1. The Summit We didn’t stay at the top long. We stopped and gawked at the telescopes sitting on top of the world. And we gazed at a tempting trail along a peak leading to one of the orange cinder cones that dot Mauna Kea. There were pockets of snow along the trail, and it led […]
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Ascending Mauna Kea
Sat, 16 Mar 2013, 09:29 AM (-06:00)
Editor’s Note: This fish documents a drive up Mauna Kea. It contains nothing profound. The pictures might or might not hold some interest, but by and large the words are not for general consumption but rather are part of the author’s conceit that years from now it might be particularly nice to read back and reflect […]
Climbing Saddle Road
Fri, 15 Mar 2013, 04:56 PM (-06:00)
The fog was so thick as we climbed up Saddle Road that at times we could barely see the stripes on the side. It blew across the grassland and into woodsy thickets hidden in the gloaming. We drove slowly up the slopes following the route between the island’s two massive volcanos. When we came to […]
Let’s Get Going
Wed, 13 Mar 2013, 09:56 PM (-06:00)
Let’s continue the Hawaii story, now running on perilously close to a year in the telling!… 1. Driving By The Airport From satellite you can see it. A black fan of lava running down the slopes of the island into the sea. Kekaha State Park is on its northern edge. Kona Airport is on the […]
Aloha Woods
Sun, 24 Feb 2013, 10:31 PM (-06:00)
On our way out of Kailua-Kona, we drove back along Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway past the airport to … Target. Yes, Target. We needed a new suitcase to carry some of our new-found treasures. Sadly Target had none. (How is that possible?) So our next destination was … CostCo. Yes, CostCo. Certainly they would have a suitcase, and sure enough they […]
Hawaiian Language Class
Mon, 4 Feb 2013, 12:43 AM (-06:00)
1. Waking Up It was early. There was barely a glow of morning coming in thru the balcony doors. The Hawaiian language class was at 8:00am, and it was only 6:00am. There was plenty of time, so I rolled over and fell back asleep. The dawning of day in earnest work me up with a […]
Hawai‘i Aloha
Sun, 3 Feb 2013, 05:50 PM (-06:00)
The fair and industrious Trudy suggested I go to the ukulele hoedown without her. I gathered her intent. Her laptop was in the room. She had words to share and photos to post. She had likes to collect. Facebook was calling. On the lanai downstairs, a warm breeze was blowing off the water. It was now nighttime, […]
As The Sun Sank Beneath The Waves
Sat, 2 Feb 2013, 08:00 PM (-06:00)
So let’s pick up where we left off in this (sadly, long-running) recounting of our trip to Hawaii last April. With any luck, I’ll finish the telling before a full year has passed… In Holualoa, Sam the ukulele man scrounged a piece of Koa wood for us, and he suggested a wood shop where we […]
Holualoa
Sun, 13 Jan 2013, 06:08 AM (-06:00)
After our morning at Kealakekua Bay, we returned our rented snorkel gear to Snorkel Bob’s. It had served us well. And we considered it a particular bonus that they didn’t charge us for an extra day. After that, we drove a narrow, winding road up to Holualoa, a hamlet on the slopes above Kona where there are […]
Cheryl’s Present
Tue, 8 Jan 2013, 10:45 PM (-06:00)
There was a sea turtle diving in the deep clear water off the bow of the Fair Wind II when we arrived. Cheryl got us tickets. Years ago in a different life, she worked the boat out of Kona, and this was her anniversary present to us. They fed us breakfast on the deck as the […]