As the day of departure draw closer, Kaddi has decided she now has a list of things she wants to do before leaving Hawaii. A few days ago we accomplished number six, visiting the beach where sea turtles sun themselves. When we arrived there were three turtles on the beach, with two game wardens present to rope off the area where they sit and make sure no one gets within at least ten feet of the reptiles. It was a little disappointing. I was hoping to shove pocky-sticks up a turtle-nose and take a picture.
At first, the Hawaiian turtle reminded me only of hockey's most irritating player from the eighties and nineties. But as we admired the quiet majesty of these silently majestic creatures, we also got a little video footage of the turtles making their way back into the sea. The ninety seconds or so of film actually took place over about three hours. Meg got a little impatient and I had to remind her these were tortoises, not hares.
And while I watched them struggle towards the surf, I felt a strange kinship with these pre-historic animals. They were like poor, bewildered graduate students, governed by a timeless instinct, moving towards some unachievable goal....
3 comments:
Fascinating! By the way, the news reported last night that Obama is looking for a new church...I thought since there is so much admiration oozing from this corner of the world that maybe you'd like to take a shot at influencing Mr. Obama towards the religious greater good!
JB
Hey-so I saw a link to your blog from kelly's blog so I took a peek. It was so fun to see a little of what's going on with you guys! You all look great! So where to next? I'll have to email you an invite to our blog. Heather
Shane,
Why does the "Hawaiian Kingdom" license plate have an English style crown? Surely the socially conscious pro-Hawaiian sovereignty crowed would place a traditional Hawaiian headdress on their automobile accessory/political statements. I suspect a fraud. A counter revolution-propaganda propaganda campaign. Fight the power (which in this case is tall, white, blond haired males).
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