Sunday, January 12
Hialewa, day 1 (to be cont’d)
After yesterday’s early morning and long hours, no surprise that a long night’s sleep felt wonderful. Waking to birds was nice; used to it in Greenville, but wasn’t aware of it in San Diego. Nice breezes flowing through the open windows, the fans in the room helping avoid feeling too warm, and the bird song got me up well-rested and happy to get going.
Listening to the news on the HI public radio station made clear that this weather is really severe and unusual. On the big island they’re dealing with heavy duty flash flood warnings, alerts of areas/roads to avoid for the next 24 hours, and more. The weather here much easier—rain, but only .3” forecast, only 5 mph gusts—and I imagine we’ll enjoy a pretty nice day, albeit cloudy.
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