HOBO

Waimea Bay. I call her home. She is an amazing beach. I get great satisfaction and a sense of really doing something good for the Ocean by walking on her beautiful sand, picking up trash left by beach goers.


There are now quite a few of us taking care of the trash at Waimea Bay. We all know each other and love keeping Waimea as clean as we can. I try to carry as much rubbish as i can. It saves trips up and down Waimeas long walk up the beach to the grassy park where the rubbish dumpsters are kept.




So this weekend I ...in my bathing suit... early in the morning ...was walking along with all this trash...




There where two tourists who came early to the beach and only saw me walking with all these bags of rubbish. I hear, " OH! its a HOBO!"






I smiled... WHO else carries bags of rubbish?








I am an island HOBO gal............

Comments

Firefly the Travel Guy said…
Sorry, but I can't help but laugh at that. I hope you don't feel insulted, but its seems like an American kind of comment to make, cause I have never heard such over here.
September 1, 2010 at 12:02 AM
Leilani Tresise said…
lolol!! Fire I am not insulted! =0D we here in America are sooo status crazy are we not?
September 1, 2010 at 7:43 AM
Nancy said…
Seems rude to me... Glad you have such a great sense of humor!
September 1, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Queen of the Rant said…
How rude, but wow you took it so nicely-I would of said, 'no I have to clean up after you folks to help keep our beaches and waters clean and beautiful for others to enjoy'-idiots!
September 1, 2010 at 2:57 PM
Leilani Tresise said…
Thank you Nancy and Queen!.. the only time my mouth gets going is if i see an ocean animal in harms way ...LOL.. oh and babies and children...
September 1, 2010 at 3:25 PM
Kalei's Best Friend said…
Well I know being a mom, I use to carry trash- when u have kids u invariably are carrying some sort of trash aren't u? lol....Kids always eating, hence the trash...
September 2, 2010 at 9:04 AM
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