The flight was uneventful. The movie was 50 First Dates with Adam Scandler and Drew Barrymore. We'd seen it before, but it's mildly amusing and entertaining even a second time.
The food wasn't. Period. Glad we had breakfast at SFO airport before we took off.
After disembarking and walking through to the baggage claim area we met Evelyn, who had leis' for us. And as luck would have it, our bags were right there waiting for us on the carousel. Having come from foggy SF Honolulu was hot, hot, hot. At least the car had AC, so we were ok until we got to the house where we could change into something lighter.
That evening, Wednesday 7th, we went to the Zoo for an outdoor concert and picnic. It was glorious to be out in a balmy warm evening and even the drizzle that began to fall couldn't put us off. The double rainbows that showed up with the evening rain were unbelievable. But what I found curious was how locals didn't see it as anything unusual. I guess after a while you do get very used to it. Hmm... not sure I ever would.
Thursday was catchup day for Evelyn to get all her things done before leaving the following day on their vacation. We have all the instructions on how to look after the cats written up and stuck on the fridge. I don't think they'll be any problem. Evelyn and I took off together in the afternoon to take care of these little things. Afterwards we stopped off at a little cafe for coffee and a chat.
While getting ready for the evening meal I managed to break the shower head. Doh! And that was after we had been horseplaying and had managed to knock over the high Asian stool causing a little dent to it's edge.
Our dinner out with Ken and Evelyn was in a Vietnamese restaurant and was delicious. It was good to sit and chat with them for a while.
Friday morning waking up to the now familiar sounds of the birds chirping away is beautiful. The peace and quiet here has already mended our souls a little. Contributing to that is the wonderful vista of the mountains outside the front door, with such inexplicable cloud formations floating by it's like being in a dreamland. I expect after a month we'll feel be whole human beings again.
I even got to go to yoga Friday evening. It's an easy place to get to and an easy studio to be in to do yoga. It felt good afterwards.
Then finally the call from Birute came. She's the Orangutan lady in Borneo. Jeff talked to her for a while and let her know that Ken's not here for the next couple of weeks, that we're house-sitting. He also got to mention we're off on our RTW trip and will be heading to her area at some point and would love to help where we can at Camp Leakey.
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