At Home in Hawaii

Michele lives on the western slope of Mauna Loa in an area known as Captain Cook, named for a post office in the Captain Cook Coffee Company in the early 1900s.  This area, south of Kona, is lush with vegetation. North, the landscape is near barren lava for mile after mile.

 

Hawaii, Looking East North East

Michele's Home in Captain Cook

Early every morning, I, sipping coffee, gazed upon the Pacific from the lanai, sometimes shrouded completely in low cloud banks and other times open to the sky.  

View from Lanai - Ocean 1500 ft below

View from Lanai - Ocean 1500 ft below

Almost everything in Hawaii is on the slope of a volcano and this house is no exception. Apparently the jungle, now cleared, had reclaimed the backyard at the time Michele purchased the house.  

Michele's Backyard Recovered from the Jungle

Looking Up and Down

Dinner at Home

While Joanne accompanied Michele to Honolulu for surgery, I painted the dinning room.  The day before, Joanne and I picked up the paint, rollers, etc. at Lowes. Everyone without exception wore a mask, unlike Florida. 

Richard Painted the Dinning Room

Richard Painted the Dinning Room

One cannot see the sunset from Michele's lanai but the driveway affords a view.

Sunset from the Driveway

We enjoy eating breakfast at the Coffee Shack, just two miles down the highway.  A lot of other people do too so there is always a wait. Every table, all on the lanai, afford a view of Kealakekua Bay. 
      

Hawaii, Looking West 

Our Favorite Place for Breakfast, Always a 30 to 60 Minute Wait

Inside the Coffee Shack

This little guy is a Coffee Shack Fan!

 

View from Coffee Shack, Kealakekua Bay Below 

Looking Southward from Napo'po'o Road Somewhat Above Captain Cook Monument

 

On the way home one evening passing through an area thick with vegetation, a strong smell enveloped the car.  In response to Joanne's inquiry as to the source of the odor, Michele responded "Pot." Joanne not knowing what Pot was heard "possums."  On a following evening, passing through the same area, Joanne exclaimed that the possums really smell. Michele and her friends had a big laugh over the confusion, no possums on Hawaii. but plenty of Pot.  Perhaps Michele should have said "Pakalolo." 

Pakalolo is the Hawaiian word for marijuana. The word is a combination of the word "paka" which means tabacco  and "lolo" which means numb or paralyzed.

We are now familiar with Lowes, Walmart, Safeway, Costco, Ace and few other provisioning suppliers.  Expect prices to be double or more mainland prices.