Hawaii Time
Posted by Amber , Sunday, July 13, 2008 Sunday, July 13, 2008
I'm sure you all have heard that things go a little slower over here on the Islands... well they do! Not that I mind the occasional relaxed setting, but some things I was content with doing on schedule. At first I thought, it isn't really because people in Hawaii like to move slow, they are just kind of 'forced' to. First let me explain what it is like to drive in Hawaii. The drivers here are usually really polite and don't fret about the occasional cut-off and actually let people in ahead of them most of the time. However, right after we got here, I heard on the news of a deadly shooting over road rage?! So we have both ends of the spectrum here, but my opinion as to why everyone drives a little slower is because of this crazy thing called the Speed Limit! The highest speed limit I have seen here is 35 MPH and that is on the Highway. Most roads range from 15-30 MPH. That is really slow... at least for me. Plus all police drive in their unmarked personal vehicles. So you never really know what to look for when you want to speed. So... everyone just takes it nice a slow. I have also noticed that the fast food lines take forever. I decided to get some fast food one day, and thought that I would pretty much be done within 5-10 minutes, which is long for most drive-thru lanes. It ended up taking 40 minutes! No way out after I sat there for 10 not moving. Was it worth it?? Come on, it is always worth it for Taco Bell ;)
News:
We got a floor fan that is really powerful and we blow the air in from outside to get some breeze, and it actually brought the temperature in our house down about 4-5 degrees! I can really tell the difference. Plus Ben read online that by opening our room window, leaving our bedroom door open, and putting the fan out in the hallway allows some area of low pressure somewhere and the fan will pull the cool air from our window out to the living area... anyway, the point of the story is that we actually had to use blankets last night! First time we were cold since we have been here!!
We went to church today. The first decent social interaction we have had since we have been here. Calvary Chapel Kona Coast. It was good. I met a few mom's. We are looking forward to meeting new people, but it is really small and unfortunately there is only one other person in our age group that attends right now :( Bummer...
I hope everyone is doing great!
Take care,
Aloha
