Report from South Kona

The rain was coming down as the day began, and turned into a sunny cloud filled morning, with large black clouds swirling around. Still a little blustery , nothing like yesterday, with rain here and there. Ocean stormy today with that victory at sea look, a couple of people surfing this morning , the waves are all jumbled up and not that great to ride. Its cool tonight at sunset down to 67 and chilly at night.

Perfect evening for a latte , little downpours of rain with clouds all along the horizon, and just a little cool burst of wind now and again. I have been wanting to put up some lights but with this weather and all the lightning this weekend will be better. A little hot chocolate and tree decorating a big snowman on the carport roof, the kind that blows up with a little fan and has a light inside. I like a electric train to go around the tree we need some new tracks , with all the lights off , and only the tree and the little headlight of the train going around it’s super cool. The truth is that when the boys were babies they got two great train sets, that they were too young to touch so I had full use of them for several years, and would run both at the same time around the tree. Now the tracks are a little worn out and I bought two new engines earlier this year since the old ones broke . A new set or two of tracks and we are good to go again. now the boys are old enough to set them up them selves.

Thats all folks for tonight , later I will tell the Jones family tradition of the burning of the rolls.

Joy and Happiness Steve

Wow its pouring , the whole island and most of the state is getting pounded by a huge rain storm, Its was totally windy all day and about 4p the lightning and thunder came on with a huge wall of rain off the water marching in from the sea. It was raining so hard it was only possible to see 5 or 10 feet in front of the truck. Huge wind waves are being blown in with so much wind and rain , walls of white water is that can be seen from the shore. I tried to film but it was so hard to drive dodging falling branches and flying Palm fronds that I gave up. later on the way up the hill I got a little footage but nothing like it was by the ocean. The mayor has declared a state of emergency for the island as we are in for a night of heavy rain. The power had gone out for a little while and the internet is back up so Ill post this fast before the power and/or the internet connection goes down. Its very exciting, it’s a little crazy but I do love to drive in heavy weather, there’s just something about being dry and safe while traveling thru such wild wind and rain. The top of Mauna Kea has a foot of snow and 70 mph wlnds going maybe by the week end we can cruise on up there and see some snow , pack some snow balls in the cooler ,do a little sliding around then shoot down to the ocean for a warm swim and snow ball fight on the beach. The big island is one of the few places you can do that.

A simple dinner of black beans and rice with some sliced tomatoes and salad, and of course a latte after the wet wild drive.

Natural Energy and Excitment . Steve