The home of the free

Its funny how life turns out. As weeks turn into months, I am realizing what Hawaii is all about. I want to share some experiences through out this blog, in hopes to give the reader some idea of how magical the Kohala coast is. The culture on the Big Island is unique to say the least. In my travels I have been fortunate to experience the vast differences of countries such as: China, Japan, New Zealand, Fuji, Mexico, Germany, The Bahamas and now Hawaii. I know it is just a state, but once you get here you will notice that there is something distictly different culturally than in the States. People in Hawaii seem to be more laid back and live at a slower pace than anyone else. It has taken me a few months to get a grasp of people showing up to meetings 25 minutes late and think nothing of it, or drivers who go like 2 miles an hour all the wau down Alii Drive! We live just south of downtown Kailua Kona. That is loctated on the west side of the BigIsland. It is the dry side, but the volcanic ash covers the sun sometimes, which is weird. The temp is around 77-80 degrees year round and the ocean stays about the same temp. At times the ocean gets armer than the air! Crazy. Overall, Kona is a good place to raise my daughter Lola. She is almost three now, so we are lookingat some schools for her. I cant believe that she is that old now. Although we havnt met too many people yet, we know that Kona has a lot of young families and is community based. There are alot of programs geared at promoting family and community unity, which is refreshing. I am so glad we decided to move from Seattle. Seattle was way too big and impersonal. We are much happier here. OK..so thats about enough for today.