The Rants of Issachar

I've been waiting for inspiration to hit me, but it's not going to happen and I want to put something up. So here it is.

I got back from Maui on the 23rd. It was great. Thanks again to Ryan, Steph & Jonah for having me stay with them. Special thanks to Jonah for giving up his room for a whole week. I miss you guys.

Unfortunately it turns out that I don't have any many good photos, but here's what I've got... (They're all along the same stretch of West Maui.


That's a view of the shoreline just west of Napili Bay. I walked that a few times. Love it! On the right is a photo of a humpback whale and her calf. I've never seen whales that close to shore. Amazing. Those rocks are the shoreline. I was hoping we'd see them when we went diving off Kapalua, (that would have been awesome!), but no luck.


Another photo of the same humpbacks and a photo of the Nakelele blowhole.


I took a few more photos of the Nakelele blowhole, but I picked the wrong camera settings. I thought this one looked pretty nice though. The one on the right is the view from the perch of rock just out of sight in the first photo.



That's Olivine pools on the left. Very nice swimming. Thank you Ryan for the tip. Maui Revealed had some nice things to say about the place too. (Try not to get that copy confiscated Ryan). Got a bit of a scrape from the waves when I got hit by one walking too close to the edge. I was too busy making sure I didn't get swept out to stop myself from getting swept in and scrapped on the rocks. (Not as impressive as it sounds).



The view from the to of Kahakuloa Head. Gorgeous. On the way down I met a local who figured I was one too because of the license plate on my car. I got questioned about what Maui was to me for some sort of survey for Maui Community College. (I did tell her I wasn't local).




Finally, for those of you who know Ryan. This is where he works. Yes, that's a school and as far as I can tell, that's a typical day. While I was there his teacher duties included going sailing, going sailing, and... well he did say they were occaisionally in class. :P



Well that's the Maui trip.



In other news, I've moved. Ryan Bentham sold his house, so we all had to move out. I'm really going to miss that place it was gorgeous.

But... We're all still living together. The four of us moved to a place in Walnut Grove. Jill and Michelle are still in the basement suite at the old place though, so we did lose two roommates. We miss you! :(

The place we're in now is nice, but I'm completely spoiled for kitchens now. Once you start using a natural gas stove, an electric one just seems like quest for fire night. (Ironically). Seriously. I'm spoiled, and I must have gas in my kitchen again. I'm in the tiny room, but it's no biggie as it's just for three months.

I'll try to post more regularly...

Posted by:  Carla

Welcome back Gorms!!! Looks like a great trip

Posted by:  nadia

hi there,
it's the first time i've visited your blog and it looks gorgeous!
my name is nadia, i'm from italy and i'm 16, i love english and in particulary way i love canada and trips!
i hope we can talk sometimes =)
greatings from milan!

Posted by:  Sarah

I agree, gas cooking can't be beaten!

Posted by:  westcoastloon

How was is that Ryan got that job again? Any chance they need an English teacher? Dish washer? Someone to sweep the floors?

Great photos. Hope I get to see it for myself one day.