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On and off the road 2025 |
Good day for a ride… celebrate and honor the earth.
Serene scene.
Can’t wait for NJ to pave their side of the road.. As we roll in NYS it becomes “ass quiet.”
Lunch stop in Pine Island.
A sea of green on Earth Day.
Almost home.. sweet.
Made it! Happy day. “Earth Day.”
We are both loaded up and ready to go…!
(Due to the high winds we were going to borrow our friends Joe & Linda’s car, but you know, this blog keeps me from reverting to lazy behavior.. )
((Photo credit, Joe G.))
First mission:
Mail a happy card to my Great Aunt Ann & Great Uncle Jr. in Illinois.
Second Mission:
Drop off food to St Theresa Church, where the Hale Kau Kau serves dinner to the hungry and the homebound every day of the year.
Hitting the highway bike path. The winds got really crazy here… sustained 30mph headwinds. Weeeeee.
Break 1: a quick stop at Target for coffee
Heading to the un-sunny side of Maui…
Second Mission:
Pick up an Rx and batteries at Walmart.
Third Mission:
We biked to Time Warner cable to return our cable boxes.
(They have great customer service and don’t mind if you sign up for just three months at a time).
Break 2: a stop at Maui Pasta for Ron’s favorite fettuccine alfredo.
Heading up the hill towards Waikapu.
Break 3: we really love the food on Maui, so we were interested to try Maui’s 2015 best chef at The Mill House.
Very creative menu (coffee roasted beets with lemongrass coconut cream and espresso streusel?), but we were sorely disappointed with all three dishes we ordered.
After 32 miles, we got back home, showered and went to a dinner party with friends Lorna, Murray, Claire & Terry.
They served us homemade Coho Salmon Wellington… yum, amazing.
What a day!
Hey Renee. Ready to go UP the mountain for Brunch and Live Music???
LET’S GOOOOOO!!!
10 Miles down to the base of King Kamehameha Center.. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright…
Going UP.. ATTACK!!!!
I’m just gonna IGNORE that sign. I’m sure we are the FIRST dummies to bike up here.
“Renee, You’re a friggin machine. packed with your heavy lock and our clothes. GO GIRL GO!!”
Made it!!! I’m Hot, Sweaty, And Horribly underdressed….
(golf bag drop is a suitable bike rack)
Ahhhh. Better. The Music is Amazing..
After the show Everyone held hands. Hawaii Rocks!!
“Well we’re not in Kansas anymore, pal..
“NOPE!!”
And a Great shot with world famous Willie K. PHOTO CREDIT: Willie K’S 5 year old Daughter..
Let’s head Up north for German Food.
O Boy! The Winds are a sustained 30mph plus Gusts?!?!
Let’s stop for some Fuel
VeggieHead sandwich should get us there!
My God!!! This is Crazy windy.
Next stop.. Bye Bye Sugar Factory.. last year for cane harvest..
Yep I’m Ridin My Bike.. Even in my Hawaii “Road Shoes”
Ahh. made it.. Brigit And Bernard’s Garden Cafe for German food
Wiener Schnitzel and red cabbage for Ron..Amazing!
Chicken Terriyaki Sandwich for Renee.. Not recommended.
Riding home i was literally blown off the road twice..!
Beautiful..! But it’s not looking like a perfect day for a solar eclipse. What are the chances, when you’re on the sunny side of Maui and it only rains like twice a year? Tsk.
We stop by Kalama Park where the National Solar Observatory and the Maui Science Center are holding an eclipse fair.
Remember, you can’t look directly at a solar eclipse.
“You’ll burn your eyes out!”
So we got special eclipse glasses.
They have a special viewing mirror set up, but we thought it was a pretty interesting selfie opportunity.
Are the clouds clearing??
Okay, so far, the eclipse hasn’t started.
And then… rain?!! Really?
I thought I spotted a silver lining, but no, the eclipse was never visible from our point of view.
Looking on the bright side of things, there is due to be a total solar eclipse that the whole U.S. can see on August 21, 2017. Mark your calendars…