11-30-2022, 06:29 AM
The thought of having to listen Magno stumble through his third grade book report again sends shivers up my spine.
I just came back from the flow. I would recommend going early. We wanted to watch the sunset and left Hilo about 4:30. nothing visible from there. Very little traffic going there. The no parking directive is a joke. Cars parked everywhere. A couple cops along the road but cops were outnumbered by cars by about 200 to 1. Plenty of room in the old protectors' parking area and along the Access Road. People still parked right on the highway though. Not sure why. Great view from junction of the access road and DKI. We drove up a couple miles to get away from the crowd but no better viewing. Came back down around 7PM and it was crazy with traffic going uphill to the flow. A beautiful sight to behold. Go early and watch it emerge.
If you look at Ironyak's map, there's a little finger on the right pointed more east than north and that seemed to be flowing the fastest while we were there. We talked to a wonderful old couple who had also seen the 1984 flow and they said there was no comparison. This one was small kine. Hilo is pretty safe for awhile.
I just came back from the flow. I would recommend going early. We wanted to watch the sunset and left Hilo about 4:30. nothing visible from there. Very little traffic going there. The no parking directive is a joke. Cars parked everywhere. A couple cops along the road but cops were outnumbered by cars by about 200 to 1. Plenty of room in the old protectors' parking area and along the Access Road. People still parked right on the highway though. Not sure why. Great view from junction of the access road and DKI. We drove up a couple miles to get away from the crowd but no better viewing. Came back down around 7PM and it was crazy with traffic going uphill to the flow. A beautiful sight to behold. Go early and watch it emerge.
If you look at Ironyak's map, there's a little finger on the right pointed more east than north and that seemed to be flowing the fastest while we were there. We talked to a wonderful old couple who had also seen the 1984 flow and they said there was no comparison. This one was small kine. Hilo is pretty safe for awhile.
Certainty will be the death of us.