I remember the first air flight I ever took.  I must have been around 10 years old, and it was from Honolulu to Kahului.  Visited relatives.  One cousin is now a doctor living in New York City, married to a psychiatrist.  Saw Hayden Mango for the first time.  It was large, beautiful and sweet.  I was only familiar with Common and Chinese Mangos.  Anyway, yesterday was my final day on Maui.  I had a small adventure.  Make it tiny.  I walked from the Pride of America all the way to Maui Mall, for the primary purpose of tasting Guri-Guri. Lunch of pork cutlet and pasta fagioli soup, with beer and a rose wine. Off I am to have Guri-Guri. Found Tasaka Guri Guri...and it was closed for Labor Day. But I had to have something, so went elsewhere and ordered a lychee boba.  This is that drink from Taiwan with tapioca balls. Found a table with a view of the Pride of America. Walked back to the ship. The ship left Kahului before sunset for Hilo.  Had a drink on our balcony and watched Maui slowly

Although I am on a Hawaii inter island cruise, I have continued to keep track of this COVID pandemic.   For example : The CDC reported that people 12 years and older who are  unvaccinated were 17 times more likely to die of COVID-19  than those who were up to date. There are pockets of high concern (orange color) in the U.S. Hawaii is among the orange states,  The nearly 6000 new cases/day peak of January 2022 dropped to around 100/day at the end of March, but has increased to around 1000 new cases today. Since March, the deaths/day figure has increased by 20%. 20% of residents have been infected. Around 1 in a 1000 residents have died. The prediction is that  Hawaii could reach 4000 cases/day and peak in June . For the U.S. The positivity rate was 3% on April 20, and has increased to 10% today.  On 25 January 2022 the positivity was 25.7%. Chances are all positivity rates should be much lower today because many these days just take the at-home version and negative tests are not report