June 15, 2024

For all the dog lovers 🐶☺️

For all of us fresh tuna lovers 😮😧😭

This is a looking NE up the slope of Hulalai whose elevation reaches to 8271′ it lies just NW of Mauna Loa (13,879′) more often than not clouds cover both mountain tops in the afternoon.

No, no iguana’s found in HI, this was in PR when I went to Andrew and Mica’s wedding this past February. Puerto Rico’s coordinates are 18.2208° N and 66.5901° W, Big Island Kailua coordinates are 19.38 deg N and 155.59 deg W. only 80 miles difference in Latitude though 4,859 miles apart. Similar climate, different waters. One sits among the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea the other in the middle of the earth’s largest ocean.

The walk to town isn’t far, about 2 miles to the pier if I decide to go there, closer to the palace and the sea wall but not by much. I do the walk frequently passing a few spots where I stop and take in the view. I could watch the ocean for hours and the umbrella of palm trees that some places provide shade to linger longer just inviting me to pause and experience the moment, why I’ve posted so many photos of the ocean. Beautiful for me, nature. Hope you get a sense of what I see.