is Jamie's job, thanks to that one time he offered to do it 4 years ago

She spilled the sauce on her shirt, her pants,
the inside of the fridge (three levels! bonus points!),
the inside and side of the fridge door, the top and outside
of the freezer door and thankfully, to complete the ensemble,
the inside of the freezer.
I'm still not sure how she managed that last one.

Wow, this is quite the image

Also, Kay got bonus points? If I go and throw sauce all over my kitchen can I have some bonus points too?!

The competition was at the River Rock Casino Resort.
Which made perfect sense.
Hold a competition for hundreds of underage kids
in a resort where the only food you can get
(other than the very posh, very expensive restaurant or the pricey buffet)
is at the food court inside the casino.
i.e. Where none of the kids are allowed.

That's the thinking of a true businessman

I noticed this! Hence it being quoted here! It's actually very subtle, I could've easily missed it if I was skimming. Great photoshop skills pkondzi

And I despise having to store stuff at my feet.

Funny, I only like to store stuff at my feet. I can never reach the overhead storage. If I was a typical overly-sensitive millennial I'd be suing the airline for being heightist, since this kind of thing seems to be the norm these days

Kay needs the window seat, to help her motion sickness.

Ahh Kay. This is my reason too. (.....I don't really get motion sickness.)

First. The safety dance.
"If the plane is about to crash
and we're all going to die horrible deaths,
please don your oxygen masks which will keep you
in your seats so identifying the bodies will be easier."

Wow I always wondered what the deal was with those oxygen masks! Even if you're joking, it actually makes sense

Doesn't that just smack of favoritism for the sharks
as opposed to the bottom feeding crabs and such?

Yeeeaahh I'd rather drown slowly and be eaten by crabs than see an open-mouthed shark lunging at me..

So. Now that we're completely terrified to fly,
let's get going!

Remind me never to fly with you, EVER.

Also, you said you'd be flying over water? From Winnipeg to Vancouver?!

But we weren't quite ready to go yet.
First they had to de-ice the plane.
It's a fairly standard and routine procedure
that is automatically done whenever there are
icing conditions present.

Did I tell you about the time I was due to fly home from New York late December a few years ago, and they needed to de-ice the plane, but the weather just wasn't cooperating, and they kept us sat on the plane for HOURS before we even moved onto the runway I can't remember how long it actually was, but I know that I watched at least 3 films while we sat waiting. The plane was full of angry Americans yelling that the cabin crew were holding them hostage

But what she did do was tell us that we could each have
a snack pack (no charge) if we liked.

Not bad!

Omgggg how precious!!! Did they smell bad though?!

"How would you like an upgrade to the Penthouse Suite?"

Yusss! Love the pics, what a sweeeeet upgrade.

TheLittleKatie - 10 points

Ugh.

Next round:
1. Do we make our original scheduled flight?

2. When we do get going, name one movie I watched.
(But how could we know that?)
Easy. Someone (not me) already posted a picture from it.
It's between this update and the last.

3. Where do we eat breakfast?
OMG. We're Canadian. I've already told you where Canadians go!
And no. Not Starbucks.

4. Did you see it? Bonus points if you did.
No? Might want to look again.

5. What's our first real meal in Hawaii.
(Hint. Ruby did not partake.)

Hmmm let me think reeeeaal long and hard about this.. just kidding, I already know. But I swear on my life, as I was reading through I guessed Tim Hortons to myself. There's a Tim Hortons at the hospital I had some classes at last year, and I know it's a Canadian favourite. Also in regards to question 4, YES I noticed it, I'd quoted it to comment!!! HAS'T MERCY ON MY SOUL DEAR FRIEND. I BEG OF THEE. GIVETH THY POINTS TO ME.

We hop in the car and head out.
She has no idea where we're going.
Eventually we get to our destination.
"Is this..." She says. "A casino?"
"Why, yes it is." I reply.

Cuuuute story!!!

She left the table with $114.

Nice!!

He slaps tags on the suitcases,
slots the boarding passes into a passport,
grabs the other two passports,
hands everything to me and says "You're good to go."

I knew it was to do with the missing passport!

Coooooool!!!!!!!!

Welcome to Maui!

Yay!

After six or seven hours,
Kay and Elle come out of the restroom.

And why couldn't Rose make room for Jack on that door?
Man, that's cold.

What an upper class, entitled snob.

