After it rained all night, again, it was time to pack up and be ready to move out. But we still had time to get to the beach - Kanaha this time, maybe there would be some swell. It took quite a while to get organised - lots of gear moving around, Raj off early so Jurgen and I got Christina's stuff, cleaning up the kitchen, stuff like that.
Eventually we met at Kanaha around 12 - it seemed kinda windy, and there was swell over on the left. I rigged up a 4.5 and a hopeful 74l board, but by the time I got down to the beach, after a sandwich, it had pretty much faded away. Didn't stop me though... went out on a big gust, and splashed around in the waves for a while - about an hour or so. Lots of swimming, but hey - good light wind practice, and caught some waves. So a good session despite the effort, and I did better than Mark, who ended up swimming back!
The last few hours involved dropping the gear back at the Maui Surf co - they were pretty easy to deal with, we just dropped the stuff off pretty much. They counted the boards etc. and that was it. Then round to the Aloha van rental co - no problem there either (I only discovered the double charge for the rental later!!! Let's hope that gets sorted...). The young guy asked if I was there about "that puppy" - "yup" - " you can pretty much do what you like with it - I reckon you'll be the last people renting that one!!". Oh, ok. So we headed back to complete re-packing, and have a final coffee at Anthony's, and a mango smoothie, and a huge brownie cake. Yum. Then back to jump on the suitcase, and hang around until the time to leave arrived. Ended up taking Pete, on the same flights to Toronto, and Jurgen, on the hunt for a Mustang convertible for the Saturday, to the airport as well. Dropped the van off in the same spot it came from, left the key under the driver's seat, and off we went. We had a tuna burger in Sammy Hagar's barr and grille before we flew out...
Tried to nap on the OGG-LAX flight, didn't do so well. Pete and I had some breakfast at LAX - Starbucks do an ok oatmeal and fruit, reinforced with more fruit and a large latte. It was a 3 hour wait, during which we didn't really do too much, except I read an interview with Kate Bush in Mojo in the bookshop. The LAX-YYZ flight was pleasantly warm and sunny, and I confess I passed out a number of times. My seat companion was an LA lady on her way to Tel Aviv for a Bahai pilgrimage, who did watercolour paintings while I napped. The supply of raisins and almonds helped wake me up, in time to see Ontario roll up in bright sunlight. Great to see Jen and Kris waiting at the arrivals gate!!
Eventually we met at Kanaha around 12 - it seemed kinda windy, and there was swell over on the left. I rigged up a 4.5 and a hopeful 74l board, but by the time I got down to the beach, after a sandwich, it had pretty much faded away. Didn't stop me though... went out on a big gust, and splashed around in the waves for a while - about an hour or so. Lots of swimming, but hey - good light wind practice, and caught some waves. So a good session despite the effort, and I did better than Mark, who ended up swimming back!
The last few hours involved dropping the gear back at the Maui Surf co - they were pretty easy to deal with, we just dropped the stuff off pretty much. They counted the boards etc. and that was it. Then round to the Aloha van rental co - no problem there either (I only discovered the double charge for the rental later!!! Let's hope that gets sorted...). The young guy asked if I was there about "that puppy" - "yup" - " you can pretty much do what you like with it - I reckon you'll be the last people renting that one!!". Oh, ok. So we headed back to complete re-packing, and have a final coffee at Anthony's, and a mango smoothie, and a huge brownie cake. Yum. Then back to jump on the suitcase, and hang around until the time to leave arrived. Ended up taking Pete, on the same flights to Toronto, and Jurgen, on the hunt for a Mustang convertible for the Saturday, to the airport as well. Dropped the van off in the same spot it came from, left the key under the driver's seat, and off we went. We had a tuna burger in Sammy Hagar's barr and grille before we flew out...
Tried to nap on the OGG-LAX flight, didn't do so well. Pete and I had some breakfast at LAX - Starbucks do an ok oatmeal and fruit, reinforced with more fruit and a large latte. It was a 3 hour wait, during which we didn't really do too much, except I read an interview with Kate Bush in Mojo in the bookshop. The LAX-YYZ flight was pleasantly warm and sunny, and I confess I passed out a number of times. My seat companion was an LA lady on her way to Tel Aviv for a Bahai pilgrimage, who did watercolour paintings while I napped. The supply of raisins and almonds helped wake me up, in time to see Ontario roll up in bright sunlight. Great to see Jen and Kris waiting at the arrivals gate!!
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