June 13 2008
Hanalei has been great. We got work right away. I'm working for Na Pali Kayak Tours, and the restaurant Sushi Blues, and Andrea's working at Papaya's, a health food store. We've gotten 4 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Found some new leaks to take care of. The trades are back, and I'm going to try to go kiteboarding today. Hanalei's great.
When I was at Na Pali Kayaks the first day, a family from Texas came by. They really wanted to see the Na Pali coast, but they said all the tour boats are full, so they wanted to sign up for the kayak tour. Not all of them were up for the paddle though. I ended up offering to take them on Gonzo... didn't realize it at the time, but that was the beggining of the end of working for Na Pali Kayaks and the sushi restaurant.
Today the owner of Panda's Kitchen, a chinese fast food place in Hanalei, asked Andrea's, not joking, " Did a fish bite off your fingers." He also may have wanted to add Monster to his menu.
June 22 2008
I can't believe what's going on. I'm getting paid to sail around paradise. I just picked up some friends, and some other injured people from Kalalau, and lined up more trips for the near future. Three guys I met from Utah want me to take them on a three day sailing trip down the coast, and teach about spearfishing. Hard job. Another three day trip lined up, with two of our friends from Hanalai, and 10 of their family members from the East Coast. Should be fun. Running out of time for real jobs...
Monster jumps off the boat on his own now to come swim with us, and launches himself into the kayak if he thinks we're leaving.
June 25 2008
The three Utah guys were pretty funny. I couldn't believe how much gear they brought for two nights. Something like 200 beers and a few bottles of rum on top of all the weird camping stuff they wouldn't need. Oh well. We stayed at Nualolo Kai the first night. The diving there is incredible... tons of fish turtles, and sharks, and it's all protcted from the trades by a horseshoe shaped reef outside that we anchored within. In the morning, before leaving to Kalalau, Monster wanted to try some of my fishing bait. He runs up front, grabs some fish chunk, and darts back in the window with his prize. I saw this, grabbed the pole, and pulled line out as fast as I could, but when he jumped downstairs - YELP. He chose the wrong snack, and had a new lip ring. It came all the way out of his fur, and looked kind of cool. I clipped one end off, and the rest fell through. Pretty funny.
June 27 2008
We're booked for weeks.
June 28 2008
Took 11 people today by myself. First time sailing Gonzo with no help, and it went well. Darren, the father of one of the family's, had met Andrea yesterday, and asked me if her hands were from a shark attack.
Randy Turner, a family friend from Del Mar, has a home right by where we anchor in Hanalei. He has a vision for a picture at Honopu, and so I'm taking his family, another family, and surf photographer Aaron Chang down there tommorow. Should be fun. Randy's letting us do laundry and take showers at his house while he's here!
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