We've never had Krispy Kreme doughnuts before.
There are only six in Canada. And none near us.

WHAT! Only 6 in Canada?! They're everywhere here in the UK!

The low-carb diet craze of the early 2000s did 'em in.

Oooooh I'm pkondz and I'm Canadian and I'm so healthy

Luckily, we were on a more high-carb diet,
so we ventured inside.

Ahh, ok, at least you're honest

Now THIS looks GREAT.

So pretty!

In any event, the site was the location of one of the
bloodier battles King Kamehameha fought to
unite the Hawaiian Islands.

HEY. King Kamehameha is the name of the Polynesian's club level! Huh, every day is a school day at Pkondz's house.

I SAW HIM.

Do they both have their eyes closed?!? This seem deliberate

By now we were all in happy-go-lucky vacation mode.
We'd had some Krispy Kreme doughnuts, some shrimp
and had seen some sights.

A great start in my opinion!

I then took out my electric pump, plugged it in
and inflated my mattress in about 20 seconds.
The look on Dee's face was priceless.

Evil human!

We sat nibbling our food, sipping our drinks
and listening to the live music.
Pool side.
In Maui.

Jealous.

TheLittleKatie - 20 points

(Seemed to have gained an extra 10 points... Act cool...)

Nothing to see here!

Next round:
1. Rise & shine! What time am I up?

2. What weird breakfast item do I buy?
(Hint: It's been guessed before.)

3. Can I walk?

4. Did you see it? Bonus points if you did.
No? Might want to look again.

5. What local treat do we get?

I totally would've guessed shave ice for Q5!!!

We all live in a ...

YELLOW SUBMARINE.

Right off the bat.
Finish the above line for bonus points.
Not sure?
I think by the end of this update,
you'll have an idea.

A YELLOW SUBMARINE. A YELLOW SUBMARINE.

I've never seen a tap like this.
Not even in Europe,
where everything's weird.

HEY.

Hey! There's POG!
I've heard good things, so... why not?
(POG: passionfruit, orange, and guava)

Guava! I thought it was grapefruit. Another lesson learned at the school of pkondz. Now I have to go back and edit my TR

Pretty.

As we drove towards our destination,
I spotted some humpback whales off the coast.

I guessed whale watching was your excursion, and technically you did watch some whales through your eyes on excursion day. Therefore, I grant full bonus pointage to Miss TheLittleKatie.

Otherwise it's like this:
Me: "Tell me when to turn."
Her: "Okay."
Ten minutes later.
Me: "When do I turn?"
Her: "What?"
Me: "I need to know when to turn."
Her: "Oh. I wasn't watching."

Haha, story of my life when my friends are supposed to be directing me

This place looks so... HAWAIIAN. It's everything I dreamed it would be. And that shave ice looks magnificent.

How shall I say this.
It looked like... uh...
It appeared as if... um...
I can't do it.
I can't say what it looked like.
Nope.
Can't do it.
Period.

Oh no!

Thank goodness, I pack light and only brought
one pair of shorts.

OH NO!

The only saving grace is that I'm an old fart
and pretty much don't give a crap what others think.

And, you know, the fact that you're male I'm going to say, this would be more embarrassing for a female oh god, I would run home. Not even back to the hotel, I would run home. To England.

Oww you guys. What natural beauties your daughters are My second favourite Canadian family. (After my cousin, and his wife and two kids, who live in Kingston, ON. But you're a close second. )

We had to check in for our excursion.
Quite a few of you guessed whale watching.
And you were close.
We almost did that.

UGH. Fish watching, whale watching...

Atlantis runs submarine tours.
And not "submarine" tours which are
really just boats that settle a bit in the water
or have glass bottoms.

This puppy dives to 150 feet below the surface.
How cool is that?

I would not do this for diamonds. Nope nope nope nope nope.

..But yes, it sounds very cool.

I always remember the difference between
port and starboard by thinking left has fewer
letters than right.
Port has fewer letters than starboard.
So Port = left.
Starboard = right.

I'm going to be so shmart by the end of this TR.

After we boarded, we were given a short safety briefing.
We were told how to use the life vests, etc.
But they also told us that they've been operating for
30 years and never had a single accident.
That's a pretty good safety record!

Touch wood!!!!

Lahaina is an old whaling village,

The injustice of getting no points for guessing whale watching continues to grow...

