Sunday is our day off...

Sundays were supposed to be our "day off" at Hale 'Aha. So, to make that happen, Ruth had printed out instructions to the guests, that they could sleep in, and help themselves to juice, cold cereal, toast and coffee. Most were fine with that.

On our own, we found "Prince of Peace Evangelical Free Church" meeting at the PRINCE CLUB, overlooking the golf course in Princeville. Great name choice. The group was made up of mostly locals, and those on vacation. Keeping our thoughts on the sermon was sometimes difficult, as golfers teeing off on the range were in full view. I caught myself leaning to see how far the ball went several times.

Found out that Pastor Emery Nester had graduated from Biola College, in California, the same year I was there, and his sister Betty had sat next to me in most of my classes, as my maiden name was Oden. In those days, we sat in alphabetical order.

After church, several would get together for lunch out. One of our favorite places to go was the Bali Hai Restaurant in the Hanalei Bay Resort. It has the best view of the ocean, and Hanalei Bay, and the "Bali Hai" Mountain of any place on the island. Palm trees bending, framing the view of the bay, blue swimming pool in the foreground, orchids in clusters in colorful gardens surrounding the pool, gushing waterfalls, and of course, the little blue faced doves flying in and out of the area watching for crumbs.

We urged the B&B guests to go there for an evening meal, or just dessert, to watch the sunset. It is so spectacular there.



The rest of our day off, we would drive to some beach, take a nap, perhaps swim, or go sight seeing where we hadn't been before. Most often, we'd try to get back before Alice and Don arrived to watch "Touched By An Angel" on TV with us. Usually there was time to play a few rounds of "Square 9," a card game they "insisted" on teaching us, even though we were too tired to think. This game became our favorite. If you'd like to try it, click on the word "Square 9".

By the way, I asked our son John if he could program the card game, and he did! He surprised Alice and Don, as well as Bob and our son David, by putting their faces on the "face" cards. Also, Bob's Dad, and a young John. See if you can guess which one is Alice!