Fixed the fence :)

Less than two weeks later... it's all good. Kept the fencing, had an extra treated wood 2X4 that was exactly the right length, had some spare outdoor wood screws. All it cost me was $0.27 for four new fence staples (I reused the two that I found) and an hour's time. Lucky!

Hawaii :) 1 of 2 [First Half of trip]

Leaving the snow and cold

enjoying the balmy, tropical humidity, sans snow :)

first night's dinner. seared ahi over arugela. simple, easy, cheap (er than a restaurant!)

end of northern most road

black sands beach (west side)

green sands beach

black sands

green sands

really--- green sand!

eroded olivine

Now, onto volcano national park

big craters

steaming volcanic activity

huge dropoffs into the ocean

rainbows :)

craters and rainbows together

rock rainbows (sea arches)

petroglyphs

indigenous hawaii

Hawaii :) 2 of 2

 Kilauea Crater in evening

 And now for some morning crater pictures;

 The Nene... Hawaiian Goose

 Big Banyan (?) tree in Rainbow Falls Park (hilo)

 Volcano House AM coffee :)

 More rainbow falls

Hapuna State Beach- last day :)

Tree down!

Woke up to a tree that fell into our fence. What strong Nor'easter winds! Fierce and cold arctic blasts. What luck that it didn't hit the fence posts, nor the blueberry bushes :) We may have lost only an asparagus plant, some fencing, one 6-foot piece of treated wood and some of my future time to repair it. But as far as tree falls go, this was the luckiest one we could have had.