Surviving the storm

Winter's rainy season in Hawaii has arrived. On Friday, a large fleet of clouds drifted over all of the islands. Weather forecasts warned for flash floods and thunder storms. That night, the clouds opened up as predicted and we were treated to a pretty cool storm. The new house is really open, with vaulted ceilings and the front wall pretty much just a screen. So when it rains, it sounds really cool. The rain poured down all night and I woke up occasionally just to listen to it pounding down on the roof above me.

It finally stopped sometime Saturday afternoon. We went to the Hawaii football game and did some good tailgating thanks to a tent that kept us dry. There weren't as many tailgaters as usual (I don't think Hawaiians like the rain much at all), but the group next to us was really nice. They kept bringing us over plates of their local food such as barbecued squid and Portuguese bean soup. It was all delicious. However, I don't think they were too satisfied when we tried to reciprocate the favor by giving them some traditional mainland tailgating dishes like steaks and bratwursts. After bringing over some sort of tropical corn bread, they asked us not to send any more of our food to them.

The game was pretty good and UH destroyed Idaho. I'm excited to see how next week's game goes against the Cougs. This week should be an easy one with only two and a half days of instruction and then Thursday and Friday off for Thanksgiving. I hope everyone has a great Turkey day and I'll be thinking of you out here.