Sand: It's EVERYWHERE! It's in the car no matter how many times you vacuum it out, even when you haven't been to the beach in a while. And today, when I pulled out our luggage for our trip to Canada (in 11 days!!) there was sand in the bottom of the suitcases. What???
Necessities: Matson shipping company brings in most of the goods to the island (90% I think I heard on the news). They are in disagreement with the Hawaii dock workers and there may be a strike in the next couple of weeks. People are stocking up on supplies like water, rice, and toilet paper because a strike would mean nothing coming into the island.
Just a little island ranting... maybe we're in more need of a mainland vacation than we thought... island fever finally setting in???