| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Viewed: 4/24/2024 Occurred: 9/25/2020 |
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| Topics: #Coronavirus #Maui | |||
| By myself, in the car, at the beach. | |||
When I lived in Arizona, I did Doordashing as a side job when I wanted a little extra cash, and it worked very well for me. When I applied myself, I easily brought home an extra $400 a month.
But Doordash hasn't worked so well for me here on Maui. On my last trip, I didn't earn enough for the gas there and back. Yet, we really need cash to keep our generator in gasoline since the solar panels don't seem to be working very well. And so, Keith and I decided I should go to Lahaina to dash today, spend the night there, and dash again tomorrow, thus saving on the round-trip gas for the car.
That doesn't mean I wasn't stressed even before I left.
The cows were busy mowing the upper level as I left.
By the time I got to Safeway (which is one of two places with the cheapest gas),the car was nearly empty. Luckily I had a few dollars to fill it with, so that dashing would even be an option.
On my way to Lahaina, as always, I passed a number of forlorn, empty tourist traps, awaiting an end to the pandemic.
I had a couple orders in the morning, which was encouraging. Keith had pre-made and packed a breakfast for me, which I heated on the hood of the car..
Five minutes under the tropical noonday sun, and breakfast was as hot as when Keith first cooked it!
Since I knew I would be sleeping at the beach tonight, I checked out a couple of likely spots as I waited between orders.
By the way, the island in the center of this next photo is Oahu, where Honolulu is located. It's about 116 miles from where I stood.
Orders came few and far between, leaving me time to do selfies.
It slowed down even more around sunset. (That's the neighbor island of Lanai.)
After one or two late orders, I decided to call it quits. I drove to my chosen spot at Papalaua Beach Park, which fortunately was still empty—very few people were there, in fact. I had the back of the car tricked out with a mattress, sheets, and pillow.
With something near to a full moon, Iwent to sleep lulled by the sound of waves washing ashore, and the sight of the sea gently illuminated by moonlight.
