10/01/19

Tuesday

Mmmm, breakfast. My favorite meal of the day or maybe it’s just the bacon lol.

Hiking the Sleeping Giant this morning. It’s only 3 miles away from my hotel. Getting there was a chore though. There are three lanes in front of the hotel. Two going north one south. That’s fine but every morning they switch it up with safety cones. So they change it and one lane is north and two south. They block off the left turns so you have to go north and then turn around to go south. So confusing and Maps does not know this lol.

It is 1000 feet at its highest point and about two miles to the top. It took me about two and a half hours round trip. It was treacherous in some spots. I had to actually rock climb. Which climbing up was easy. It was the climbing down part that was hard.

I met a couple on my way down. He had a baby strapped to the front of him. I’m still not sure how he made it up there. I also ran in to some people with little kids. Probably five and seven years old. The older one kept saying he was going to make it and the younger one said he was not going to make it lol. I wonder if they did.

Me at the top. Some guy offered to take my picture. Notice the white knuckles lol.

It was very muddy and slippery. I kept thinking, ” I hope it doesn’t rain or I’ll be sliding all the way back down.”

Went back to the hotel to shower. I sweated like crazy. Then went to Kapaa and went into all the cute little shops. One of them said Kauai/ Portland so I went inside but it smelled like incense so bad I had to leave. I’m not sure the name of it lol.

Back at the Lava Lava Beach Club for happy hour 😉

Hostess : Are you here for happy hour?

Me: Yes.

Hostess: I can seat you at the bar.

Me: No. I would like a table. Hostess: Well you will have to be out by 5:30. We will need that table for dinner.

Me: That’s an hour and a half. I’m not that slow of an eater. Hostess : Oh.

Omg. Well maybe I will stay until 5:31 lol.

Some people just don’t get it. No. I don’t want to sit at the bar and make small talk with random strangers. I want to relax and be lost in my thoughts while looking at the ocean an blogging. That’s why I chose a table. Plus I need some food lol. If there had been one more in my party I’m sure this would not be an issue. It’s not crowded and there is no line to get in.

I think I will leave her a note.

“Your hostess needs to understand that some single people do not want to sit at the bar and have random conversations with strangers. That she should not make the patron feel bad for taking up a table and she should not have given the customer a time that the table would need to be vacated. I pay for my food and I tip. I am also staying in the hotel. So it is convenient for me to eat here. Will I be back? I doubt it.”

Okay. Rant over. Lol.

I have to get up at 4:30am😳. I booked a downhill bike ride for 2:30 pm but no one else signed up. They would rather start at 6am. Which means I have a 40 minute drive for check in. Ugh. I hope it’s worth it.