Thursday, May 12, 2005
The dream is real
Greetings from the Aloha Outpost Internet Café in lovely Pahoa, Hawaii. It is a beautiful day here in paradise. I decided to take the day off from working on the land. I drove down the Red Road stopping at various awesome places along the coast and bathing at the hot pool. Now I’m enjoying town life in Pahoa.
I moved on the land Monday. I have a cabin tent under a tarp and a good sized clearing where I’m setting up a “kitchen and dinning room.” I sleep really well there and feel very much at home. I had to work very hard to get to this point, but I enjoyed it all and am in much better shape because of it. Most of all, I really feel at home there and developing that home will be my main project for some time now.
My lovely wife Geraldine is coming tomorrow. I see why Adam asked God to give him a helpmate to work in the garden. May the dream continue to unfold.
Best wishes and aloha.
Greetings from the Aloha Outpost Internet Café in lovely Pahoa, Hawaii. It is a beautiful day here in paradise. I decided to take the day off from working on the land. I drove down the Red Road stopping at various awesome places along the coast and bathing at the hot pool. Now I’m enjoying town life in Pahoa.
I moved on the land Monday. I have a cabin tent under a tarp and a good sized clearing where I’m setting up a “kitchen and dinning room.” I sleep really well there and feel very much at home. I had to work very hard to get to this point, but I enjoyed it all and am in much better shape because of it. Most of all, I really feel at home there and developing that home will be my main project for some time now.
My lovely wife Geraldine is coming tomorrow. I see why Adam asked God to give him a helpmate to work in the garden. May the dream continue to unfold.
Best wishes and aloha.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Aloha from the Big Island
Aloha. Greetings from the Big Island. I’m staying at a vacation rental place in Hawaiian Paradise Park until I can move onto our land, hopefully in a week or two. It’s simple but nice. In the week I’ve been here, I bought a truck that is just what I wanted, a ’98 Mazda B4000 4X4 that has high mileage, but is in good condition. I cleared a good sized clearing on the land using hand tools and just bought a chain saw for the heavier stuff. The lava is fairly soft and I can do some leveling by hand. I’m wondering if I might be better off getting a smaller dozer to do the leveling rather than the D9 which many recommend. I have a small lot and want to preserve as much of the natural environment as possible.
Aloha. Greetings from the Big Island. I’m staying at a vacation rental place in Hawaiian Paradise Park until I can move onto our land, hopefully in a week or two. It’s simple but nice. In the week I’ve been here, I bought a truck that is just what I wanted, a ’98 Mazda B4000 4X4 that has high mileage, but is in good condition. I cleared a good sized clearing on the land using hand tools and just bought a chain saw for the heavier stuff. The lava is fairly soft and I can do some leveling by hand. I’m wondering if I might be better off getting a smaller dozer to do the leveling rather than the D9 which many recommend. I have a small lot and want to preserve as much of the natural environment as possible.
