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and the silversword, behind a protective wall. And on the other side of the road, the most amazing forms of clouds ever to appear to me. They were incredibly dramatic in form & lighting. Descend thru clouds, now fog, to Silversword Inn for a mahimahi dinner. Strong thoughts of this for the future. It is cool here. The themes are epic. The great crater & the great mountains. There is work to be done here, of this place, as of Kauai.

Mon 30th Aug. Up at 7 in the cool of Haleakala, at 3000 ft. (3 blankets, & pajamas for the first time this summer) Dill grass 6 feet high outside the cabin, and I saw the lily that grew in Fred Kline's yard in Manzanita. Breakfast in the Lodge, then the drive down the slopes to Haiku, then onto the most terrible, most winding, most demanding road to Hana. Not a stretch of straightness. Stopped 3 or 4 times in little clearings, & went down to Keanae point-a few old houses, a lovely church, & very black lava rocks [[strikethrough]]by [[/strikethrough]]in the sea. We had lunch by the shore (cold mahimahi & potato from last night's supper) Continued for 18(?) more torturous miles to Hana-to Hana Kai (apt.s). overlooking a very beautiful dark-rock bordered bay. (Where surfers surfed all day until dark.) A drive down to Hamoa Bay (of 1939?) now a park & to another bay. (Before that a swim in Hana Bay, by a concrete landing.). The motel is has