What a smart fellow; I feel sad that even now so many people disregard your ideas and don't believe evolution exists, even when we can see it happening (and force it to happen with artificial selection). It's also sad that I've owned The Voyage of the Beagle for like 6 months now and haven't read it.
My friend Kristen visited the other night and showed us a slide show of her recent trip to Ecuador. I'm so jealous! But we'll go someday- she was my main impetus to get our Costa Rica/Panama trip to happen, so now on to South America! I've always wanted to go to the Galapagos, and we both would love to see more jungle. Ecuador has amazing mountains and cloud forests too, which we didn't visit in Costa Rica. More monkeys, amazing birds, giant tortoises, marine iguanas, snorkeling with penguins! Someday. But first- Kauai! Kris is actually in Kauai right now with her family (lucky girl, so much traveling!), so I told her to bring back a full report. :)
As for every day life, I went to gymnastics again on Monday (finally) and realized I've been gone long enough to get out of condition- I was sore! Of course, some of that soreness might have come from the hike we took on Saturday while the weather was still gorgeous & sunny.
We took the dogs out to the parks & walked about 3 miles along the coast through forest and along sunny ocean bluffs. My idea is to go hiking each weekend (if the weather cooperates), going slightly longer each time, so that in mid-April, 10 miles along Hawaiian cliffs won't seem ridiculous.
As for knitting, I'm still plodding along with my aunt's shawl, it's over a foot long now. Obviously I will not have it done as quickly as I had hoped. But my super soft sweater is going swiftly, the body is finished and I'm part way through the first sleeve. Yay!
Endings and Beginnings
10 years ago
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Awesome! You're doing the trail at the northeast end of Kauai? Koolau or Ku'ulau or something?
Ah. Kalalau trail, on the na pali coast. right! ;p
I've been to the parking lot you enter from, and I've looked down from the West Side, but I've not done the trail under my own power. [my parents did it when mom was like, 3 months pregnant with me!]
Ah, I wanted to do the Kalalau, but we aren't going to bring tents & gear on the plane. I think we might do the first 4 miles or whatever to the first beach, maybe up to the waterfall as well, but not the entire killer trail. :)
I'm thinking we'll do the Awa-awapuhi/Nualolo trail as our really long hike, it's atop the cliffs in Kokee; long, but a day hike.
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