Enjoyed the night sky. Jupiter is close to the moon.
Category: Living
Our (Rented) House on Hawaii Big Island
The family that built this house in 1947 still owns the house. We get to rent it for a week, something we’ve been doing every other year since 2010.The house makes for great punctuation in our family’s lives. We get to be with our nephews when they were 1 and 2, then 3 and 4, and now…… Continue reading Our (Rented) House on Hawaii Big Island
Our “Family Home”
This house is much as it was when built in 1947, and has been in the same family. This week it’s our family home.
Volcano Version 1.0
Assembled components for Volcano version 1.0. Too tame, so tomorrow we’ll build bigger, badder, version 1.1.
Walk across Lava Fields
Walked shoreline, then back across lava fields on an old trail (Kings’ Highway).
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 2014
We keep coming back to this park. There’s trails at sea level, there’s a trail going to almost 14,000 feet to the snow-capped summit of Mauna Loa, and there’s plenty trails in between. On two recent trips, we backpacked to remote areas where we pitched our tent. This time (March 2014) we stayed at the…… Continue reading Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 2014
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 2014
Wrote about hiking in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Nephews in an Outdoor Pool in March
This morning our nephews woke up in Minnesota. We whisked them from KOA (Kona) to this pool. A lot of energy to burn.
Mossy Trail
Two days hiking Volcanoes National Park. For me, hiking is not sightseeing, but there’s plenty sights along the way.
Honoka’a after Dark
The hotel duty manager warned me: Honoka’a shuts down by 8:00 p.m.That’s why I’m here.It’s time to go out on the town. At night, this old sugar cane town takes on an unfamiliar hue, reminiscent of sepia-toned photographs from a different time. I wonder what is going on.The sodium street lights seem different from the…… Continue reading Honoka’a after Dark