I'm Still Alive

Yes it's been a while since I posted. The last couple of weeks have been more chill than the previous several. Still having a blast, but haven't gone on a proper misadventure recently.

I've added some photos to my miscellaneous and people pages.

Last weekend some of us paid a visit to Mackenzie State Park, which is where a significant portion of the latest film version of The Tempest was shot. Later that night we drove to nearby Kalapana for drinks and dancing. See photos of the day here.

We also went to Hilo for a Bob Marley festival (BobFest), which was admittedly kinda lame. So we left and went to Richardson's Beach instead. I got some fun photos of sea turtles hanging out in a tidal pool. Check it out here.

In other news, I signed up for a week-long yoga workshop for the week of 2/20. It focuses on the Anusara style of yoga and meditation. I'm really looking forward to it, though I'll still be working in the afternoons to help set up for a large group that is coming the following week. The workshop info is here.

Yesterday (Friday the 18th) I dropped Kana off at the house she and her friend Jason will be working on for the next few months. Someone commented at breakfast that it's quieter without her around. I preferred it the other way.

And yesterday afternoon I discovered that some ants were building a nest in my tent. Awesome. Hopefully a heavy dose of poison will teach them a lesson.

Waipi'o Valley, Take Two

Last weekend I rented a car from a guy named Hank and drove to the opposite side of the island to meet my buddy James from Connecticut. He was on the island for a week with his wife and two friends. Festivities included:

• Racing into the night to get to our campsite in time.
• Waking early to go pick up James.
• Taking the Buick Century sort of off-road on an attempt at a shortcut.
• Back-tracking and taking the "long way" instead.
• Hiking Waipi'o Valley to Hi'ilawe Falls! See my post of 1/8/11 to learn about our previous failure.
• Drinking beer in an airport parking lot.
• Drinking kava in Hawi.
• Drinking beer on a beach.
• Sleeping on said beach.
• Lots of delicious parking lot sandwiches.
• Rescuing a small family from their burning van.
• Drinking at a bonfire.
• Spending all day Sunday recovering.

Good times, as usual. Kana and I are working on our business model for a tour agency called "Misadventures with Jimmy and Kana (or Kana and Jimmy)". Pictures from the weekend are here.