where are we

Getting back on

Well i have fallen off the blog train.. but plan on getting back on at the next stop...

Just Move Your Car and Set Up Tent.....

I was surfin the net and found a way for all you city dwellers that love to camp to finally be able to get out in the great out doors and enjoy….

Love Your Mother Earth..... And Your Mother Too

It is amazing all of the neglect, punishment and abuse that we lay upon are mother earth….. But she some how finds it in her heart to some how show us that she still loves us…..

I spent this past weekend with Kevin and Lisa on Oahu and had a great time playing tourist… We stayed down in Waikiki for a night and went to a V.I.P. party at the skyline…. We where out of place up their but it was fun…..Here are a few pictures of the view from are condo…

Birding

Yesterday I went on a bird watching trip… That’s right I said bird watching…. My boy Kevin is a guide for Hawaii forest and trail out here in Kona and one of the tours he does is a bird watching one (which I would like to say that he is a master at he can name hundreds of different birds with just a glimpse of them and even tell what kind of bird it is by just a faint bird song off in the distance so Big ups to the K-man) so instead of hanging out by myself all day I went to work with him and tagged along on the tour….Now when I think of bird watching I think of something that is not going to be that exciting and when I think of people that come on vacation to Hawaii and pay good money to go on a birding tour I think of old boring scientist type people…And for the most part I was right… Not to much excitement and the people where power dorks but I guess that’s not really nice of me to say because I really had a good time and I saw birds that are very rare endangered endemic species that I would probably never have seen in my regular day life so in that aspect I had a great time and am now proud to be call a Birder…. Some birds that I saw where Black Francolin, Erckel’s Francolin, Kalij Pheasant, Ring-neck Pheasant, Wild Turkey, California Quail, Rock Dove, Spotted Dove, Zebra Dove, Common Myna, Japanese White-eye, Red-Billed Leiothrix, Skylark, House Sparrow, Red Avadavat, African Silverbill, Nutmeg Mannikin, Saffron Finch, House Finch, and some of the native birds Hawaiian Coot, Pueo, `Elepaio, `Oma`o, Palila, Hawai`i Amakihi, `Akiapola`au, I`iwi, `Apapane…. I know that reading all this has probably bored you to death, but you have to remember I am now a Birder and a non exciting old scientist power dork……

One of the habitats for the birds.... A rainforest lava field...

`Akiapola`au

I`iwi

Palila

Holding onto the dream

I am trying to keep the dream alive..... i am still traveling i dont think that i can stop... i am in Kona......will tell more later.....

GO JAZZ

I was lucky enough to get tickets to second round Utah Jazz playoff last night… The crowd and the company were unreal… And the Jazz came to play and didn’t disappoint winning the game in the last minute of play 116 to 112… Wednesday is the next game so I don’t know if I am going to go back to Hawaii or stay a few more days and go to the game….