July 23, 2005

Summer Days...

Summer Hayfields Pea Ridge National Military Park and Battlefield Pea Ridge AR

Its staying around 100 degrees, but its amazingly beautiful out. I go out and run errands and go to the new house and stay some every day, thinking about how I want things to be placed once we can move in

I also spend a lot of time driving. The land is turning golden green as the heat burns the hay dry and the drought is taking its toll. I see so many cattle out in the heat and wonder if this is good for them or not, if there is a bit of shade they crowd into it.

on a side note, two Hawaii stories, one very serious and one not so...

First the Texas Equisearch group that has been looking for Natalee Holoway has been dispatched to our old neighborhood in Puna, on the Big Island. A man from Austin TX has been missing for nearly a week near Volcanoes National Park. His car was located in tact and all valuables there. So it wasnt a robbery homocide, sadly something that happens there due to drugs...Hawaii is a very dangerous place to go hiking alone as a visitor. Its not Disneyland...People can fall into steam vents, lava tubes and over cliffs they dont know are there. The resort he was staying at, called Kalani, is in a remote part of Puna near Kapoho. I am linking the news report here.

Secondly, for those that care Yes, on the last few shows Dog, the Bounty Hunter has been grabbing bail jumpers in my old neighborhood . We see a lot of people and places that we know and we laugh when we see cops that we know, and sad when we see people that we think were patrons, or problems of our jewelry store....or think that we know... that part of our Hawaii experience we are glad is behind us


Woody got his first paycheck, and is very happy about it. Our tile was delivered so I hope that means that work is going to continue on our house...I am praying so.