WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)
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@Brock that looks incredible, and even more so knowing we have -10f on the way later this week.
What is that in the sand? A turtle? A dead seal?
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@jordanscollected that big blob in the sand is a Hawaiian monk seal. they're an endangered species & hopefully that one is just taking a nap. also big fines for anyone touching them.
@Jett129 afaik if you get tested & receive a negative covid test result 72 hrs before departure quarantine is not required. For those who don't test there's a 10 day mandatory quarantine. I believe Maui also started a mandatory covid contact tracing program (in addition to a negative covid test prior to arriving) which further helps avoid the 10 day quarantine. Each island is a bit different so maybe Brock can clarify for Maui.
Enjoy the warmth Brock!
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Roxanne nailed it on both accounts.
The monk seal was just taking a nap….[mention]jordanscollected [/mention] it’s funny you ask that, because she actually got it here in Lahaina about 3 years ago from Michael the Sandal maker. At the time we both ordered sandals from him. Here is what mine are looking like now….
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Thanks @RoxRocks86 the endangered seal has the law on its side.
@Brock cool story with the sandals, I have zero need for those, but I'd hang some for decoration in the house somewhere.
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2 photos taken an hour apartBeautiful @goosehd !
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@steelworker Thank you, and the same to you. Your pictures make me miss home.
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Visited Michal the sandal maker today.
Check out his work at www.islandsandals.com
Also took a family picture in front of the Lahaina Banyan Tree… it’s Gigantic!
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Pretty sure it still is! [emoji23]
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Today, Paula and I did a 7-mile ruck around a part of the harbour that we have not really spent much time in before. On the walk was a lovely little church with the most amazing cemetery, I rather like cemeteries, and this one interested me especially as it has a guardhouse at each of its two entrances, these were built to deter body-snatchers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_snatching) running off with the recently dead in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
This is the oldest I could find, I think possibly the engraving has been protected as it is leaning towards the ground
I don't intend to be buried when I leave this mortal coil, but a word to the wise, if you do, don't bother with a cross, they all fall over….
Further along the foreshore, we came across this reinforcement made out of the sleepers from the now-defunct Hayling Billy line. In the early 60's a twat called Beeching was asked to write a report recommending what we do with our railways. If ever there was a fine example of making the question fit the answer, this was it. He decided that loads of railway stations and branch lines should be closed over the whole of the UK. In the region of 5,000 miles of track and 2,360 stations were closed. I would argue that he did more to destroy the fabric of Britain than the Luftwaffe did in the 2nd world war. If you have not guessed, I am not a huge fan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts
