All Good Things....

...come to an end...sooner or later.  Today is the day Uke Ohana Oahu 2019 comes to a close.  We begin with a quick breakfast, continue to tackle the task of packing up.  Then back into the vans and we are off for Honolulu and a tour of the Kamaka Ukulele Factory.

We arrive a little early.  What do ukulele folk do when they have “nothing to do?”  If you guess, PLAY UKULELE, you are RIGHT!

Even in the alley!

Then grandpa Sam meets us for our group tour.  But first, a historical perspective talk by Sam, to understand how Kamaka got it’s start

in the world of ukulele....this tiny instrument with it’s origin in Portugal!  This is full circle for us as this Spring we went to Maderia, Portugal 

to celebrate the send off of the instruments, the Machet and the Braguinha, 143 years ago from Portugal to Hawaii!

One of Sam’s grandsons leads the factory part of the tour.

Next stop, Honolulu International Airport to drop off folks headed for home and beyond.  This is an interesting drop off, as I am not 

to familiar with the airport and most folks were headed to spots other than “departures.”  Hum.  “Alls Well That Ends Well.”   Everyone 

go off...eventually!

Except us.  We have the luxury of staying two more full days.  Back to the bungalows we go, for some go slow time!