Over these 3 days I had 2 flat tires (had to replace one) and a phone that accidentally ended up in the ocean. Yikes! What a way to start. Now I have an I-phone 7, maybe that’s a plus. With the flat tire and buying a set of fins I met some nice folks who gave me a few tips and shared some of their own holiday trips to the mainland. Makaha is mostly working class families and is famous for its surfing beach and the early contests that took place in the ’50’s and ’60’s and for the singer IZ and his band the Makaha Sons. When the surf is up locals still ride the waves, on weekends families claim their space from Friday to Sunday. Dawn’s condo is in a 5 story building that was built as a hotel in the ’60’s for the surfing events, when those contests moved to the North Shore it was sold and turned into a condo building. Some folks live here year round, others part time though sometimes renting to travelers like me and for others as a weekend getaway. The folks I talked to like to vacation in Las Vegas, the bright lights and go-go casino world would seem a real difference from the more laid back island lifestyle.
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