I posted earlier about the Hawaiian plantation home. Came across this on our walk. This is the same thing dressed up. Tongue in groove redwood siding (painted), single wall construction, louvres all around for cross ventilation. Wide eaves for more shade on the home. Open carport, this one under the same roofline.
Memories. I remember this stretch of coastline near Hokuli’a. Racing and training. Not to too far till they reach Keauhou and you can see the finish. 5 miles away, but seeing the finish none the less give you a boost.
I remember when I first did the Queen Lili`uokalani Canoe race in 1991, We had a torch light parade on Alii Drive on Saturday after the main race with real torches. In retrospect giving a few hundred drunk paddlers torches with fire and letting them loose was not the best idea.
I paddled in the Queen Lili`uokalani Canoe races over 20 times and emceed the awards many times. Here’s our crew in 1996 from Kamehameha Canoe Club, seat 3. The start of the men’s race in 1993. We use to buy helicopter pix. No drones.
After our walk we tried a new coffee and boba place near Safeway Kona. The coffee was delicious. My wife had a Boba latte. The fresh made cinnamon roll was wicked good. Since they are near the Starbucks inside Safeway they can only sell 20oz.
We went on a walk on the old Walua trail mauka of Kona. I’ve never been on this trail, my wife has been a couple of times. Need to do it early, it gets hot (and humid) up here. Not high enough to be cool. I’ll be up here again. It’s convenient. Can see where we live from the trail.
At the peak of my career I was hired as GM of 3 different restaurants to fix and increase the value of the restaurant so it could be sold. It was good money and a fun challenge, but I was actually working myself out of a job.
I did 3 protests in Kona. It’s good being alongside like minded folks. We’re on a strip of road outside of town. 80% of the cars honk on encouragement. A few stick finger and even less yell obscenities. Kind of yelling into the air. You may fell better, but accomplish nothing
Interning information. Louise and Ferera’s “Drowsy Waters”, released in 1916, shipped 25,000 copies initially but by the early 1920s had reached 322,000 copies in print. Similarly “Aloha Oe” by the Toots Paka Hawaiian Company sold 306,000 copies.
Just rewatched the last 2 episodes of Night Manager. Really do like that series. Hope season 2 hits soon
