talking to the songbird yesterday

So, I'm a day late on this. "I'm sorry." (Michelle & Jamie are probably the only two who will get that!)

Wednesday proved to be the most productive, yet laziest day I've had thus far. I woke up at 4:30AM and got to work at about twenty after five. I enjoyed that shift a lot. Mostly because I have the rest of the day to do as I please. Oh, and before I forget, I got my pacific wings badge today (see photo #1). Yeah, it's official now.

I clocked out at 1:30PM and had exactly ten minutes to change and make it to the bus stop for the 1:40PM pick up.





Mission accomplished.


The bus took me to a town called Pa'ia. It was my first time out that way and I had a nice little afternoon. I found a small beach down the road that I later learned is called Blue Towell Beach (see photo #2, 3 & 4).I layed my towell out and fell asleep for an hour, then went swimming for a bit. There was a group of people hanging out further down the beach and one dude stopped to talk to me for a bit. I immediately pictured my grandmom and Aunt Pat yelling at me saying "He's a strange weirdo. Get away from him!" but I talked with him anyways. His name was Jed, which is short for Jedidiah. He is a 36 year old bartender at a local bar in Paia and seems like an awesome dude. He gave me a lift back to town so I could walk around and kill time waiting for the next bus. I was tempted to try hitchhiking, but once again, my grandmom and Aunt Pat popped into my head. My aunt always says "make sure you pack your common sense!" Well, I guess I remembered to bring it!


Anyways, there are lots of stores and restaurants in the main section of Paia. It was a nice little hippy town. On my walk back to the bus I saw a really cool looking cemetary (see photo #5) and directly across the street was a neat protestant church (see photo#6) that was kind of set on a hill. While waiting for the bus I met a 14 year old skateboarder kid who I'm still not sure whether it was a girl or boy. We'll call him lil dude. Little dude was extremely informative on a lot of topics...one of them being hitchhiking. He/She explained to me the common courtesies of hitching and was blown away when I told how it's illegal in philly and most places on the mainland. Next to the bus stop was a really neat looking tree with orange flowers (see photo #7) and across the way was my view of the ocean and sky (see photo #8).












I'm really enjoying this new found independence I feel out here. I can venture off to different places without being afraid to do it alone. It's honestly a great feeling.

I have nothing holding me back.