09-14-2014, 07:01 AM
i first saw Kalapana in 1989. It became my favorite place to go. Kaimu beach was so beautiful. There was so much there, so much to do. Harry K. park, tidepools, the beach, surfing, and Walter's store was right there handy. The lava was then as now agonizingly slow as it pushed through, tricking from yard to yard, occasionally igniting a house. By that time I had stopped going there, it was a circus with so many sightseers interfering in peoples personal tragedy. Watching Kaimu bay fill with lava was sickening.