There was a guy leaning against the stone wall of the Jagger Museum. He was in the shadows sharing miscellaneous facts and telling stories about the Halema‘uma‘u eruption. He talked about the weather. He talked about Rim Road being closed. And at some point, he mentioned Mauna Kea. We mentioned that we had just been there, […]
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Kilauea At Night
Sun, 14 Jul 2013, 05:36 PM (-06:00)
Before 2008, there wasn’t much to see here at night. But scientists at the observing station detected sulfur fumes, and then Halema‘uma‘u opened. Today, molten lava from the fire pit flows thru subterranean lava tubes down to the sea. But the best view is here. Well, the best view is here at night. We’ve been here several […]
Hokulani’s Steak House
Sat, 13 Jul 2013, 06:45 AM (-06:00)
1. Finding As we drove thru Kea‘au, we passed a strip mall. There was a gas station, a grocery store, a health food store and a couple restaurants. It was dinner time. We were hungry. The parking lot was full. And a crowd was at Hokulani’s Steak House. So we decided this was the place […]
The Top of Puu Huluhulu
Fri, 12 Jul 2013, 05:26 PM (-06:00)
Sorry, yet another about our hike along the Napau Trail. This should do it, though… Along the way there were deep fissures and gashes green with leafy things clinging precariously to the edge of yawning chasms that disappeared into blackness. There was evidence of trunks burned to vapors by the lava: round gaps […]
Volcanology
Fri, 12 Jul 2013, 06:41 AM (-06:00)
Yes, I’m still still talking about hiking the Napau Trail… We got to marker #10. Trudy sat down to read from the guide. Here, the couple from Arkansas who were ahead of us on the trail turned back when a sign for #16 appeared and confused them. Now, you must understand who it was that […]
The Pioneers of Napau Trail
Thu, 11 Jul 2013, 09:06 PM (-06:00)
And now, we return to the long-neglected telling of our trip to Hawaii more than a year ago… The fair and industrious Trudy began studying the guide before we stepped onto the pahoehoe. We weren’t sure how far we wanted to go, since there was so much to do that day, but we ran into […]
The Merrie Monarch Festival
Tue, 23 Apr 2013, 08:44 PM (-06:00)
“You have tickets?” a woman asked us. “How did you get tickets?” Five words: the fair and industrious Trudy. Long before the trip began (which is now one year ago), Trudy waited until the minute they went on sale and got us tickets for the hula competition at the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo. Yes. We had […]
Kilauea #1
Thu, 28 Mar 2013, 09:38 AM (-06:00)
We woke to the green glow of the rain forest outside the cottage windows. And after a decadent shower with tropical air blowing in the windows, we wandered around the grounds of Volcano Garden Arts. It was a foggy, cloudy day. Wisps blew thru the treetops. We had a simple breakfast of bananas, bread and […]
Ken’s House of Pancakes
Sun, 17 Mar 2013, 08:25 AM (-06:00)
So we glided down on Saddle Road in the rain in the dark into the dim, yellow glow of the streetlights of Hilo. We turned right at Hilo Bay, drove by Bayfront Park, passed signs for Liliuokalani Gardens and turned right on Highway 11, prepared for a final climb up toward Kileauea and Ira Ono’s […]