Aloha Garden of Peace

We had 3 wonderful flights, and the shortest layover in LAX we remember ever having! After waiting about 15-20? minutes to get our bags we checked at the gate, we emerged from our gate, looked at the monitor screens, and learned that our flight was boarding that minute just two gates down!

In the plane to Honolulu, the person seated behind Mark’s seat remarked to me as I approached my seat how glad she was to see me wearing my Cal Earth sweatshirt or jumper as she called it. Lavinia is from Germany, visiting a friend in Honolulu. She said she is interested in helping us to unload our stuff.

In the Honolulu airport, we met Ilan, a musician from Humboldt County who came for a tour on the Big Island. Ilan was on all 3 flights with us, but we began talking and sharing just before our Hilo flight.

We waited about an hour, but our ride did come and we were so grateful to see them! We drove Kourkie and Bee to their new home (they moved there on Monday) and are approaching ours now! Current time is