December 29, 2007
The Superferry was never given a warm welcome on any of the neighbor islands. Many of us that live on neighbor islands would prefer to keep our islands rural, peaceful, less built up and polluted, and with less crime than Oahu. I know most polls show that a strong majority of the people that live on Oahu support the Superferry. I also don’t understand why someone would want to ride six hours (give or take) each way to go to another island just to be able to take their own car. Renting a car is often less than $20 a day so I don’t understand… When/If the Superferry comes to the Big Island I could drive two hours to Kona, board the Superferry paying a fare for myself and my vehicle, ride six hours, kill a bunch of sealife, and then arrive on Oahu. Alternatively, I can pay $39 (or less) to fly to Oahu in 30 minutes and rent a car for less than $30. I fail to see how the Superferry is a better option. The best part is the fact that they don’t seem to have thought about Hawaii’s very rough winter seas. If I board a boat in December (which oddly happens almost every December) I always vomit. Most of the people riding the Superferry lately seem to be vomiting as well because of the rough ride. Now, this taxpayer subsidized, environmental hazard, military transport, crime bringing, sea behemoth has had to cancel voyages because of the rough seas. People are being stranded and many are very angry because of this. Big surprise.
Anyone actually been on the Superferry?
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December 28, 2007
I think things will finally be returning back to normal since the holidays are over. Brian and I went on a vacation to Kauai and had a really nice time. We did some hiking, kayaking, and sailing and had quite a bit of fun. It did rain quite a bit and because of it I was unable to go SCUBA diving but we did get to see a number of whales and dolphins while sailing. We tried to go hiking on the Napali coast but it was raining, windy, cold, and muddy so we were unable to do the swamp and ridge hike. We did, however, get to see the Napali coast from the SCUBA boat and it was stunning. Unfortunately, rough seas and a storm turned us around before we were able to see the whole thing. We have also decided that Kauai should be renamed to the Chicken and Mud Isle instead of the Garden Isle…
The holidays were uneventful for me as I don’t really do anything for them. Brian went to California and will be back in a week. I have been using my spare time lately to do oil pastels and I am having a lot of fun with it. I’ve been doing a lot of sketches and have decided to do a Viking mural of some kind on a large canvas that I bought. It will definitely be a long-term project…
I also finally got around to watching the latest documentary by Michael Moore - Sicko. It was really rather interesting. We have certainly had our share of health care related issues living in Hawaii. Interestingly enough, we have had a good experience with Kaiser Hawaii (although I have heard bad things about Kaiser on the mainland). Anyone else see his film? Any thoughts about universal health care?
Anyone do anything fun or interesting for the holidays? What do you think of the assassination of Bhutto?
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