(I'm clutching at straws for extra points here)

In 2005, Atlantis Submarine sunk the Carthaginian,
an old ship that was beyond repair.
Now it forms an artificial reef in 95 feet of water
and provides a habitat for many species.

Wow! That is actually really cool.

If you look closely, you'll see that there's
a 6 or 7 foot reef shark lying on the sand
right behind the squiggle.

Ew.

Oh wow, now I'm hungry.

Two burgers, two hotdogs, one rings, one fries, one shake,
two floats (one free) and a diet coke...
$114.

Holy cow!!!

Next round:
1. Name one store we visit.
This is an easy one.
I already gave you the answer.

2. How many beaches do we go to?

3. We split up into two groups.
Who's with who?

4. Did you see it? Or should I say, him?
Bonus points if you did.
If you didn't... you should be ashamed.
I mean really.
Take a good look in the mirror
and tell yourself you're a DISer.

5. What tragedy befalls Kay at the beach?
(not really tragic)

Ok, I need to get back in the game.

1. Harley Davidson!!!
2. Two!!!
3. You and Ruby!! Kay and Elle!!
4. Omg, I saw what I thought was an actual picture of Mickey Mouse stuck to the mirror in the shave ice place, and I thought "huh, Hawaii loves Disney too!" Then when I saw you'd written this I had to go back and check on that Mickey So i did see it, eventually! Very good!
5. She forgot her music?!

 

[Curiouser&curiouser!]

WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE! (Sorry, I can't sing. So I have to resort to being as loud as possible instead.)

I can't believe you have never had a water faucet that works like that! That is how our tub/shower at home is- though you don't have to twist and pull at the same time- just pull.

So I am dying to know- Since you picked pre-cut fruit, did you put the knife back? Or should I picture you walking around Hawaii with a cheap knife in your pocket?

I am impressed that the Spam Wusubi was good! Wait? Did you use that knife on this? That would at least make a bit more sense . .

That submarine tour looks so flipping cool!!

And my guesses:
1. The Harley Store
2. I think 'All of them' might be a stretch. So I am going to go with three.
3. Ruby and Elle, You and Kay
4. Mickey at the Shave Ice Shop! I saw this one!!
5. I am going to go with a busted flip flop. THE HORROR!

 

[6travel]

We all live in a ...

Yellow Submarine

The passengers on board scanned our faces
to try and read if we'd enjoyed our ride.
I kept my face neutral.
I'm a jerk, that way.

1. Name one store we visit.
This is an easy one.
I already gave you the answer.

2. How many beaches do we go to?

3. We split up into two groups.
Who's with who?

4. Did you see it? Or should I say, him?
Bonus points if you did.
If you didn't... you should be ashamed.
I mean really.
Take a good look in the mirror
and tell yourself you're a DISer.

5. What tragedy befalls Kay at the beach?
(not really tragic)

1. Harley Davidson
2. Two
3. You and Kay, Ruby and Elle
4. Yes...it may explain the cost of your lunch....
5. Pooped on by a bird.....

 

[SoccerDogWithEars]

Right off the bat.
Finish the above line for bonus points.

Ok, so I forgot about this until today. Realized I never responded. Do I still get bonus points if I say yellow submarine?

 

[Gracefulskinny]

So, your amusing interlude (or is that tangent?) for the day:

Last night I was talking with Joe, and we got to the subject of motorcycle rides and etiquette and I said "Oh yeah pkondz and I had a whole discussion about it"

And he goes "You were talking to pecans????" (Because yes, while I live in the south I do say puh-cons rather than pee-cans)

"No, no, pkondz, like p-k-o-n-d-z"

"Is that really his name?"

"No, it's his screenname on the Dis"

"Another Dis person?" And then he rolled his eyes and went back to watching anime.

So see, even without an update you can still make us laugh. Or at least me. Though it doesn't take much to make me laugh. I'm easily amused.

We all live in a ...


Right off the bat.
Finish the above line for bonus points.
Not sure?
I think by the end of this update,
you'll have an idea.

Yellow Submarine.

If you want to see the sunrise from
Haleakala crater,
you have to be up at 2am.

uh no. just no.

I woke up at 7am, a little before my alarm went off.

THats better!!

I don't know if it was the timing,
or if it was the Pacific, Hawaiian air,
but I got a great night's sleep (Finally!)
And... my throat... wasn't bad at all.

The ocean air probably did help some.

So much so, that I didn't really notice it all day.
And that would hold true for the rest of the trip.

