April 8, 2016 The morning greeted the family with a wet grey grimace, but it didn’t matter, where they were going, the rain couldn’t follow. For the last time, they gathered the luggage, stuffed it full of dirty clothes and underutilized, just-in-case items, tidied up the house and packed into the rental car, with oneContinue reading “Below and Above; Darkness and Light”
Tag Archives: Hawaii Island
A Glimpse
April 3, 2016 “I wanted to get going early today, so we could get into the Mauna Kea Beach because there are a limited amount of parking spots and it fills up fast,” B said as AJ came from the bathroom, still-pajamaed and un-showered. “I didn’t know,” AJ said, bleary-eyed fromContinue reading “A Glimpse”
Black Sand Eden, Lunch With a Gecko, and the Copper-Eyed Cat
April 2, 2016 Sunday morning drew forth gentler than the day before. “No beach shoes, just hiking today,” B said. The family started out on a scenic drive through ever greener and steeper landscape, past ranches and stables hidden behind huge dark trees and tropical hedges, tracing winding roads and passing through tiny villages toContinue reading “Black Sand Eden, Lunch With a Gecko, and the Copper-Eyed Cat”
Ponder the Path of Your Feet
April 1, 2016 The morning came slowly to the Eastern Standard Time Zone family as they soaked up sleep confusedly to wake at 6 AM Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time. Showers, breakfast, and imperfect preparations filled the hours before their first Hawaii beach experience. AJ collected water bottles, Agenda, maps and sunblock and stuffed them in herContinue reading “Ponder the Path of Your Feet”