Avo Hale (or Private Tropical Apartment)

We made our decision about where to stay in Kauai. We were hooked by the description and reviews of the "Private Tropical Apartment" in Kapaa. It's close to the beach on the east side of the island a few miles north of the airport in Lihue. We are really looking forward to making this our home for our two weeks on Kauai. Now we just have to come up with a rental car and start reading guidebooks and online sites to plan our fun.

This afternoon we went to our last Thursday afternoon Randy C-2 workshop. We had three angel couples to help out. Some of our fellow students have already left the Valley and headed to parts north. Randy walked us through some calls people had asked about. He spent quite a bit of time on "Disconnected" calls, which he admitted were quite difficult. Many of them were very confusing for me, but I guess it's mainly a matter of floor time.

While we were at the workshop, we heard the news that one of our fellow square dancers had passed away unexpectedly. Dan and Terry Everhardt were in our C-1 class. They had not come to the RGV the last couple of years, but some folks have been in touch with them. Terry was diagnosed with ovarian cancer recently but given a pretty good prognosis. Apparently she had a bad reaction to her first chemo session and collapsed. Despite all efforts to save her, she never regained consciousness. What a sad occurrence, especially for Dan, and a reminder that we are not guaranteed the next minute.

Today we received our new Verizon Jetpack. It took a bit of work to get it set up and running. The speed has been quite variable, but definitely faster and more reliable than our old modem.

I managed to step in some fire ants today. They are aptly named. My feet felt like they were on fire! I did a lot of jumping around and slapping to try to dislodge the ants. Then I washed my feet, applied anti-itch cream, took a ChlorTab and an ibuprofen, and just suffered for a while. Then it began to ease. Ant bites are no picnic.