I got to my feet...
Legs... only a little sore.
Not normal, but considering the alternative,
I was happy to take what I could get.

I turned it and... nothing.
Oh for Pete's sake! Really?
We've got no water?!?!?

Yes, you turn it for temperature,
but you have to pull it from the wall to turn it on.
And not easily.
You had to pull and twist at the same time.

Crazy!

While I was wandering around the store,
I spotted something that made me pause.
Spam wusubi.
Basically a small brick of rice, topped with
a grilled piece of spam wrapped in seaweed

And by the way its Musubi not Wusubi.

And grabbed that spam wusubi as I passed by.

When in Hawaii....

Just before checking out, I remembered I wanted some juice.
I grabbed... Hey! There's POG!
I've heard good things, so... why not?
(POG: passionfruit, orange, and guava)

Spam Musubi and POG juice, now THAT's eating like a local!

But when in Hawaii...
I cut the wusubi in half... and half again.
each piece was about the size of a small sushi roll.
Kay and I hesitantly sampled, ready to spit it out.
She looked at me. I looked at her.
We blurted simultaneously:
"It's good!!"

Those that like Nori seem to really like it. I just can't get past the taste of the seaweed. DH LOVES it though.

I am no more shocked than you are.

Not at all shocked as I was the one that told you about it before you left on your trip.

The POG was good too.

Then again, as I look back at this trip,
I'm amazed at just how much we actually did...
Without feeling like we were rushed.

I love when I manage that on vacation.

As we drove towards our destination,
I spotted some humpback whales off the coast.
I pointed them out to the others and, except for Kay,
who missed them, we all oohed and aahed.
They weren't close, but, still... whales!

Oooo cool!

Free parking, no less.

Now THAT is shocking!

Otherwise it's like this:
Me: "Tell me when to turn."
Her: "Okay."
Ten minutes later.
Me: "When do I turn?"
Her: "What?"
Me: "I need to know when to turn."
Her: "Oh. I wasn't watching."

Hi Mickey!!!

I don't remember if they had Azuki Beans (sweet red beans)

Is that what they are called.

As I waited for the girls to pick and get their
...shave ices...

I believe you would just leave it shave ice... I think?

...treats,

That works!

(Ruby's not an ice cream, or ice fan, so she passed.)

Craziness!

And red, sticky syrup is spilling...
onto my shorts.

Uh oh! That's an unfortunate color of syrup to drip!

A long red stain began just below the zipper
and ran down to just above the bottom of the shorts.

How shall I say this.
It looked like... uh...
It appeared as if... um...
I can't do it.
I can't say what it looked like.
Nope.
Can't do it.
Period.

Thank goodness, I pack light and only brought
one pair of shorts.

That's what you get for underpacking.

This puppy dives to 150 feet below the surface.
How cool is that?

I always remember the difference between
port and starboard by thinking left has fewer
letters than right.
Port has fewer letters than starboard.
So Port = left.
Starboard = right.

Huh I'll have to try to remember that. I've always wondered.

AHOOOGA! AHOOOGA! DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

I kid you not.
They actually did that.

For show or was there a legit purpose for it?

And they had a very good reason for doing so.
Because almost everyone has heard that
from watching TV or movies.

or from riding 20,000 leagues under the sea as a kid. no? just me? okay then.

(I found Nemo!)

Was he tasty?

The park is home to one of the largest Banyan trees in the US.

Woah!!!

Oh, well.
That's what I get for constantly pulling their legs.

and Kay had a grasshopper shake:
Oreo cookies and chocolate syrup hand blended into
locally made Gourmet Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream.
Obviously, I'm a bit daft. I didn't order that.

Mmmmmm

But it wasn't... this:

And now I REALLY want a milk shake!

Two burgers, two hotdogs, one rings, one fries, one shake,
two floats (one free) and a diet coke...
$114.

Can do math better than me - Gracefulskinny - 5 points

1. Name one store we visit.
This is an easy one.
I already gave you the answer.

Foodland

2. How many beaches do we go to?

2

3. We split up into two groups.
Who's with who?

Ruby and Elle/ Kay and you

4. Did you see it? Or should I say, him?
Bonus points if you did.

5. What tragedy befalls Kay at the beach?
(not really tragic)

I would say stung by jellyfish but you said it wasn't a real tragedy. so I'll go with Forgot towel in room.