GHOULIES moving towards the islands. (Page 6)

i loved the zip lines, also we took the 1 hour helicopter tour that landed and we had pineapple champagne near Oprah Winfreys ranch with an amazing view of the island! also the sunrise is a must! DO NOT RIDE THE BIKES as they cover up all the deaths that happen! bike rentals suck! also if you are going to do the luau....do the sit down one...not buffets! it is amazing and they pair a wine or tropical drink with each food portion they serve....and the show is spectacular! 

can I go back now??? 

thanks for all your votes...here is a direct link to the picture....if you can open it twice ~ and vote a few times back and forth for me...i can maybe ~ just maybe catch these gals that got a weeks jump on me and my votes! thanks

http://www.verizoninsider.com/en/Galleries/Sports/Nike-Womens-Marathon/Insider-Uploads/Julie20Snamanmom20as20achmed.aspx

thanks for all your votes...here is a direct link to the picture....if you can open it twice ~ and vote a few times back and forth for me...i can maybe ~ just maybe catch these gals that got a weeks jump on me and my votes! thanks

http://www.verizoninsider.com/en/Galleries/Sports/Nike-Womens-Marathon/Insider-Uploads/Julie20Snamanmom20as20achmed.aspx

only if I can go along!

I wish they would rewrite their security program to exclude O's and 0's, they're slowing me down.

deal!!!!!!!!!! I do have a friend who has a condo on the 7th floor overlooking Kaomale beach 1....and he only charges us $100 a night to stay there....only 1 bedroom...but hotels are MUCH more expensive and not as nice! maybe we need to rent it for a small ghoulie get together! eh??? 

With a good pillow I can sleep anywhere, I don't need a bed. Let's GO!!!

I AM! I just pop my head up to breath occasionally!

Long weekends are good!

Morning Ghoulies. I set my alarm to get up and it went off. I think I may have hurt it this time, but I had the BEST extra 45 minutes of sleep!

Workout will happen at lunch today. I am still overrun with paperwork but I am close to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!

ceilidh - 2012-07-29 12:48 PM

ironannekidd - 2012-07-29 9:12 AM

kns57 - 2012-07-28 12:22 PM

ironannekidd - 2012-07-28 11:18 AM

I've told you all before that I volunteer for the Park Service to help with the kayak classes. We have a class this afternoon. It was just going to be me, Donnie is covering the dining hall at the carnival tonight for his sister and Caleb was  going to help him.

The Park Service employee who usually runs the classes called me this morning and told me she had a headache and she asked me if I felt comfortable taking the class out without her. It is a full class, plus she had a couple of other people call and ask if they could still join. I hate to have her cancel, so I'm going to lead the class. Caleb is now coming with me to help. He will do my normal job of bringing up the rear and keeping an eye on everyone. He does a good job of talking to the people, too, and he has done the class enough I'm confident he will be able to answer most of the questions that people ask. 

Things rarely go as I have planned.

You will be awesome as the instructor.  Caleb will be awesome as sweep.  Are you going to use your own new kayak? 

Class went well. I think. There were 11 people in the class, 10 had never been in a kayak before. We did find a new, big, beaver dam in one of the channels we kayak through. I did get to point out a blue heron to people. Answered a lot of questions about kayaks and kayaking. Caleb answered some, too. It's a good thing I talk about them a lot, he knew what he was talking about.

I did have one guy go in the water, but that was when he was getting in. Caleb went out first, showing people how to get in their kayak, then he stayed out in the water, to talk to people and keep an eye on things as they got on the lake. I was helping people get in, then giving them a push out into the water. One guy thought he could do it by himself. He probably could have if he wasn't in knee deep water when he tried to get in. He lost his balance. He laughed it off, then let me help him.

I think everyone stayed to help clean up and put all of the equipment away, which made it nice for Caleb and I.

I'd do it again if I had to.

I did not take my kayak. It's considered a crossover, it's not as stable as the recreational kayaks, and if I would have had to switch boats with someone I wanted to have something stable to give them. Caleb took his though, his is a recreational kayak.

Sounds like a fantastic day. I bet Caleb did a great job and I also bet he was proud that you were able to rely on him. Being able to have confidence in your kid is priceless!

He was great! When we got to the beaver dam that I didn't know existed I went over it, then I stayed there as everyone else went over, just to make sure they could clear it, and an angry beaver didn't show up. Once he got through he wove his way up through everyone else and took the lead. We stopped a short way up, where the creek coming down splits, and I did a short talk on the benefits of wetlands. He was in a better position to take the lead down the other channel, so he took off and everyone followed. He went down the channel backwards so he could keep an eye on everyone. He's a good kid.

The boy and I went kayaking in a new lake yesterday. In the 95 minutes we were in the water we saw 14 turtles, 3 blue herons, and 3 what I think were great egrets (they looked similiar to heron's but they were white).