Hawaii Japan 2014 – Page 9

Rain Day With a View

Rain set in for the day: we’re enjoying the view and reading. My pick: “What I talk about when I talk about running.”

Dwight, fresh from mainland, on our lanai, 1,100 ft up on Moana Loa, south of Kona Kailua, Hawaii Big Island.

I like to walk through supermarkets in faraway places.

I write about walking in sepia-toned photographs, and discover why it has to be that way.

Community meeting. Learned a little history, and about plans for a historical district. Cakes and cookies were served.

Walked through an old-growth forest high above Honoka’a. (Kalopa State Park and adjoining forest reserve.)

Walked along the black sand beach, below, then zig-zagged on the Muliwai Trail to the top of the pali.

Walked abandoned and overgrown roads, roads with barriers and barbed wire. I obeyed kapu signs.

Drippy day today. Glad I walked down into Waipio Valley yesterday.

Wrote about Honoka’a (where I’m staying), nearby Waipio Valley, and Old Hawaii.