I suppose as with all dreams of the perfect place there comes that moment of Reality when things aren't quite as perfect as you had envisioned. Well that moment has come earlier on than expected. This first week has certainly been eye-opening. Not only has the real beauty of things opened up but poor choice and do it again has reared it's ugly head as well. What I'm trying to tell you is, it has been impossible to decide where a good place for anything might be. The ground cover here is as much as 10 feet tall and impenetrable. The choice you make to clear in this direction or that is always a good choice just not neccessarily for the reason you had in mind. Trying to find flat ground for any long distance seems to be a throw of the dice. The contours change as much as 3 feet at any given moment and soon it is time to regroup and begin again in a new direction. We have however found as good and flat a place for our driveway and cement slab portion of our home as we can find.
The forest here is mesmerizing and teaming with the sounds of birds and little coqui frogs. The road along our property gives way to the sound of slow moving vehicles crunching and bouncing over the crushed cinder and rough lava, not a fun drive but sure keeps the speed of the traffic down to under 20mph. The weather here in the rainforest is ever changing light rain, sunny, cloudy, a little heavier rain, breezy, still but always comfortably warm regardless of the conditions. We've not experienced any big rain yet but I'm sure it will come in time, the road signs are everywhere "road floods during heavy rain"
Day after day another passer-by stops in to say Aloha and welcomes us to the neighborhood. Just about all our direct neighbors have come by bearing gifts or advise and even a helping hand. The first question everyone has on their mind is " when are the bulldozers coming" Our reply thus far has been "they're not". it is an issue here as so many new folks coming, with visions of creating their own paradise, hire these enormous D-9 ripping bulldozers to come in and clear and rip the lava up and crumble it to a size they can level then loads of yet smaller stone are trucked in to make a perfectly flat and clear palatte. To each their own I guess, we simply choose to work with a more natural environment and most folks seem happy that we have chosen that path. All in all this is as wonderful a place as we remember and home is where the heart is and both of our hearts are right here and very very happy!!!
Take a moment to check out our progress and Thankyou All for your comments, Aloha !!
3 comments:
Looks like your making progress. And with progress is the reality that it may be a little harder than you thought. You made it there, and that in itself, was the biggest hurdle. You'll get there. Enjoy this time, it's FINALLY here. Love you both!!! And, Mom, thanks for calling today, I really needed that!!!
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INDIANA DAVE .....shoulda kept your hat :} Looks like the forrest stump has you by the pair. Dont despair, progress looks nice, soon to be thrice, in hilo paradise. Keep up the good work!!
Oh yeah .....if you have time ....come get your daughter!!!!
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love Francias
Was happy to hear that you guys made there safely. I see by your pict's that you have a ruff job ahead of you. But you have been there before So think of it this way It's a diamond in the ruff. Good luck to you both.
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