So, Diamond Head. It’s a crater and a national monument on the southeast corner of Oahu. Once, there was also a fort which never got used. We decided to climb it in the time remaining before the ship’s departure, allegedly 1300. Since it was recommended to leave about 2 hours for the hike, we left just after 0700 in the morning. The total elevation gain was about 560 feet.
missed the sunrise but I’m not too mad
we saw a pod of whales out here but they were too fast for me.
and here you can see my future properties (all of them)
some bits of fort
some more bits of fort + Waikiki in the background. You can also totally see the ship if you look hard enough
in the foreground, the University of Hawaii
a little sketchy
and now we go back down.
We knew it would be a pretty short hike, but the entire trip up and down actually took us less than an hour. Rather than try to squeeze something else into the remaining time, we went to get a late breakfast (bagels in Hawaii- not their specialty, but not too bad), returned our car and got back on board.
We knew something was amiss when we returned only 2 hours before the posted sailing time and there were no containers on deck. Although most of the containers we bring back from Hawaii carry either pineapple or nothing, there was no way we were going completely unloaded. Andy made a few inquiries, and we found that the cargo guys in the yard had decided that football > work, and hadn’t yet shown up.
When asked for comment, the chief mate replied “I don’t wanna talk about it.”
Sailing time was delayed to 1900. So now we are farther behind, and are supposed to meet an exciting storm between here and Seattle. Will the Manoa ever be on schedule again??? Tune in next time…
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