All Play & No Work

Wow! how time flies mid July and before you know it summer will be over !!!............but not here ; ) We are all tied up with blueprints and permitting processes. the good news is we have drawings and as soon as i can share them I will. We have decided to build a wide open floor plan with a wrap around lanai (porch/deck). The lanai will near equal the square footage of the interior living space and the whole thing will be up on 8 foot posts all snuggled up close to the trees so we should have a nice tree house effect when completed. We hope to start construction this week. Please remember this is a one man show so things progress but very slowly. I mean why would one want to work when they can could be someplace like this....

Aahhh....... the ocean, a humbling place that simply reminds you just how insignificant we really are. The photo is of the coastline at McKenzie State Park.

The park is an Ironwood forest and the floor is covered in ironwood needles so it makes it great for tents. Although there is no admittance fee a permit from the county is required and a time element is involved. I suppose so folks don't take up permanent residence looks like a great home away from home to us !!!

Here are some more coastline shots

Amazingly the drive there has the same amount of wow factor to it most of the time we were on one lane dirt/mud roads very little sunshine due to the canopy foliage incredibly thick so thick what use to grow on the ground now grows in mulch plies mother nature made among the crossing branches. I'm sorry the photo just can't quite capture the awe of it all.

This road went on for miles through the jungle with very little appearance from the sun, the canopy is so thick.....

The deeper into the jungle we went the darker it got and the road became narrower and much less traveled practically a jeep road......thankfully we have a jeep !!! ; ) and being a booney crasher from way back Peg did a great job of negotiating the pot holes and the occasional coconut lying about.

Here are some shots of the tide pools of Kapoho where the snorkeling is out of the world, sorry to say the film camera that is needed for under water shots isn't quite full yet so I'll save those shots for later but here are some of the area.

The tide pools from the water world is amazing one second your in 2 inches of water and the next 15 feet. The coral variations and colors are far greater here than most any other spot. I'll try to get here often. There are many other photos and We'll try to squeeze them in from time to time

In closing our little excursion we ended the loop passing by our favorite little volcano who seems to be quite busy down at the coastline. For those not familiar with this volcano it has a main crater and many legs or rift zones and at certain locations along these rift zones new vents occur from time to time which is what happened last July and it is this new vent that has fed new lava to the sea via tunnels. The point of entry into the ocean is explosive and best viewed at night here a couple of shots one day one night from different directions.

Till next time Boys & Girls ALOHA!!!!!!!!