Snow in June?

Yup, snow in June. It snowed the other day, for about 6 hours in the morning. I heard on the news that this was the latest snow fall recorded in Pullman history. I am a little worried about my garden, but I think it will be OK. The temp was actually well above freezing and the snow did not sick for long.

Crazy Pullman weather!

The Hawaii Weekend

I am back from Hawaii. I am not sunburned and I loved the place. I think just about everyone does. The big island has so much to do, I feel like I could have stayed another week and still missed out on something fun.

ViviAnne arrived on Thursday night and we spent the next day around the resort and town of Kona. We had lunch at the pool and did a little swimming before we headed into town for some shopping and food. We ended up eating at Bubba Gumps Shrimp Company, which was pretty fun. There are a ton of little shops and farmers markets to buy stuff at, so we got most of our gift for people that first day ViviAnne was there.

On Saturday we headed south to the City of Refuge. This is a native village that the royal family occupied a couple of hundred years ago. It was a place of refuge for warriors and law breakers. If you could make it to the city and jump over the big volcanic rock wall that surrounded it you would be safe and the priests there would purify you and you could then go back to your village. If you didn't make it over the wall they killed you.

After the City of Refuge we took a tour to the top of Mt. Mona Kea. It is almost 14000 feet high and is the best place on the planet to view the stars. There are 13 telescopes at the top of the mountain. We had dinner and watched the sun set. Then we did a little star gazing and had a little star talk. Not as good as Mike and Josh but with the 13 inch telescopes we could see a lot more.

On Sunday we hit the beach, Hapuna beach to be exact. One of the nicest beaches in the world and it was in a word perfect. Crystal clear aqua marine water, fine grain white sand, sunny and warm. After a couple of dips in the ocean and rests on the beach we drove east across the island to Watpio Valley and Akaka Falls. Two fantastic views.

Monday we lounged around to hotel until checkout and then went back to Kona to shop a little more and have dinner at sunset on the ocean. We flew out late Monday night and got home Tuesday around 3:00PM. It was a great weekend with ViviAnne.