News and notes from the island

Here's another aerial shot from the plane on Tuesday. Minutes earlier the pilot had gone on to say that no more electronic devices were allowed, etc. But then I look up out of my window to see the Leeward side coming into view, with a great shot of the Ko Olina coves from the air and I couldn't help myself. So I guess I shouldn't be posting these as they were taken against FAA regulations, but worth it! I had my iPhone in my purse under my seat, but the DSLR camera was out of reach in the overhead bin. Hard lesson learned!
If you place this picture side by side to the left of the earlier pic posted, they should more or less match up. If you look hard, you can see the man made coves and the Ko Olina hotel properties. (Not having the iPhone in my hand made me miss a really great shot. Doh!) That bizarre rectangle butting into the coast is not a cove, rather an industrial port. From our neighborhood, we can see the industrial port and the ocean beyond it, but the coves are just out of view. TheBoat no longer runs due to budget cuts, but when Noel was commuting on it, that's where we drove to catch it and later pick him up. If I were more industrious, I could also draw a line to show you where the Oahu Railway train runs in this area, but sorry, no time for that just now!
The first "Furlough Friday" is scheduled for tomorrow, but word is that a Federal judge is going to rule this afternoon on whether or not it will be a go. A group of parents got together to challenge the days off. So I will watch the news this evening to see if I need to get Robbie up for the bus in the morning. On a lighter note, the first humpback whale sighting of the season was yesterday, in waters off West Maui.