Speed traps on Hwy 130

[james weatherford]

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several years ago you could at least pass these people

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Story from, Back in The Day:
In 1974/I lived in a tent and truck at Canoe Landing in Kalapana and got my mail at Pahoa.
The truck was old and $$ for gas scarce. So, I put it in neutral, kill the engine, and coast from about Leilani Blvd to Harry K Brown Park ..
Tour bus passes me going down (no other traffic, wide road, plenty space).
Before I reach the bottom of the hill, the bus is headed back up the hill! Wow! they had 'seen Kalapana'!
I say, "Slow down, smell the wind, listen to your spirit, experience paradise."

I also would tell people who were in a hurry to see Puna's wonders -- especially those pretty li'l things from California ... -- "slow down, it'll still be there tomorrow." Of course, I was wrong -- Kaimu, Canoe Landing, Harry K, all of it ... gone ... sigh..

James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park