Beginning on November 1, 2024, which is the date of my mother’s first letter from her Hawaii trip 84 years ago, I am serializing day by day, the book,
Cecilia
King’s Extraordinary Senior Trip, which you can obtain from Amazon in either Kindle or paperback.

I hope you enjoy the upcoming nine-months in Hawaii 1940-41. You can order the entire book from Amazon in either paperback or Kindle format,
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Honolulu Wednesday April 23, 1941

Wednesday –My second thought didn’t materialize – nor did the first because the next ship
out is Friday — & clipper Sunday. I’ve just gotten letters from Uncle Arthur, Grandmother^[1],
Jessie (May^[2] & Sam)
asking me to stop there on the way home. I would love to see Uncle Arthur for a couple of days, but can’t quite see an extended visit with the Moores. Even with two or three days in El Paso I could still get home in ten days from Honolulu (or even if
I had to spend a night in Los Angeles) and could see Uncle Arthur & Grandmother. I plan to leave here on the last July Matson Line ship – on the last week of July. Will reserve my stateroom right after I get back from Hilo (May 28^th), if you can
send the money for the ticket – it’ll be so near sailing time I’ll probably have to pay the whole amount then. Soon as reservations & ticket are fixed I will write Frances Ellen & you can tell Aunt Minnie just to make sure of double check – will you get Frances
Ellens present address for me, next time you see Minnie? So I will have it in time to write her.

Will find out
definitely about the chests next week – I have hardly been out of the house since Sunday – but am feeling better, and will start shopping around next week.
The days are getting terribly hot and enervating.

I’ll envelope this & get an airmail sequel off on the Sunday clipper, give a better account of plans, etc.

Don’t you think a two day stop in El Paso would be nice? Maybe meet me there. The first week in August?

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