Ina theannta sin, chuaigh mé ar an h-imram bheag mise féin. Leis mo neacht sa dlí agus a fear chéile, a n-iníon agus a fear chéile freisin, d'imigh go cuan ag dul amach ar an Abhainn Wailua ina gKaua'i leis an dream na ocht gcinn eile (ó gCalifoirnea go léir) agus an treoir áitiúil. Bhí fonn orm, agus ár clann gan amhras.
Bheul, shrioch Léna agus mé an bruach na habann le deachracht mór. Níl fhíos againn a rámhaidh cadhc. Ach, rinne muid chun streachailt dhá bhliain go leath míle go an forais bháistí.
Ansin, shiúil muid suas an rian a eas rúnda do eile míle. Chuaigh Léna snámh sa lochán. Shuigh mé ar an cloch árasán leis na choleachaí os cionn na scardán ar an ceann na abhainn.
Ar ndóigh, chaitheamh muid ar ais aríst! Bhuail muid gaoth láidir ó dheas. Ar ais go dtí an céibh mar an dhorcaigh a lá i gcuimhne.
A little sea-voyage in Hawai'i.
I returned to Los Angeles from Hawai'i yesterday (9/25). Truly, I'm still very slow with "jet-lag." All the same, I enjoyed the little voyage.
Furthermore, I went on a little sea-voyage myself. With my niece-in-law and her husband, their daughter and her husband too, we left from the harbor to go out on the Wailua River in Kaua'i with a group of eight others (all from California) and a local guide. I was anxious, and our clan no doubt.
Well, Layne and I reached the bank of the river with great difficulty. We did not know how to row a kayak. But, we made the struggle two and a half miles to a rainforest.
Then, we walked up a trail to a secret waterfall another mile. Layne went swimming in a pond. I sat on a flat rock with the roosters above the cascade at the head of the river.
Of course, we had to go back again! We hit strong winds southward. We returned to dockside as a memorable day darkened.
(Photo/Grianghraf le Mike Maginot, 9/22/12: Mise, Marlene, Léna, Cari. Bruach ó thíos na Abhainn Wailua ar an bealach go/North Bank of the Wailua River on the way to Uluwehi [Secret] Falls/ Eas [Rúnda] na Uluwehi)
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