Welcome to Thailand!

First stop...The Grand Palace

On Our Way to Bangkok!

Mom loves a First Class Seat!

But who wouldn't!

We watched 3 movies, ate 2 meals,

munched on a few snacks, took a walk

around our 747...then we landed in Tokyo.

Next stop...Bangkok

Met up with my sister, Tracy and her husband, Jamie.

They flew to Tokyo from Seattle.

We'll all be on the same flight to Bangkok.

It's a great reunion!

Trimming the Palm Tree...

Lar doing what he loves to do!!

Watering the yard...

Pruning the flowers...
Fixing the sugar cane tree...

And best of all...barbequeing a great meal!!

Things that go bump in the night!

So, I heard this

BIG THUMP

in the middle of the night.

This is what I found outside

the door this morning!

Glad I wasn't standing

near it or under it!

I thought I would just go

pick it up and toss it to the side...

...NOT...

I could barely lift it with both

hands to drag it to the compost pile!

Another experience living in the jungle!

It's still worth it!!

Geckos...

are everywhere!

little ones...big ones...

they eat the insects...

cockroaches, mosquitos, and the like.

I wish there were more geckos, because

there are still plenty of mosquitos that

love chewing on me everyday!

Just part of living in the jungle!

It's still worth it!

More Exotic Flowers

I hope no one gets tired of seeing

more flowers. I'm in awe that they

are in such abundance all around

our yard! Picking fresh flowers

has taken on new meaning!

Exotic flowers around the property...

(Sorry...I don't know the names yet!)

A garden of plenty...

Around the property we live on are....

banana trees
coconut trees

lemon tree

sugar cane

cashew nut tree

The Island Car

Not really!

But these appear on the roadside

all the time! Just abandoned!

Here it is in all it's glory!

1990 Subaru Legacy...dents included!

Just what a local car should look like.

We get all kinda privileges with the

locals because of this car!

Costco had the seat covers. Cool, huh!

Pictures of my drive to and from Hanalei

This is my drive to Hanalei...

Hanalei has just about everything except Costco!

(That's in Lihue, which is an hour away.)

(Costco trips are a full day exhausting event now!)

But for trips to the post office, grocery

store, local eaterys, good clothes shopping

and church on Sunday...it's a pretty cool drive!

Takes about 10 minutes on a fairly narrow

windy road. Night time is harder because

there aren't any street lights. No traffric

lights in Hanalei either! It's a beautiful town!

It's a beautiful drive!!

Aloha from Kauai!

You've heard of Ripley's Believe It or Not?

Well, this is....

Simpson's Believe It or Not!

We've moved to Kauai!

I know it's radical!

But would you expect anything else from me!

Here are some pictures of our home...

The "Jungle Cabana"

I found this place on the internet about

5 years ago when Larry and I were looking

for a vacation rental on Kauai. It sounded

a little hokey...but we decided to give it a try.

We loved it! and came here many times.

Without going into too many details, the

property owners just decided to rent it

full time...Larry heard about it...and

here we are!

Front entrance into the yard

The yard...

dining room on the right

tub and shower straight to the back, a little to the left

sitting area (lounge chairs) in the fore front.

closer look at the claw foot tub and shower area
exotic flowers and plants surround the tub

the river that flows behind it all