Report from South Kona

Another warm fantastic day, no rain , just the right amount of breeze plenty of sunshine. It will make more work for me tomorrow , just had to paddle out for a few waves, cruised by the beach at about 3pm and got a bug to be in the water. The swell has dropped with still very fun waves coming in. A little crowded , though many people are not taking off, and I have a little spot that I like to sit right in front of the Millers beach house and even with the end of the big rock. Many of the rollers break right here, you can get caught on the inside when a big set comes in, though the medium size waves break perfect and many are available for riding left or right. The water is very warm not cold at all the yellow tangs were zipping back and forth over the reef in the crystal clear water. Surfed for a couple of hours and made it home for the sunset. The Myna birds are nesting in the signature tree just a bit over from the back yard. The anounce sunrise and sunset with a wonderful group blast of chirping and squaking. A nice sunset tonight , two lattes and calm quiet evening with the crickets chirping as it gets darker.

A test run was made at filming the sunset and posting it, I moved the camera around too much tonight, going to make a better one tomorrow and see how it goes.

Cool Runnings Love Steve

The roads are all open with destruction at several places, the Kona Fruit Stand was washed away and some people way up slope had to be airlifted out by helicopter, the road was gone and the water was over waist deep. Its the talk of the town. If you go to my profile I have posted some short videos of the road being cleared.

There is some good waves and a swell building up , the coast below my house is all white water and foam, the surf spots are cranking away. No rain today , just a overcast sky and lots of little messes here and there. A pleasant sunset with a couple of Kona Coffee lattes and the rumble of the waves down on pebble beach. A nice cool breeze and a mellow 74.5 degrees just after sunset and dark at 630p. Its Aloha friday tomorrow the end of the week almost december and time for lights and a tree ( a real one ) .

Good news my web site is now coming up on google searches , its the same blog as here. Be sure to check my videos on my profile the are the first ones I uploaded.

Fun Sun and Joy Steve

P.S. A little earthquake just happened to add to the fun

It started off as a overcast day with the rumble of pebble beach as some surf came up over night. The sun came out for a bit and there was some nice waves picking up . The plan was to get things done and hit the surf after work, about 1p the clouds came back and the rumbling of thunder started to sound . Lightning started to flash and a heavy rain came upon the island very fast. Way too hard to do any more work ( I am not getting sick) so off to Kahaluu Beach , its raining so might as well surf your wet already, the funny thing was nobody was out in the water anymore. A few hours before lots of people were out and the side of the road was packed with cars. Lightning was blasting quite a bit , flashing bright with loud thunder, I didnt want to be the only one out and a prime target of lightning, thats why everyone else had departed the water, if there was at least a couple people I would have paddled out .

The rain was pouring down now , the front of the truck was just visible , no one could go over 20 or 30 miles per hour , it was turning into a major down pour. Off to home for a afternoon of Lattes and relaxing till the kids came home from school. I was looking forward to it. Then about half way home or so just past the Honaunau post office and almost to Higashi store some cars were stopped and everyone was walking up the road to check something out. A flash flood was crossing the road and getting worse and worse , it started to pour so back to the car for a bit , after 10 minutes or so I went to check out the situation again and the water was now raging across the road
, bringing a couple of old cars and a two or three foot wall of rocks on both sides , the water was rushing all the way to the ocean creating a giant muddy cloud out into the sea. The rain hadnt let up , and this is the only road , blocked and now cars had backed up for a few miles , people everywhere perhaps none of us would be going home soon or maybe not tonight. The water , after a couple of hours slowed down and two tractors came from down the road and shoved the old cars and rocks and various items out of the way , clearing the road . The water was still almost a foot high and wiping across the road. They started letting cars thru , it was a little sketchy , and after crossing the flood I could see that it was very wide and had crossed the road in several places rock and crap were everywhere, the South Kona fruit stand was now in the center of a stream almost totally washed away, its lucky the road was even still there.
I have never in all the years seen this much water flowing down the slope.

Finally at home with a Latte, one of the first trucks thru , if it keeps raining up slope the road may close again, waiting for the Kids. The school buses turned around and went back to school , the guys are getting a ride home. Power was out and lightning has started to slow down but still flashing now and again. I am a little strange but I love this kind of stuff and will put a couple of pics of the road up.

Peace Love and Happiness, Steve aka Mr Jones

Another wonderful day , left early and had a smoooth day in the sun. Its still hot as He!!
, clear with just a few nice clouds sailing by. The ocean was calm all day no surfing to be done, would have had plenty of time to go out if there had been. The sunset was nice , not as good as last night, now as it gets dark the clouds and rain are rolling in we are forecast to get some heavy showers tonight, we can use the rain for a little water tank filling, its raining on and off right now cooling things off. Perfect weather for a Latte, I need some more Kona coffee my supply is almost gone and I had to mix some other ( the horror ) beans in, plus Im on the last bit of milk for steaming . Not going tonight its a 40 minute round trip drive to the market.

My new website is going well , its the same blog as this , Im trying to get more hits and links so it will show up on a search. We are going to add more stuff later and some T shirts. I want to make a Blue Pools of Hawaii ( that my pool services name ) shirt and Chris has one that is going to be real cool when we get it going. Yes some do qualify for a free shirt when they come out. No date set yet.

Happiness and Joy Steve

The weather is clear and dry , today you could see all the way up the Mauna Loa slop from Honaunau. Most of the time its covered in clouds , today as I drove home you could see all the way up , its really a fantastic sight . Its easy to forget that its there since its obscured so often from this side. There is that nice slightly cool but still warm breeze blowing bringing a nice texture to the end if the day. The sun slide down with its reds and framed in the blue sky with the black sky slowly taking over. Waves have dropped back down after several days of fun small surf.

Christmas trees are for sale , I do like to wait before getting one at least till Dec. The lights and the giant snowman that goes up on the roof will come out at the same time.
I like all the lights but am not too out of control just the right amount. Mostly white ( to simulate snow ) and just a few colored to add some contrast.

Well back to the Latte and making a dinner of rice and steamed Veggies with a small amount of Chicken in a cream sauce, no more turkey till next year, Christmas dinner will be something else.

Peace and Love Steve