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Friday, July 28, 2006

NAILING ME DOWN

Had fun playing with a GPS unit the other night.

The Paradise Driver PC is located at:

20.7205105, -156.440856
or

20o 45.513, -156o 18.021


Later.....

Wil
=8^))
"Let's all be careful out there!"

FIRST THINGS FIRST

38 YEARS AGO TONIGHT

My son, Rob, was born.
Happy Birthday, Son. Its been a fun and interesting journey.

I love you very much!!



A WHALE OF AN IDEA

Every year around this time, we have the annual Kihei Sea Fest. A small parade, maybe 2 blocks long, games, food booths, live music.


WHALE WATCHING


Tail slapping



Breaching


SEASCAPES AND PALM TREES

Napili Beach
Almost everybody rates this as the BEST beach in the world
Strolling Napili Beach
A secret beach

Mau'i Tropical Plantation
Kitesurfing
West Mau'i Mountains
A view from a canyon in the West Mau'i Mountains


HALEAKALA (House Of The Sun)




A view from the south




SUNSETS/MOONSETS









LAST NIGHT

7p to 2a = 4 runs
2a to 5a = 2 runs

But I did meter over $100 (barely) and, with some really great tips (about 60% of the meter), I had a decent take home, all things considered.

One young woman learned that presenting a $50 bill to pay for a $15 fare can cost more than expected. Especially when the cabbie only has $20 in change and she didn't want to go somewhere else to "break" the bill. Expensive lesson.

Best run of the night was a roundtrip from The Grand to Longs Drugs in Kihei.

My next to the last run of the night was from the "Triangle" at 2:45am. Took a semi-regular from there to the Renaissance. He asked how my night had been and I told him the truth. Tipped me 100%, exactly, of the fare.

The last run of the shift, at 3:15am, did the same thing.

Flor and Murph both checked in at 4:45am and I was home by 5:15am.



FOLLOWUP

Crabbie asked about the meter rates on Mau'i.

They are shown on a post I made back on Sunday, February 19, 2006.

Jeepgirl commented about the link to the music videos:
jeepgirl said...

Wil, the 80's video link was PURE EVIL. I had every intention of going to bed as soon as I got home and this sucked me right in. Where do you find this shit???
LOL -
Your comment, two e-mails and three people that live locally. Everyone said basically the same thing. A definate love/hate reaction.

Glad to be of service.

Oh, where do I find this shit? Usually they are sent to me by friends, hoping to make an anonymous contribution to the blog. Occasionally I stumble across some myself and save them to my del.icio.us file for future use.



Later.....

Wil
=8^))
"Let's all be careful out there!"