11-04-2008, 04:07 AM
Aloha all.
Me: sixty-one year old, (old hippie), posing as a computer system administrator for the Federal Government here in Salt Lake. (East Millcreek,fyi Dick Wilson). She, 54 year old geographic information systems nerd in the same office. Hey, she's right over there! At night out comes the blues guitar alter ego acting like an eighteen year old. Hey, Keeps me young.
Our first Puna venture was in October 2006. A week in Kapoho and a week in Captain Cook. So I'm sitting there minding my own business having a cup of coffee at 7:10 am looking at the waves and...yes, the 6.9 earthquake of that October. Call me crazy but after the intial excitement I thought it was way cool. Wife thought otherwise. A few days later I saw the tee shirt, "Earthquakes, sharks, tsunamis. Hawaii, it's not for everyone." Bought it. (And be thankful, Punatics, that those things and a little vog keeps the riff raff away.) I've been back twice more to the east side and love it. First thing every day for three years I spend some of your tax dollars checking real estate prices, reading Punatalk, and remembering the feeling of being on the BI. (I even like coqui in moderation. Go figure.) When people ask me I say, "It's really not a paradise per say. They have crime and drunk drivers like anywhere. But man, it's pretty doggone nice." But to tell you the truth, what I liked most was the spirit of aloha in all the meanings of the word. I wear no blinders, I know there's bad people and ice problems etc but I luckily never have encountered them. Everyone I met had their aloha going and I sense it here on The Talk. Finally, apparently it's paid off to wait to buy until now. So we are. We've narrowed it down to places with acreage or greenhouses cuz Cheryl likes to grow food and I like to eat it. See you soon. Be nice to each other. Aloha
Me: sixty-one year old, (old hippie), posing as a computer system administrator for the Federal Government here in Salt Lake. (East Millcreek,fyi Dick Wilson). She, 54 year old geographic information systems nerd in the same office. Hey, she's right over there! At night out comes the blues guitar alter ego acting like an eighteen year old. Hey, Keeps me young.
Our first Puna venture was in October 2006. A week in Kapoho and a week in Captain Cook. So I'm sitting there minding my own business having a cup of coffee at 7:10 am looking at the waves and...yes, the 6.9 earthquake of that October. Call me crazy but after the intial excitement I thought it was way cool. Wife thought otherwise. A few days later I saw the tee shirt, "Earthquakes, sharks, tsunamis. Hawaii, it's not for everyone." Bought it. (And be thankful, Punatics, that those things and a little vog keeps the riff raff away.) I've been back twice more to the east side and love it. First thing every day for three years I spend some of your tax dollars checking real estate prices, reading Punatalk, and remembering the feeling of being on the BI. (I even like coqui in moderation. Go figure.) When people ask me I say, "It's really not a paradise per say. They have crime and drunk drivers like anywhere. But man, it's pretty doggone nice." But to tell you the truth, what I liked most was the spirit of aloha in all the meanings of the word. I wear no blinders, I know there's bad people and ice problems etc but I luckily never have encountered them. Everyone I met had their aloha going and I sense it here on The Talk. Finally, apparently it's paid off to wait to buy until now. So we are. We've narrowed it down to places with acreage or greenhouses cuz Cheryl likes to grow food and I like to eat it. See you soon. Be nice to each other. Aloha