Wrote another scene, now up to 4991 words on middle-grade. My goal for this project is to get to 10K at this retreat, and I think that’s feasible. I think that’ll be about a quarter of the way through? We’ll see. Enough that I have some good momentum for hopefully continuing it over the holidays; the semester ends after I grade finals next week, and I’m hoping to stay in good writing mode once I’m home.
But since I wrote a scene, I’m allowing myself a break to post some trip photos. 
Here’s our trip to Ke’e Beach, which I’d definitely recommend if you’re visiting Kauai and like swimming. Access is limited, so be sure to buy tickets in advance.
NOTE: Ke’e is a GREAT swimming beach for small children, very safe, water sheltered and a bit warmer than elsewhere, nice sand to walk on far out, lifeguards on duty.
Pictured:
• caves we drove past and did not visit
• dramatic landscape
• pathway to the beach (you drive up to a parking lot, then take a shuttle to the beach, showing your reserved ticket which you’ve downloaded or screenshot or printed in advance, because there’s no WiFi there currently)
• pathway through cool trees to beach
• some kind of garden we passed — it was unclear to me whether that was park land or privately owned. I think that’s taro growing there.
