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The Cats of Waikoloa Canoe Club at Anaeho’omalu Bay
Cat haven for cats at Waikoloa Canoe Club
One of the good things that can come from wandering about with my iPad to search for Ingress portals at foreign places in the world is the discovery of new things I might not otherwise find like the cats of Waikoloa Canoe Club at Anaeho’omalu Bay. If you ask Jenny, my housekeeper at the Marriott, she doesn’t much care for the cats of Waikoloa Canoe Club because they jump on her car in the parking lot and leave little kitty footprints all over her windshield.
The cats of Waikoloa Canoe Club are not to be fed, according to the sign: Do Not Feed Cats, yet there is a raised wooden platform with tin plates and bowls filled with water. Some kind people are caring for these cats. They are nestled down the hill and in the trees, difficult to see from the road. A meandering sprinkler hose waters the vegetation around the clearing. The cats are aloof and keep their distance, although a few don’t seem to care that I’m there hovering and shoving an iPad in their faces at all.
Jenny drives to the Marriott from a town about 25 miles south of Hilo. Taking the saddleback road, it’s an hour and 45 minutes each way. There is a bus that transports workers, but it used to be free, back when Jenny started at the Marriott some 8 years ago. Then the fare imposed later was $1.00 each way and now it’s been raised to $2.00 each way. Jenny saves money, she says, by driving with her boyfriend, who is in construction.
It’s cheaper to live on the Hilo side than the Kona side. Still, that’s a long way to drive for work, bus or no bus. I think about that when I leave her a $2.00 tip every day. Perhaps I should be more generous, but I’ve already established a pattern. Yet, her birthday is this week, so that gives me an excuse to help. There is decorum. Below are more photos of the cats of Waikoloa Canoe Club.
Cat haven nestled in the tree clearing at Waikoloa Canoe Club
Green eyed cat with a clipped ear (shows alteration) at Waikoloa Canoe Club Cat Haven
Cat at Waikoloa Canoe Club resting in a sunny spot.
Cat in the shade at Waikoloa Canoe Club
Hawaii Over Labor Day 2015 is a Perfect Quick Trip from Sacramento
There is nothing like lounging on a secluded Hawaiian beach.
One of the really good things a person learns when she grows older is to seize an opportunity when it is presented. I started out thinking it would be fun to take a last-minute trip somewhere over Labor Day 2015. It’s not like I don’t know that Labor Day comes every year, but I didn’t make any plans for this one because I’ve been too busy selling real estate. Days flow into other days, and weeks fly by when you’re having fun selling homes.
At first I tried to find a flight to Mexico that leaves in the evening on Friday and would return Monday night, but there was none. Not out of Sacramento nor San Francisco, nor even Los Angeles. My husband was just appointed by the Governor to a new position at the State, and it’s difficult now for him to take time off. When I couldn’t find a flight that worked, I turned to a new destination, figuring I could just go by myself. Simply because my husband wasn’t available didn’t mean I couldn’t go.
It was just a question of where. Didn’t want to fly too far. So, that narrowed it down to Hawaii. See how my mind works? Yet I don’t have to leave on a Friday night and come back on a Monday evening because I have the magic of technology. Labor Day 2015 rules don’t apply to me. You betcha, I can sell real estate just about anywhere in the world and, in fact, I have. Yes, I am that crazy woman you feel sorry for who is lying on the beach with her cellphone and iPad. Poor miserable workaholic, you mutter under your breath.
Yet, you tend to stop feeling pity when you see me retreat to my 1,200 square-foot corner oceanfront suite or watch me emerge from the spa glowing from head-to-toe or catch me dipping crab legs into butter and washing it down with chilled French champagne.
Nobody is complaining about the trade-offs. Least of all me. I love my job, I find my work extremely fulfilling, and I adore my clients.
My next blog will come to you from the shores near Waimea on the Big Island for Labor Day 2015. Aloha! Remember, if you need to professionally sell a home, call this Sacramento Realtor in Hawaii. I’d love to hear from you. 916.233.6759.
