Hawaii Big Island – Page 6

The Right Side of the Island

I’m on the “wrong” side of Hawaii Big Island: rainy, no posh resorts, no ocean sunsets, tsunamis, crushed ice. Rich.

My view for the next 7 hours, SEA–HNL.

5:00 a.m., one final walk on PDX carpet.

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Clouds imitating planes at Kona International, Hawaii Big Island, while waiting for an interisland flight in 2005.

7:00 a.m. KOA (Kona, Hawaii Big Island)

Went for a hike on lava and took a selfie. Tonight, Dwight returns to mainland, in the morning I go to Japan.

Biennial event, 2014: playing with spigot and hose, unposed. 2010 and 2012, in background, on display in kitchen.

Rented a boat. Watched a humpback whale spiral up into the air: didn’t take photos, just wanted to be in the moment.

At harbor waiting for my returning SCUBA diver. Figured this is a good vantage point, purely to get out of the sun.