Indiana Jones

This summer was surprisingly hot in Millbrae, and my dryer heats up the whole house, so I decided to try hanging the clothes out to dry in the backyard. I strung twine from the patio cover across the yard to one of the bars of the trampoline safety net and used a pack of clothes pins I used once for some church activity. It worked great until one day Zad decided to play Indian Jones in the backyard and tried to zip down the laundry line. The line snapped sending Zad to the ground. He thought it was great fun and wanted me to put up more twine, but I decided to wait for cooler weather to do laundry. Today I got to experience the joy that Zad found on that summer day when we zipped through the jungle here on Kauai.

The zip line was part of an organized tour we took which started out with kayaking 2 miles up a river. Then we hiked to a lagoon where there was a rope swing. After swimming they drove us through a ranch where we observed cows, goats, peacocks, and other birds. We also saw wild pigs and roosters that roam the island. The last thing we did was zip through the jungle down a big cable. It was a very active day. It was a rainy day, even by Kauai standards, but we didn’t mind because it was still warm and we wet anyway.

We came home and got all clean and dry before going to a luau. It was supposed to be on the beach, but they had to move it indoors because of the rain. We still got to eat lots of yummy barb-a-que food and raw fish! It was really good. They had singers and ukuleles and dancers. There was even a fire eater who spun two sticks that were on fire at both ends. He walked right by me and I could feel how hot the torches were. Very hot, incase you were wondering. Here are some pictures from the luau:

Hawaiian hula dancer

A Tahitian warrior

We had a great time, but, sorry, Zad, I don't think we'll be putting up a zip line in the backyard anytime soon.

Love,

Mom