It was a rainy, misty morning in Hilo, which wasn’t a surprise. Hilo is on the wet side of the Big Island of Hawaii, and gets copious amounts of precipitation. Still, the sky over Mauna Kea was clear enough that G could see the patches of snow (in Hawaii!), and the observatories at the top. Mauna area is the tallest mountain on earth, as measured from its base on the ocean floor, and we had taken a tour to the top when we were here in 2015 (I think).
Mauna Kea
Elevation above sea level 13,803 ft.
Elevation from base 33,500 ft.
I had to laugh at this. People on Cruise Critic were asking me about how many guests
will be on the next few sailings. And I asked G…repeatedly.
Finally, today I got the answer, accompanied by a visual aid demonstrating
why he doesn’t always respond on command.
By the time the ship was docked, the sun was out.
G reminded me of that time we flew to Papeete for what we thought would be 60 days on the Pacific Princess. And then we totally changed plans, and ended up staying on the ship for 96 nights and then immediately boarded the Grand Princess after that. And very kind passengers were bringing us things we needed (because shopping is entirely different in French Polynesia) and when we finally got to Hilo and went to the WalMart, we thought we had reached nirvana.
So nice to be greeted with cool water upon return to the ship!
I went to a big game tonight. Huge. Another top ten in the state rivalry. And the opponents were taken down handily in an away game for our guys. I guess it’s no surprise that our student section way out screamed that of the home team. It was a great night!
I love this pic. You can’t even see McGuy’s face (up in the air with his back to the camera),
but that spontaneous chest pump when he hit a three and the pure exuberance of his
teammates kind of say it all. These games are must see entertainment.
Day 9 Princess Patters
