So tonight's blog challenge is 10 Facts about my Town. My town is Kihei (Key Hey) on the island of Maui.
1) The population is approximately 20k
2) Kihei is on the South side of Maui, on the Leeward side of Haleakala (Hall ay ah kah la) the dormant volcano on the island. Haleakala means house of the sun in Hawaiian, Kihei was the term for a ceremonial cloak worn by ancient Hawaiians.
3) Kihei only gets about 10in of rain a year.
4) A good portion of the town resides in the inundation zone, including me. This means every time there is the threat of a Tsunami I have to evacuate.
5) Kihei has 6 miles of beautiful sandy beaches.
6) According to legend, two cloud warriors, one from the north and one from the south, battled one another until a truce was called. When the warriors separated, the piece of blue sky left between them was called Alanui o Lani (Highway to Heaven), and the area beneath that sky is now known as Kihei.
7) Kihei, and the entire South Maui region, was the site of a fierce battle against conqueror Kamehameha in 1790.
8) Kihei is home to the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary , the visitors center is just around the block from where I live.
9) It is also home to the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
10) Along with 3 other town on the island Kihei participates in the Friday town parties. Every 4th Friday a large street festival is thrown. Maui Friday Town Parties
So those are the facts I could think of, now for fitness. I will admit I slacked today, I am suffering from a nasty cold so I only completed the challeges and nothing else. Tonight for the Challenges I did : 35 Jumping jacks, 35 Deep lunges, 53 squats, 13 lunges, and 14 sec lunge hold.
Tomorrow will be one week since I started so I'll do a stats check in with at least my measurements. My scale is acting up so I don't know if I'll be able to do a weigh in.
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