; ‘symptoms _ are numerous, including an itch (to = 2a memory lapse (did we really drink FIVE ‘Fais in the Rusty Harpoon?) and a nounced lack of energy (I'd better write a _ column or. I'll be fired. Maybe tomorrow.) We returned home at ten . past:midnight 1981. The cab “driver, a sensitive soul, turnéd up the volume on the radio..so, we heard “Auld Lang Syne” at the corner of Lonsdale and Third St. We were. decked-out in white ‘slacks, thin shirts and - thongs. Good thing we didn’t « ‘\have'to push the cab through 2, snowdrifts. Instead, fog nearly obliterated the stop lights. I didn’t home! . want to come Byeryone else - in ‘the’ family .was ready to leave when I announced,“Forget it!’ I-dis6wn anything that looks ‘like a snow shovel: -I 2): clocks, : commuter traffic and regular : despise’ alarm nieals. “Wearing coats i obscene.’ Why don’t you list my name with the “Missing Mothers Bureau” and leavi sue: here to_meditate - under you: don’ t.come home who'll take-out the garbage?” L came home. Reluctantly. could bia leave - me like this?” routine. They hopped into laps;purred loudly and enjoyed ‘the hunk of filet I brought home from the flight. OK, Canada Customs! I confess. I couldn't eat my steak on the flight home and tik hoe heath Shore Clootrolyses Clare remove hair permanently ’ siete skin treatments,” I stuffed it into a plastia Wi glass, shoved a paper napki on top and put the -whole thing in my purse. Fragrant. There are two terrible things about travel. The first - is “getting there”, which is by y Barbara McCreadie certainly not “half the fun”. The second is coming home. We got lucky when it came to BEING THERE. When. we walked into the lobby of our condominium in Maui, looking like a pack of refugees, -we were im- mediately accosted by the ‘manager. ‘ Ono 'Loa®. -through an:ad in: -. looked all right and had the She was as stern as ‘my grade-threeteacher. -~ “Where are you going?” “To suite 110 to find the manager.” . . “I’m the manager.” We verified our reser- vations, got the baggage assembled and opened a- crock of “duty-free”. One of the kids’ remarked, : like we've got a dandy! Tl bet she eats tourists for breakfast!” : I agreed. Cautioning the kids to remember their best company manners, [. dumped my suitcase and headed for the shower. ie We'd. picked, ‘the. “Hale the newspaper:’ I didn’t. much.care if it . was _“Scumsville” as long as all of *us - could . fit in for three Weeks at a price we could afford — LOW. The condo usual amenities such as beds. The unit looked out on the pool patio and ocean. Nice start. Within one day, I met one_ of the greatest ladies I’ve ever encountered in many years ot travel. You guessed it. The manager. That “Dandy” the kids had predicted turned into a delight. Melba Hunt has managed the Hale Ono Loa fer six years. People return regularly because they know that she’s always pr the job. That condo is the friendliest place in Maui. There are more -Canadians there than -minimum of discomfort -private consultation by appointment ~facial, legs, arms, underarms -correcting hairlines and arching eyebrows 980-2022 929-4468 (res.) Room 217B Medical Dental Building 1940 Lonsdale, North Vancouver * “Looks — you'll find on Main Street and they. keep ‘ ‘comiing back like a song”..So.do all those foreigners (Américans). Everyone seems to ‘Know’ at least one other couple in. the complex — but if they don’ t they soon will. Our kids weren't. there more than a day until they met a‘group of other. teens _ who, joined them for ping- pong, shuffleboard and “let s - make hamburgers”. 2°22: ; L enjoyed the. Place, ‘but I don’t’ want to stay there again. The storms of 1979 destroyed the beachfront so all there is left is rocks. Impossible to walk. Some people like lying in the sun WAIKIKI 3349 Air Oni - WAIKIKI *489 ; Q Daya, 7 NighteSAy &Hote! 3 i WAIKIKI 589. 15 Days, 14 Nights, Air & Hote! LAS VEGAS = *199° 6 Days, 4 Nights, Al & Hotel « RENO *169 . 5 Daya,.4 Nights, Air.§ Hotel CENTA ‘ours 1666 Robson Street 10507 K. Geo. Hwy. Surrey 689-7117 Rag. Travel Agent No. 157-3 getting fiery red. It bores the hell out of me! I like to be able to march: out of the back door and find five miles of beach that I can trudge along, picking up shells. If one of the kids decides to join me — fine — but I'm ' quite happy to do it alone. Brian would rather play backgammon beside the pool. 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