The Sidney herald., 1960-04-06

past the darker skin to the person.
alitieS within.
1.-The next morning as our plane
neared the Hilo airport on the is
land of Hawii, Bill was amazed to
see snow on 1900 foot Mauna
Kea. At the airport a 1860 Chew
U drive was waiting for us. Cost
ing six dollars per day and 10
cents per mile, our total for five
days was about $50. After leaving
S~ultcaSeS at Hilo Hotel ($22 per
night, and did Bill ever holler at
that priceD we headed south and
east for Kapoho eruption where a
clnder cone had risen this winter
out of a sugar cane field and speW-
ed forth clnderS, lava, and poison
Gus sulphur dioxide gas. l came to
the place as sightSeer full of cur-
1oSlty, but found 1 could not re-
strain the tears as I looked upon
ruined homes, orchards, and the
little village store that stood there
abandoned. This had been a typ
lcal small villege in the midst of
green sugar cane country. Now
everywhere one looked the land
Scape was desolate gray, all the
fertile soil covered with the grav
sandy ash, the trees charred and
leatIesS and a deathlike stiffness
over all. In the midst rose the 500
to 600 foot Kapoho Cone with
steam and gases still seeping from
Its sides and crater. Of course no
one was killed as all had time to
remove their belongings. Also
many people in this e take out
volcano or eruption insurance. but
1t will take many years of erosion
and weathering to make the new
ash produce and give back to little
hapoho her green fields again.
From Kapoho we went some
80 to so miles inland to Kilauea
Crater which has also been active
NO homes r here to be destroyed
SO these wonders were viewed
with a different feeling. The place
reminded us somewhat of Yellow
stone Park.
I'VE drove back to Hilo that
evening and stayed at our nice
expensive hotel. I always liked
H1lo. 1t has about $4,000 people
whose main street arches around
the bay. The climate is a little
Wetter than we like, but the CITY
is green and beautiful, flowers and
gardens galore, since it is 20 de-
grees latitude, placing us inside
the tropics.
Next Morning we circled the
island via the Parker Cattle Ranch
which is the second largest in the
USA and looks Like Montana
rangeIand. I remembered that
fourteen years ago there was a
hotel five miles up the mountain
at Holualoa, run by japanese for
permanent residents. We went
seeking Inaba's Kona Hotel and
sure enough, there it still was, all
freshly painted and friendly and
gracious as ever. They treated us
more like guests than customers
and when we left gave Elaine
and Norma each a doll, Anita a
hula skirt, and the two daughters
addreSs to write to. Bill thought
That one of the highlights of the
trip and I enjoyed it thoroughly,
also. BY the way, Inaba's charge
was So a night with food delicious
and plentiful. When we left they
gave us some rare specimens of
lava called Pele'S hair named for
Pele, GODDESS of volcanoes. It looks
like spun glass or angel hair, only
it's dishwater blonde!
On to the north end of Hawaii
where l saw my old Stomping
ground at Kohala. We stayed two
nights at the homes of teacher
friends and were wined, dined,
and p1cniked in the most royal
fashion,
Three days of swimming, dig
glng IN the sand and relaxing fin
lShed up one glorious vacation"