From the Archives: Agent C's Secret Hawaiian Mission Part 4
Before we get back to Agent C's Mission Updates, I wanted to wish the Spy Team Leader a
Very Happy Birthday!!!!
To: Spy Team Leader
CC: Mission Commander
From: Agent C
RE: Mission Update
Good Morning Spy Team
Leader! I hope that your time with
Grandma Sheila is going well. I have
continued my communication with the local geckos. I thought you might be impressed to see their
camouflage capabilities. This was a
gecko that Mom found in the bathroom this morning. It had changed color to match the night light
it was sitting on. Pretty impressive, eh?
This is the front of
the house
AS you enter, to the left is the living room:
Then the dining room
Then the kitchen
In the back there was a guest bedroom and a bathroom. This bathroom had a cool shower that looked
out back. Don’t worry, there were no
neighbors out there to see, but it felt like you were showering outside – kinda
cool J
This is the view out
of the shower to the back.
All of the doors on the back side of the house open to the
lanai – what we would call a porch:
From the front door if you went right, there was a little
sitting room:
And then our bedroom:
And bathroom:
The house was up on stilts and under it was an outdoor
shower to clean up when you come back from the beach. We should hook one of these up at the beach
house in Ocean Shores!
Behind the house, this stream was flowing
And there was a small yard with fruit trees
Behind the yard, was a pasture full of goats.
And here I am saying, “Aloha!” to my coconut buddy at our
first house!
Mom and Dad drove around and shopped this afternoon. Dad got this cool picture of the Hanalei
valley:
All over the North Shore they have these tricky one lane
bridges. When you come up to one, you
have to slow down and see if anyone else is on it. Then you wait and take your turn, hoping not
to get stuck!
We had fun shopping
at Ching Young Village!
Well, this email’s getting pretty long, so I’ll sign off now
and send you pictures of their new house tomorrow!
Be sure to let me know if I can ask the geckos to join your
spyteam!
-Agent C
To: Spy Team Leader
CC: Mission Commander
From: Agent C
RE: Mission Update
Yesterday was interesting.
The weather report said that it would get up to 83 degrees, which was
about seven degrees higher than the day before so they dressed lightly. In reality it only just popped above 70 and
it rained off and on so they got pretty cold!
That’s a lesson they had to learn and today I think they will dress in
layers!
In the morning, after breakfast, we headed along the east
coast to look at some waterfalls. The
first ones we visited were ‘Opeka’a Falls.
From the lookout you could see a beautiful view of the falls, the
mountains, and the valley – all of course clothed in every shade of green
imaginable.
On the other side of the lookout, you could see the Wailua
River. This river was sacred to the
ancient Hawaiian People. Their Chief and
his family would live in a special area set apart and fed by this river, making
the soil rich and fertile.
Next, we travelled to Wailua Falls, at the top of this
river. From the lookout, you could see
these amazingly beautiful falls, but that was not enough for Dad, he had to see
them close up J
There were two trails from the lookout – both of them marked
“Danger” “Keep Out!” At my insistence, Mom listened to the signs
and stayed in the jeep reading while your Father ventured out to explore. I went with him, of course, because someone
has to keep an eye on that crazy guy!
The things I do for my job!
He headed to the trail the led to the top of the falls
first. Part way down, we noticed a girl
in a bikini clinging to the edge of a cliff and a man who was just sitting
there taking pictures of her and not helping at all! Your dad, being the hero he is, jumped right
in to save her. He helped her out of the
bad spot that the man had tricked her into and down to the top of the
waterfalls where she perched on the very edge and did a number of amazing yoga
poses. Turns out she was there from New
York to do a photo shoot for her yoga company.
Her photographer had wisely stayed at the overlook and shot photos from
there. Here are a couple Dad took of her
though.
And here’s one of me
on the edge of the waterfall!
After helping the poor stranded bikini babe back to the
overlook where she met up with her photographer, Dad and I headed down a steep
and dangerous path to the base of the falls.
Dad went off in the wrong direction at one point, but fortunately for
him a little girl pointed out his folly and set him back on the right
path. The view from the bottom of the
falls was amazing and totally worth the climb down, but not necessarily the
climb back up!
On the way back up, I
met another creature you should consider for your spy team. Dad and I didn’t even see him until we had to
take a break because we were so out of breath from climbing. His camouflage skills are amazing! He even pretended to be a rock while we were
taking pictures of him – Dad could only tell that he was still alive because we
could see him breathing.
Then we were on our way back up!
Next we stopped at a restaurant for some local food called
Saimin. It is basically fancy Top Ramen
with extra meat and veggies on top.
Pretty huh?
After lunch, we went down to Lydgate Beach Park. They had a couple of really cool playgrounds
that you guys would love with all kinds of climbing stuff in them. Mom and Dad were only interested in the beach
though L. At this park there is a man-made cove with
rocks surrounding it so that the waves don’t come in so strong making it safe
to swim. There is coral here and lots of
fish and crabs and stuff so you can snorkel.
The only problem is that it was SO COLD!!! Mom laid on the beach in the sun and Dad
explored the cove by climbing on the rocks around it – not by getting in the
water. They didn’t stick around long
because the wind chilled them to the bone in their light clothing.
They went back to
the rental house after the beach and sat in the warm tub (it wasn’t hot yet)
and then put on some warmer clothes and waited for your call. After talking to you guys, we headed out for
dinner. Can you believe it, Dad talked
Mom into letting him have ice cream for dinner!
I had to have Mom take this picture for proof!
Glad to hear you guys had so much fun with your family at
the Golden Corral yesterday. Hope that
today is nice and restful for you.
Be sure to be nice to Grandma! I think she’s getting worn out by all of you
guys’ energy!
-Agent C
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