Insights from Hawaii

Day 9, October 31

Halloween started today with costumes parading down the boardwalk mid-afternoon. Costume parties galore, apparently.

This colorful Chinese dragon was worn by 3 children. They did a whole acrobatic routine, standing the dragon up on its hind legs and then dancing around and engaging the spectators. We also saw a few Spiderman costumes, werewolves, Star Wars characters, Jokers, along with the usual witches and goblins.

I never really liked Halloween as a holiday. Growing up, it was actually somewhat scary in my neighborhood. We had some wild kids that were always looking for ways to terrorize younger kids. My own kids grew up in safer neighborhoods. That wasn't the issue. But I sure did not enjoy trying to make costumes for them. . . Oh well, this Halloween was unexpectedly fun. Halloween in Hawaii.