We have spent the last few days with our friend Bob, at his place up the side of Mauna Loa. Here, at approximately the 3400 foot level, the Protea grow well, it is very rocky, and the air is much drier. So far it has not been clear enough for us to see all the way to the ocean, but we can tell the view is glorious.

It is very different living in a place where elevation changes are the norm. San Francisco has its hills, but here, travel from sea level to over 4000 feet, can happen just a couple of miles down (or up) the road. It tasks the inards! and, I have found, can make you very drowsy.

We drove up the mountain to where the cinders are dug up for use in planting. At the tops of the volcanoes there are left cinders in many colors: golds, and browns, greens and grays, reds, orange, and maroon. Bob says that they all have different properties and chemicle compositions. He prefers the gold and brown, and not the red. The quary is very much like looking into the Grand Canyon.

Bob is helping us re-learn to drive. We will need drivers' license, here, and eventually may actually get a vehicle. Its like riding a bicycle, even though its been over 10 years, it was still easy. The written test might not be so! heh.

more to come!

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