April 25, 2004

Puna Sunset

It was lovely today... That's saying something as its often raining grey and cloudy. But we had bright sun most of the day with bands of white clouds moving through... I call them "clouds of the tropics"...They are bands of flatbottomed white fluffy clouds that form on the horizon and eventually swing through on the trade winds and leave a bit of rain but dont make it dismal... Its a thing about Hawaii that I fell in love with from the first time I saw this on Kauaii in 1998 on our first visit... I laid on a padded lounger most nights and watched these incredible cloud formations swing through on a stiff wind between me and the moon, moving too fast to rain, which is why Poipu (southern coast) is so much drier than even the eastern shores only a few miles away. We were staying at the Embassy Vacation Resort and that week there sold us on living here in the Islands

Life is never as easy as when you are on the endless vacation that we were on then... Traveling every three months. I long for it sometimes but even when its hard I am glad that we are on our own now and not dependent on Woody's Mom's money to make the two ends meet.

As I drive out of Hilo down Hwy 11 towards Pahoa, You can see the wide blue sea from the road tonight it was so flat that the clouds reflected off the sea and in the fading light, as you look out you are looking to the east... the sun sets on the other side of the island at Kona.... Tonight the clouds were every pastel color blue pink grey and gold and just stunning...

Reminded me of why I am here. No place like it on earth...