Hawaii – Day 12 and 13

Sagturday – July 4: Time to celebrate the U.S.A.! At the Mauna Lani Beach Resort, at 10:30 a.m., there was a release of sea turtles to the wild. 5 turtles were released, with lots of people checking it out. Very cool ceremony. A newly refurbished canoe was also being christened at the same time. Beautiful events.

We had breakfast first at the outdoor restaurant, very pictureesque and excellent food. Sandy had the poi pancakes which were delicious. The chicken-mango sausage with my eggs was great too. Rosie had a spicy egg omlette with chorizo and avocado, it was good too!

Went back the condo and relaxed, went to the 5:30 p.m. 4th of July celebration with pupus at the pool. Folks are a little older than we are. Left at 6:30 for the fireworks show down at the King’s/Queen’s Village. Some people said the fireworks were at the beach by the Hilton or by the Marriott. We asked people with all kinds of differering answers. By sheer luck, we parked behind the Queen’s Aloha Market and were lined up perfectly for the extravaganza, it was right in front of us. We thought it was at 8:30 p.m., but like mountain time, it went off at 8:50 and lasted for about 12 minutes. Nice show!

Friday – July 3: Cleaned the windows on the lanai and the sliders in the morning. Cleaned the entrance tiles as well, but it really made no difference.

Big RUBBER DUCK RACE tomorrow in the King’s Market Place to benefit a local charity. Lots of prizes, down to 51 deep! We bought a “quack-pack” of 3 ducks and a free T-shirt. We have the winning entry (update – no we didn’t)!

Lunch at the Fish and Chips place … nice outside eating at the pavilion overlooking the lake, but the food was fair.

Rosie has an interview at 2:00 at the Sunglass Hut in the Kings Village. We’ll see …

Followup – Rosie passed interview #2, now she goes for training an then …

BBQ for dinner, chicken and steak kabobs from the Queens Aloha Market Store! BBQ on the left is much hotter than the one on the right …

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