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Hey, Suzanne! Yep - Rachael’s got the GoPro, and just sent me her first two last night, from our days in Volcano. I’ll link them in this morning,
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Great Photos, Scott! I didn't click them all individually, but I like them all!
6 years agoWow!
6 years agoGorgeous shot! Are you using your GoPro here?
6 years agoWell, we’re a whole lot happier than if it were minus 6, Greg! We were getting grouchy in Portland and it’s been mostly about 40. You should be down here instead of us! We’ll think warm thoughts for you today.
6 years agoHi Scott and Rocky,
It is -6 degrees here in MN this morning. I hope you're happy.
Seriously though, your trip is making me think about going south for a bike tour in the next month or two. Hopefully that will shorten my winter by a few weeks. It looks like you're having a good time. Keep it up.
Greg
I’ve just been reading your journal, Steve. Hopefully we won’t find the traffic too heavy in spots. We’ve gotten pretty spoiled on our recent tours.
6 years agoAh yes, the Kona Seaside!
6 years agoWierd. Must have hosed the website address. My email: scoandpdx@gmail.com
This Wednesday, Park Avenue Cafe, 11:00 work for you? I'll try to get there early and snare a table. Rachael may or may not show up also.
Hi Scott
Love to meet up someplace in town. I get the sense from your day ride post you live somewhere in the north end. I live in the south end. Most Wednesday mornings I'm in downtown near PSU and free by 10:30 or 11:00. If that works name the place or name a different time and place.
Aloha
Roberrt
Couldn t get you website email to work.
Hey, Robert - thanks for checking in!
Serious plans, indeed. As usual, we plan things out pretty thoroughly so we're pretty completely locked in. We fly out on January 2nd, and have booked all or our lodging, including a night in Waimea. I wish now we were going for longer - now that we've decided to do this, I feel sure we'll fall in love with the Island.
I'm sorry I didn't know you were back in town - I'd liked to have picked your brain for ideas, or just to chat. Maybe we could get together for a beverage sometime next week, or after we get back? You can contact us through our brand new website: scoracandpdx.life.
Cheers, Scott
Scott
I see you are making serious plans to tour the Big Island. You’ll love it. If you have any questions I'm glad offer my advice on hidden beaches, mountain roads and the like. My wife’s family lives there and I ‘ve been visiting for nearly five decades and lived in the mountain town of Waimea (AKA Kamuela) for the last two plus years. I just returned to PDX a couple of months ago.
Your “pretty big island” has perhaps some greater size and dimension than meet the visitor’s eye.
Fun fact, the second tallest mountain in the entire world is on the Big Island (Mauna Kea is over 40,000 ft.)! Hum, wonder where the tallest mountain in the world is? Hint it's not in the Himalayas. You guest it, the Big Island (Mauna Loa is 55,000 ft.). To give some size comparison Mount Shasta is the most massive of Cascade mountains at 350 cubic kilometers meters. Mauna Loa is 75,000 cu km. Starting to look a bit larger. Little known but the official gauge to measure CO2 in the atmosphere is on the slopes of Mauna Loa.
From tropical beaches and rainforests the island rises through something like thirteen eco zones culminating in alpine summits and all is accessible by bicycle. Where else on Earth?
The little cowboy and farm town my mother in law lived near is the center of the “unknown universe”. I think that since time began people at the end of the year universally ask, “Where does the time go?” Perhaps a better question is where does the time come from? A five country consortium is in the planning stage of constructing the largest telescope ever built to answer just that question. The scientists and engineers who will be working on it are based in little Waimea Town. The 30 meter lens will be on the summit of Mauna Kea.
Last thing the Big Island is not The Big Island. It is Hawai`i or to distinguish it from the name given the entire archipelago post the US colonial overthrow of the monarchy, most local folks use the term the Island of Hawai`i. Hawai`i is a sacred name used throughout Polynesia referring to their creation myth – something like the Garden of Eden story. The term Big Island! refers to the mainland US when used by many local folks on Hawai`i.
Aloha nui loa
Robert Ewing – Western Flyer
Wow is right. I never expected to see these in the wild. Such beautiful animals.
6 years ago