It is probably well known by anyone who has come through most of the Hawaiian Islands that there seems to be an abundance of feral chickens. Yes, you read that correctly – there are chickens just about everywhere….
(taken by Dani yesterday)
This is our second day on Maui with nothing major planned. Dani and I just decided to head out and walk a bit. Stopped at the local drug store (Langs? Longs? Owned by CVS in anywise) for ibuprofen and extra sunblock before exploring further. We found a Mall – so coffee/tea – and iced in both cases, before continuing down the main road past the University of Hawaii – Maui branch. My goal was mostly exercise with a side order of quilt shop. This particular shop is a bit over 2 miles from the ship along a main road that actually had a sidewalk and walk signals at all the main intersections.
As one of those noticing things in the environment
these remind me of home where the warning is “drains into the Bay).
On the way back we stopped again at that particular shopping center. Dani located a “Friends of the Library” book store while I wandered into the local sewing shop to find that it was really quilting/fabrics/notions etc. The same shopping center was also home to a Ben Franklin Craft store. Yes, you read that correctly. I hadn’t been aware that anything survived from that particular chain.
With a total of almost 7 miles passing beneath our feet, we headed back to the ship –
I finished all but 45 stitches on Chapter 3 of the Haunted Library (two additional colors not with me) which turned out from last night and this afternoon to be about 1600 stitches to complete the arches…