03-08-2008, 06:31 PM
We went out this evening.... we parked outside the old barracade area, as there was a line of cars parked there, but could very easiliy have gotten a space a mile or two closer.... but it was a gorgeous evening for a walk! It is amazing the amount of work they did on the road, they cleared back the overgrowth on the paved area & smoothed out the lava area, some even has a quick layer of blacktop. There are still areas of one lane, and many fools that did not give way (even with the police directing traffic, one jeep wanted to plow on through!)
The new lava road crossing is beginning to cool & harden.
There were masses of people tonight (someone mentioned that it was almost Disney-esque with a queue of people snake around.... and there were a lot of Civil Defense & Parks people all around) (with good reason, saw three older people & a few kids that got banged up on the walk...) It is still a lava field walk, so if you take little ones, you will propbably be carrying them. The enforcment guys did not allow anyone to go within viewing distance of the shore
It was fun, and a great night ot go see it, but it was more of a carnival type thing
I noticed that many of the neighbors are still there, and the lot adjacent to the flow still is occupied, that means that the thong of thousands is tramping right next door..... I do feel for these people that have had solitude for soo long...
I also wondered.... The throngs were all walking out on SOMEONES land.....I wonder whose?....(esp after seeing one gentleman with both legs cut open from a misstep....)
ED: In this mornings' Trib, Mayor Harry Kim reminded everyone one at the opening that "we are trespassing on [the Royal Gardens residents] private land. They allow us to do this so you can have a good view..."
Think of the Aloha of those residents that own the land & allow thousands of people to tramp all over THEIR land & do stupid people tricks on their land (I cannot even imagine the legal stuff behind all of this!) I hope even the people jabbing their 'toys' into the flow, & dumping their water bottles etc. will gain respect for the land they are on.
The new lava road crossing is beginning to cool & harden.
There were masses of people tonight (someone mentioned that it was almost Disney-esque with a queue of people snake around.... and there were a lot of Civil Defense & Parks people all around) (with good reason, saw three older people & a few kids that got banged up on the walk...) It is still a lava field walk, so if you take little ones, you will propbably be carrying them. The enforcment guys did not allow anyone to go within viewing distance of the shore
It was fun, and a great night ot go see it, but it was more of a carnival type thing
I noticed that many of the neighbors are still there, and the lot adjacent to the flow still is occupied, that means that the thong of thousands is tramping right next door..... I do feel for these people that have had solitude for soo long...
I also wondered.... The throngs were all walking out on SOMEONES land.....I wonder whose?....(esp after seeing one gentleman with both legs cut open from a misstep....)
ED: In this mornings' Trib, Mayor Harry Kim reminded everyone one at the opening that "we are trespassing on [the Royal Gardens residents] private land. They allow us to do this so you can have a good view..."
Think of the Aloha of those residents that own the land & allow thousands of people to tramp all over THEIR land & do stupid people tricks on their land (I cannot even imagine the legal stuff behind all of this!) I hope even the people jabbing their 'toys' into the flow, & dumping their water bottles etc. will gain respect for the land they are on.