Please do not feed the chickens

There is something strange about this island and chickens. They wander in the streets in flocks.  I walk out of the grocery store near campus and there are 3 chickens walking right in front of the doors.  Bizarre. 

Today we went for a Sunday afternoon drive to the botanical gardens in Kaneohe. We had planned on a drive up a nearby canyon, but were stopped at a dead end.  We did, however, spot a wild boar walking along the side of the road.  I couldn't get my camera out fast enough before he darted out of sight.

It was about a 40 minute drive to Kaneohe although only 21 miles away.  The windy roads with a top speed of 40 MPH makes for long travels to get anywhere.  When we arrived, the gate said "closed at 4 pm" and were felt deflated.  I told Doug that it looked like we could walk in through an obvious opening in the fence, although the road was closed.  We felt like rebels for a few steps until we encountered many people walking through and discovered it was allowed.  We saw a sign instructing us to not feed the chickens and thought it was hillarious.  

It was a beautiful walk.  We fed Ethan and Sydney dinner as we walked.  We wished that we could have seen more but it is dark here around 6:45 pm, so we needed to walk back to the car after going about 1 mile or so.  There were several chickens and roosters we spotted along our walk.  If you look closely, you might spot one in the photo where Ethan is in hot pursuit.