Aloha, My Loved Ohana

​"Tropical Depression" by Patti Liszkay will be released tomorrow, April 27, 2023 by Black Rose Writing
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​"What do Nicaraguan migrants leave behind when they come to the United States? Patti Liszkay’s uplifting, heart-warming Tropical Depression will introduce you to the loving, squabbling Guzman family as they deal with births, adoption, poverty, and family feuds. WARNING: This novel could change the way you think about our immigration policy!" 
 - Sid Meltzer, author of "Unwitting Accomplice"

​ALOHA, MY LOVED OHANA

...Continued from previous post:

     On Friday, the last day we would be together as ohana - Hawaiian for family - at the Hale Koa, Tom and I stayed at the hotel while the others drove to the north shore of the island to beautiful Shark's Cove for a final day of snorkeling in the tide pools. 

​   It turned out to be a good snorkeling day.

      That afternoon after everyone had returned from Shark's Cove  we gathered beneath Gus, the magnificent old Indian banyan tree in the Hale Koa courtyard, for a family picture.

    Tom and me.

       That evening Claire, Miguel, Tom and I decided to  walk the mile from the Hale Koa to our go-to-dinner spot and popular local eatery, the food court at the Ala Moana mall, where, apparently, quite a few other people had the same idea on this Friday night.

    Then we walked back to the Hale Koa.

    The following day, Saturday, April 9, some of the family left the hotel at dawn to catch an early flight back to Los Angeles. But for the rest there was time for one more splendid breakfast at the Koko,

...one more walk through the Hale Koa botanical garden,

...and a little more time on the beach.

    And then our children were packed and ready for us to drive them to the Honolulu airport for their flights home.

      After we dropped the kids off at the airport Tom and I returned our rental car and took the city bus from the airport back to the Hale Koa;

...for we would be staying for another wonderful week in Honolulu. 
     But it wouldn't be the same without our ohana.