ad in the air...

Just wanted to share with you a couple of pictures that I took while on my journey with Adventure Dog back to Connecticut. I thought the class would like to see the bathroom signs at the airport to teach them two new Hawaiian words! Mahalo for letting AD visit me in Hawaii and I hope the rest of his travels are spectacular!
Aloha!

The Amazing Banyan Tree

Aunty Sammy -

It was fun to see Adventure Dog visiting another school.

The Banyan tree sounded so amazing that we googled it. We never thought that a tree could have 12 trunks. Here is the picture we found on the Internet.

We all got a chance to visit with Adventure Dog today, and we're looking forward to seeing you at our Christmas Party tomorrow.

Adventure Dog is off to Florida next! He'll travel with Hunter by plane during Christmas vacation.

Adventure Dog Goes to School

AD got a real treat on Wednesday, he was able to go to Mrs Royers 1st grade class at King Kamehameha III Elementary school. All of the kids were very impressed by his travels, and cant wait to start a similar project of their own. The school is on the grounds where King Kamehameha lived in his palace. Across the street is our world famous banyan tree. Its one single tree that takes up a whole city block. There are moss-like strings hanging off the branches and if you leave them alone, they grow into the ground and add another trunk to the tree. So even though its one tree it has a dozen or more "trunks" its so big that they have big pieces of wood holding it up so it wont break under its own weight. It is more than 100 years old!

He's very excited to be traveling on a plane today for home, but he is sad to leave Hawaii. He can't wait to see you all, and is getting very excited for Christmas.

What a great weekend! Mahalo!

Aunty Sammy -

Thank you so much for sharing your weekend with Adventure Dog.

Your work looks like fun! Is it all rock music there or is there ever any traditional Hawaiian music at the Hard Rock?

The statues were awesome. Have you ever hula danced? We just started to read a book called "The Last Princess: The Story of Princess Kai'iulani of Hawai'i." We already learned that the Princess's dad was from Scotland. Mrs. Soulier is having trouble pronouncing all the names.

For morning work yesterday, we tried to spell as many words as we could using just the Hawaiian alphabet. We realized that only Paul and Malena from our class could spell their whole name. The longest word we came up with was pineapple!

It's 35 degrees F today but feels like 28! It's cloudy and was sleeting this morning and is supposed to snow and/or sleet tonight. Maybe school will be delayed tomorrow! (The weather channel says it's 74 degrees F in Lahaina today.) You better pack some warm clothes!

Well, we know that you are getting ready to come to Connecticut for Christmas, and it is time for A.D. to move on. You can either send him from Maui to his next stop or you can pack him with you, and we can send him off again from Milford. Let us know what is easier for you.

Aloha!

P.S. If "mahalo" is thank you, how do you say "you're welcome?"

P.S.S. Would you like to come to the Grade 4 Christmas Party on the 23rd? Mrs. Sullivan is planning it so it will be a lot of fun.

P.S.

I forgot to tell you how we get from island to island! It really depends on which islands you are traveling to. For instance, the islands of Lana'i, Moloka'i, Maui and Kaho'olawe are very close to eachother and you can take a medium to large size boat. To get from one island to another when they are farther away, we need to take an airplane, or the 'super ferry' which is a very large boat,or barge, and takes much more time. It is too dangerous to take a medium or large boat this long of a distance.

Aloha!

I attached some pictures of our weekend here in Hawaii. Unfortunately, it stayed pretty rainy this weekend, but usually it is beautiful weather here; about 84 degrees and sunny. We are very lucky and can go to the beach all year long.
One of the pictures I took is of the island of Lana'i, which you can see from where I live on Maui. I can't see any volcanoes from where I live, but the volcano that made up Maui, Haleakala, is only about an hour drive from my house. It is not an active volcano anymore, but is responsible for erupting the lava that made up this island.
To answer your other questions, I am not much of a surfer, but it's only because I'm pretty clumsy. Surfing is very popular here though, and I enjoy watching.
I like to eat fresh bananas, avacados, papaya and passion fruit that grow on trees here on the island.
Adventure Dog came to work with me this weekend at the Hard Rock Cafe, so I took a picture with him and I and some of my co-workers on the stage where we have rock bands play.
I hope that everyone had a great weekend and it wasn't too cold!!

Aloha!
Aunty Sammy and AD