Day 226

Day 226: What’s the first thing I noticed when we landed in Kauai? The place is overrun with chickens ... I mean feral red fowl ... or the sacred moa, all of which look like chickens. The moa are fowl that the Hawaiians consider sacred, so they are a protected species. At one point in history, during a hurricane, the cages of both the fighting chickens and the moa were blown open, releasing them all to the wild. Now the chickens are 80% cocky attitude and 20% sacred, and they roam wherever they want.

When I was growing up we had chickens on our farm, and our rooster thought he was of a protected species. He strutted around the farmyard like he owned the place. He also had a bad habit of chasing me into the house. He would have fit in perfectly in Kauai.

I haven’t seen a single Kentucky Fried Chicken while we’ve been here . . . now it all makes sense. #momscompanytowels #getawayweek #kauichickens