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My observation was that this year was tamer than prior years.
You also get to note the undercurrent of culture clash that exists on the islands.

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Saw this running around the FoodLand parking lot


The driver told me that he had been stopped a couple of times by the cops but never received a traffic citation.

I can think of 4 or 5 different laws it would be breaking in California.

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Pretty tame Friday night. I ended up with 14 runs, 2 to the airport, and only 2 of my runs were tourists. The other 12 were all residents. Thats rare.

Took over the phone as soon as I logged on and had 6 cabs (including me) on the road and I was also the only one not on a fare. Only had one reservation for the night. We all stayed steady until around 9:00pm. The first of the "day" cabs bailed at 9:30pm followed by the other an hour later. One night driver called it a night at 12:30am and the second one did the same at 1:30am. TMR hung in until 2:00am. Kahale's and Tiki were both closed by 1:15am

Only two trips after 2:00am. The first was just an in-town pu-pu and then a 4:30am reservation to OGG from a central Mau'i residence.

Most all my passengers were quiet tonight. I think they all were still recovering from Holloween.

There weren't even any fights at any of the bars the entire night. Now, that is really rare.

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

Fairmont Kea Lani

Sorry, I Forgot Which Condos The Next Two Shots Are Of.

Kamaole Sands Condos

Maui Kamaole Condos

Just Another (ahem) Impromptu Display Of "Hula"

The Grand Wailea Resort's Signature Restaurant
HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUA"A

Some People Claim That Ghosts
Haunt This Old Lahaina Church

Maui Lani - Dunes Golf Course

The Banyan Tree
"World's Largest!"
Lahaina

West Mau'i Mountains
Lahaina Side

Maui Prince

Sugar Beach And Sugar Beach Condos

Ah, Sunset

"Let's all be careful out there!"

WHAT A WONDERFUL...

DAY TO SLEEP!

Got to bed by 8a and was out like a light.

Awoke around 2:30p and the rain was still coming down. A moderate north wind had come up and I was getting a light splatter against my body. Had to close all the northside windows.

Easier said than done.

Over the years my body has endured many insults. Besides the wrenched backs and other muscular traumas, I have also had both ankles broken, a broken and dislocated hip, broken fingers, a "C-5" compression fracture, various broken ribs, a nose thats been rearranged at least six times, broken sternum, broken facial bones and a broken collar bone.

So, when the weather gets bad, my corpus doth protest. LOUDLY!

Thus, since I couldn't stand or walk, I called off for the night. Actually had to get my cane from the closet to walk around my apartment.

Rain finally quit about sunset as the storm tracked south of Mau'i and onto the Big Island.

More posts about Lahaina Halloween - 2006 are here.

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I have added some new links to my sidebar.

Bytes From The Back Seat is Becker's cab-blog from Perth, Australia.

Day to Day Life of a Very Lazy Gardener is Peggy's blog from Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Great pics!

Road2Rookie by Arne, from Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands. He plans on documenting his efforts to become a police officer in his country.

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An interesting slideshow sent to me by a friend. Makes you go "Hmmm"

He also sent me this:

A MAN'S WISH

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed:

"Dear Lord: I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home. I want her to know what I go through, so please allow her body to switch with mine for a day. Amen."

God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's wish. The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners and stopped at the bank to make a deposit, went grocery shopping, then drove home to put away the groceries, paid the bills and balanced the check book. He cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog.

Then it was already 1P.M. and he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and Mop the kitchen floor.
Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home. Set out milk and cookies and got the kids organized to do their homework, then set up the ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing. At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper.

After supper, he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher,
folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed. At 9 P.M . He was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren't finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love, which he managed to get through without complaint. The next morning, he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said:

"Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay home all day. Please, oh! oh! please, let us trade back."

The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied:

"My son, I feel You have learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were. You'll just have to wait nine months, though. You got pregnant last night."

As my dad used to say:

A man works from sun to sun.
A woman's work is never done.

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

Luau Fire Dancer

To Harvest Sugarcane, You Set The Desired Field Ablaze
And Start Depositing Smoke, Embers, Ash, And Sticky Soot On Everybody (and thing) Downwind

Then you cut it off at ground level and take it to the sugar mill

About 2,500 miles (4,000 km) That-a-way Is San Francisco

Upcountry View Of The Valley

I'ao Valley

Front Street, Lahaina

Goats On Haleakala

Red Hibiscus

Kahakuloa
Northeast Side Of Mau'i

A Kihei Sunset

"Let's all be careful out there!"

INTO EACH LIFE

A LITTLE RAIN MUST FALL

Gas prices continue to fall. Only 5 days until the general election. I did notice that the prices in Lahaina on Tuesday night were one penny cheaper on all grades than what is shown here.

It'll be interesting to see what happens after November 7^th

Can't argue with this take on life.

This is Robin, the night bartender at Mulligan's. A native of Ireland, he has the greatest irish accent. He is a regular on my solo hours.
Whaler's General Store,
The Shops At Wailea



Elan Vitale,
The Shops At Wailea




Hawai'i law requires that all vehicles imported into the State must obtain and display Hawai'i license plates within 10 days. These two vehicles have been here for a lot longer than that. Guess they didn't get the memo.

Typical yard in the north end of Kihei.
So you want to go drink but what do you do with your dog? Just put a long tether on it and it can sleep under the truck in the rain.

I made more runs, and money, after everyone else went home. 5 runs between 7p and 2a. 6 runs from 2a to 5:30a. Just broke $100 on the meter.

As is typical with the night following a big party night, we were everyone was devoid of business. Only had my first run at 9p and that was a walkup at the "Triangle". Captured three more that hour and then it really died. Had one at bar close. All night long we have had a steady drizzle. Just enough that you only needed the slowest delay speed on the wipers. I figure that most people partied late last night, went to work with a hangover this morning and then the rain ruined whatever plans they had for the evening. An early bedtime probably felt great. The rain makes for good sleeping weather.

It is still raining (6:30a) and I hope it continues all day. I could use a good sleep.

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THE PICTURE GALLERY
This is a shot that I had misfiled from that group I posted earlier.
That the Menehune Shores on the left and the Maui Lu on the right.











Had the first whale sighting off M^cGregor Point.
Whale watching season usually starts on December 15^th







"Let's all be careful out there!"