Nearing the End in Hawaii
Thursday, 4/27 - I got up at 6:30 for our morning excursionto the 'Grand Canyon of the Pacific'. First, we made a stop at a rocky beach tosee a spatterhorn in action. That's where the incoming waves go into a tunnelin the rocks and shoots out a hole on the beach, looking much like a geyser.Very interesting.
Then we went to the canyon, which was beautiful, much greenerthan the mainland grand canyon. We weren't getting back to the ship until about2, so we made a short stop in a small town, where most people got off and got abite to eat to tide them over. John wasn't doing very well on the way back, andhe promptly lay down for a nap. I took my book back to the library and read foran hour there, then went to the bar in the lobby and got a Bahama Mama. As Isat there, a long line of people walked by on their way to the luau. I heardsome 700 people had signed up for that. About 1 1/2 hr after john lay down, Iwent back to the room and waited for him to wake. After another hour, hestirred and rolled over. I asked him if he wanted supper, and he said no, so Iwent to the skyline by myself. I was waiting for my 2 desserts (couldn't decideon one) when he walked in and found me, so I guess he did want supper, but hekept complaining the room was warm. After supper, he turned in for the night,and I wasn't too far behind him.
Friday, 4/28 - I got up at 6:30, even though I had set thewake-up call for 7. We had breakfast in the buffet, although we didn't have ashore excursion scheduled this day, then I got off the ship just far enough touse my phone to call John's ENT, but the office was closed. Was it that late?Didn't seem like it to me, even counting the 6 hrs of time difference.Meanwhile, John checked our account balance, then we started looking for face masksfor our shore excursion the next day. The Pearl Harbor Memorial, we were told,requires face masks be worn while inside. The ship's souvenir shop didn't haveany, but the medical center handed them over cheerfully. We went to deck 11 todo some reading. About 11, we went to the room to pack everything we weren'tgoing to need. At noon, we went for lunch, then John wanted a nap, but wascoughing too hard to sleep, so he went to deck 11 to take pictures. I sat inthe room writing.
About 5 pm, we went to deck 11 to try to see the beautifulNali Pai shoreline. The ship had left its dock about 2 and traveled to the eastside of the island so people could see this spectacular view before it turnedaround and headed for Honolulu. It had been a misty day, and unfortunately, aswe approached the Nali Pai shoreline, the clouds came down to sea level andobscured the view. So we went to supper at the buffet, since we were already ondeck 11. John had a couple desserts, while I had corn on the cob, celery,apricots and walnuts. Back to our room to make sure everything was packed, thenJohn went to bed. I put the big suitcases out to be disembarked for us, andwent to bed about 7:45, but because it was so early, I spent some time thinkingabout the next scene in my Work in Progress.
