8:45 Hawaii time and already in bed. Still adjusting to the time change, but it’s been a good day. The thing I notice most here is that the people seem to have carved just enough space to live out of the wild vegetation. Everywhere we go is surrounded by jungle, ancient trees and blooming flowers. Towns end abruptly, giving way to seemingly untouched nature. Roads pass between massive trees. I get the feeing that if everyone left the island in a mass exodus, it would only be days before the jungle took over the small pieces of manmade architecture.

As for the day’s events, we got into town the town of Kapa’a this morning only to remember it was Sunday and that means everything opens late. So we spent some time at the beach, walking around collecting bits of corral and beach glass. We moved on to a second beach area and found a few dozen sea cucumbers waiting out the day in tide pools. Neither of us had seen one before. Then we found a coffee shop and I had an early lunch, made by a man with an amazing handlebar mustache, while Kathryn had a fruit smoothie. Next it was poking around little shops, looking for souvenirs. This was followed by a scenic drive out to a massive waterfall and then some snorkeling in the bay. Dinner was homemade fried SPAM sandwiches and garlic spinach. We tried to find live music but came up short. Instead we came back to the cottage and split a bottle of Champaign while sitting in the hot tub watching episodes of Bob’s Burgers. Now Kathryn is asleep next to me and I’m spending a little time surfing the net before drifting off to sleep myself.