what Lush area has sunshine and 70's temperatures?

[critterlover]

Monty: My absolutely favorite place to have lived on this island was Volcano! We lived there for the first 5 years we lived here. It is night and day different from the lower elevations. It gets really chilly during the winter months but the day time temps are usually in the 70's. The other locale that is similar is Waimea...but a little pricier. There are sections of the Volcano area that would be unattractive to us because they are nearly always inundated with the Vog; but other areas which are crisp,clear and beautiful, like living at the top of the world. If I had my druthers I'd move back up there in a heart beat. The onshore breeze here at the ocean is fairly steady. When we lived in HPP the house was so nicely designed it caught the breeze and we were never hot. That is not the case where I live now. The breeze just blows right past our home and we have to run our AC sometimes during the hotter months. But the breeze is there and with the breeze it is comfortable. The weather here runs in spells...some years it is really wet, some not. We've enjoyed a year with a lot more sun than the few years before and while my husband and myself are not sun worshipers it has been pleasant. Our subdivision is not built up so much so we still have a lot of tall trees, finally started getting birds the second year we lived here and of course our coqui population. Quiet here is phenomenal. The dark nights and beautiful night skies are awesome. We are really blessed to live here.

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