| Larry's Land
My good friend Larry Kraus owned Big
Island property in the rain forest high above Keauhou Beach, or "Keauhou
Mauka" as they say in Kona.
| Larry, a Lifeguard/Cal-Tech mathematician
(Not a surprising combination in Southern California beach culture), is
an excellent amateur architect. He was camping on his land and getting
ready to build a very interesting house.
The feral Siamese cat was friendly, but
noisy. He was a daily visitor.
Wild pigs also frequented the property,
loudly crunching iron-hard Macadamia nuts in their incredibly strong jaws. |
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Stever "calls home" from deep in Larry's
soggy tropical paradise, an overgrown one-time Macadamia nut orchard.
He had to return to the mainland, but
I stayed on for several months to enjoy Hawaii and to help Larry start
building his "Pagoda-style" pole house. |
| Home! Larry's tent provided shelter
from unbelievable downpours that happened almost daily. "Mauka showers"
they're called.
A day in the life...
Larry & I would work on the house
project in the morning. At some point between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
the rain would start and we'd head for the beach.
Larry would do something useful &
I'd hook up with my Hawaiian drinking buddies. After a few beers
I'd go snorkeling.
Not a bad way to pass the time. |
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