'Night shades' overlooking Kilauea Caldera at dusk, Volcano National Park, Hawaii.
(For slightly bigger pictures without text, click on any picture.)
The vent within the caldera releases gases at dusk.
Similar to above but flames no longer disguised after sunset. (Clarity lost on uploading photo.)
We have included a collection of pictures contrasting a few colors of Hawaii, fire, always water and
of course, our lovely editor. Unfortunately, when we get a little bored, which occurs when we approach the beach,
even for an hour or two and with great enthusiasm, we seem to falter. Boredom usually leads to a bit of silliness
which can often be enjoyable.
Silhouette, sort of, editor lines up to face flames.
Things started 'hotting' up so we returned home for dinner, cooking on an old-fashioned hot-plate.
A young and growing land, many contrasts. Emerging growth, lava beach and the ever consistent ocean.
The location of the photographs are somewhere in Maui and on the Island of Hawaii itself, more commonly referred to
as the Big Island. Although the latter name was not selected with an awful lot of imagination, it is descriptive.
So we consider that a positive. It's twice the size of the combined area of its sisters. Furthermore, it's also
the youngest, apparently a mere million years old. One does get the impression that it is somewhat immature compared
with the other islands. Of course, one has to be very sensitive to discern that feeling.
Between a tree and a hot place (with respect to Texan metaphors).
If we were in Arches, Utah, we might think of this as the 'devil's garden barbeque pit'.
Looking like the upper shell of an egg, the original "sunny-side up", we suppose.
The other interesting point about Hawaii is that it's growing. The volcanoes, some of them anyway, hiccup regularly,
spewing molten lava into the ocean, thus claiming more land. One wonders for how long this process will continue
before the ocean becomes fed up with it all. We often smile when reminded of what happens in a real estate boom.
The realtors, not all of course, tell us that "'they' are not making any more land," thus encouraging people to buy.
They obviously haven't been to the Big Island. We digress. There are two great reasons to visit this island, inter alia.
We mention this last as we save the best for the end. The great volcanoes Mauna Loa, the Long Mountain and Mauna Kea,
the White Mountain are currently based here. Whether this might change in the future, who knows? However, with the
continuing and expected eruptions, we suggest not waiting too long to visit these massive, almost lovable, mountains.
We do admit we might be considered a trifle biased.
A beach afternoon turned into exploring the low cliffs
A very pleasant sunset in Kihei, Maui.
What can you expect when we get dragged to the beach...continue to sequel...
We suppose try to fly. Look, Mom, no wings.
Every so often it happens when we least expect it. The beach afternoon, as usual, was turning into a
rip-roaring success even before we chose a position. Using this momentum, we decided to explore the cliffs
before collapsing on the beach sand. We don't know what it is but one often senses something is a little
different within seconds of arriving at a new place. As we crested one of the hills, the atmosphere seemed off,
sort of out of place. Then it struck us or something nearly did. We'd arrived at a nudist beach. We try to be
understanding of people's whims and idiosyncrasies. However, we don't do well among crowds of nudists—we have
our share of inhibitions. The irony of it was that we were not in bathing suits but...fully dressed. Guess who
stood out before fleeing for higher, safer ground.
Serenity before bedtime
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
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