March 23, 2005

The Peepeekeo Sugar Mill. This was a working sugar processing facility until the early 90's then was converted to a coal fired electrical generation plant that was working until the end of 2004, when it was taken off line. The long horizontal structure is the conveyer that once took the sugar cane on its journey from the field to those little paper packets on your table

Woody worked here as a security guard for a few months and wanted me to see the place. It was very interesting this rusting hulk of Hawaii history. Many of his watches were at night and he said the place creaked and graned like a sailing ship in a storm. We had one or two big storms while he was there and it was sort of scary...this from a guy that doesnt do horror anything. The main job was to keep squatters out and man the gate which was always wide open anyway. Window dressing mostly. But it was nice to listen to the ocean and be at peace.