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KJ ([personal profile] owlmoose) wrote2007-05-28 11:37 pm
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Impending relaxation

So I mentioned in a previous entry that I was hoping to take a vacation sometime soon, and after a couple weeks of discussion and a long weekend that involved some intense planning and reservation-making, I can finally say that it's going to happen.

Next month, T and I will be going to Hawaii for a week.

Excitement!! I've never been there; T has only been once. We're going the Big Island, mostly because I really want to see the volcanoes, and we already have a hotel in that vicinity for a couple of nights. Other than that, we aren't really programmed yet; we'll probably book a boat and snorkeling trip, then leave the rest up to fate. A week in the tropics without a whole lot to do? Yeah, I can get behind that.
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[identity profile] auronlu.livejournal.com 2007-05-29 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you are in for a treat! And you needed it, after recent events. I'm so glad you're going to see the Big Island!

Please say a kind word to Pu'u O'o for me; that little cone -- now much, much bigger -- gave me a beautiful show and has been erupting pretty much every day since that day in 86 when I saw it change from spooting out of the top every 28 days to a continual flood from a large lava lake that opened up that night.

See if you can find a few ohi'a berries to drop into a vent. It's the traditional gift for Pele. Barring ohi'a, gin works. :)

*ponders*

Mahalo means "thank you" if my memory hasn't gone all fuzzy. And there's a local myth that Pele gets very cranky and tends to punish people who remove any kind of stones, lava, or bits of her hair from the area around Kilauea.

[identity profile] lucil-luzzu.livejournal.com 2007-05-29 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool!! :) I've always wanted to go there...

[identity profile] ratgrl.livejournal.com 2007-05-29 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooo how exciting! Have a fabulous time!

[identity profile] furitaurus.livejournal.com 2007-06-03 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Hawaii? Nice!