So we today Josh has to drop his engine block for his '73 Challenger he is restoring at the machine shop to have some new cam bearings pressed in. Which kinda left us without much on the schedule today so we decided to go on a small hike to Likelike Falls (pr. lee-kay-lee-kay). A friend of mine had hiked there and gave us directions. Sounded simple and shore with a great swimming hole. Win-win, right? Wrong!
We pulled over and started down the roadside trail which was slick with runoff from the highway. Literally like grease, we kept falling down. Aside from that we were completely swarmed with mosquitoes. We put on bug spray but apparently it wasn't intended for clouds of insects like this! It was impossible not to inhale them and we were bitten like crazy. I especially had a bad reaction, with having Fibromyalgia my immune system goes haywire and they are ten times worse than normal. Fun!
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| Bites on my legs! |
Ok, so Josh will probably kill me for posting this gross pic, but I wanted to show how bad it was! Ha ha, lesson learned. We made it less than 100 feet down the trail before we had to turn around. He was such a good sport!
Though the day wasn't a total loss at all, we stopped at a place called Re-Use Hawaii. Most women's favorite store isn't usually a salvage-vintage-building supply. Well unless you are the amazing Amber J! I absolutely was in heaven, so many cool things my head was spinning with ideas. Thank goodness Josh was there to keep me cool. But he has good taste and found this set of awesome vintage industrial lights.
Just a little TLC and they will be going up in the store probably tomorrow. The patina on these was perfect, will make a fabulous set of pendant lights. Score babe! Another perk of having a professional electrician with great taste ;-)
After we got home we commenced to take our minds off the itchies with a homemade Mexican dinner. I whipped up some traditional beef enchiladas. The secret to amazing flavor? Layers people, layers! Like lasagna! Not rolled and broiled ha ha.
No judging the hair/lack-of-makeup, I was freshly showered. But we were having fun! Oh if there was a scratch-n-sniff widget you guys would love us.
Dinner was amazing, watched some of our favorite Ghost Adventures, and just about bed time. Tomorrow we are attempting another hike but with more bug spray ha ha. Our Road today was all over the place, but together it was a wonderful ride.
peace,
amber j.
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