Post #803157 by tikiskip on Mon, Apr 25, 2022 7:53 AM

Here is a bit of an update on the Kahiki Moai this is the one from the left as you faced the Kahiki front door.

The concrete had to be taken off as it was all falling off, the wires that held it on were rusting to a point Where they were not holding on the screen that held the concrete on the rebar.

Somebody had said you could have as least covered it to protect it but that would not have kept the condensation and freezing snow and other weather from getting to it anyway.

The damage was bit more noticeable after an author for the Kahiki book Myers I think it was put her foot through the eye area of the statue I should have not told them to go ahead and get on it for pictures. Hey, I guess this makes them the last people to be on top of the old Moai before the tear down.

I joked about how that would bring bad luck to her.

But the two guys who removed the concrete took only a bit over 3 hours to remove the concrete but did start to bust up the top knot it was perfect before that, I should have watched them closer.

But about a month after that Tim Swanky Glasner and his wife Stephany came by for a visit, Tim wrote the book on the Mai Kai and told me about some of the improvements being made to the Mai Kai sounds like it will be even better when they get done.

It was great to see the Glasner's again as Tim was the first TC persons I ever met way back when.

The Mai Kai is not a small tiki bar and we need it to be around for as long as we can keep it around.

I told him I would help in any way that I can as it is the best tiki restaurant/bar we have ever been to!

Eye hole and last time the concrete was on. Top knot damage. Kinda cool to see how it was made my wife thought it would make a cool topiary. Tim and Stephany buy the Moai.

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