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Posted By: DMcD

Eh howzit Mistah FKW. Waimea, Big Island was my first home when I came to Hawaii in '92. I only had to look out the kitchen window to see snowcapped Mauna Kea loom in the crystal clear air. A glorious sight! I walked to the top of Mauna Loa in '93. Took two-and-a-half days across a vast lavascape to get to the caldera. What a peaceful place. Waimea had one stoplight, no movie house, no Longs. Hilo was the Big Smoke. Used to highball down the Hamakua Coast (unless I got stuck behind a cane truck) on Saturdays, do some shopping, maybe catch a show. The rain was indeed biblical in Hilo, even the ducks were walking, but the payoff is the unreal tropical landscape. Moved to Oahu after a year on the Big Island. Lots more going on here but it's a different Hawaii altogether. Climate's easier on cardboard, too.