Looking up?

allot has happend in our first week here, steph basicaly has a job now, and it looks like i will be working in the garden section. still looking for housing, still loking for a car. its definitely been a up and down week.

pictures, steph getting soaked on the "beach"
these birds are everywhere kinda like robins or something
thats me after i climbed out on some lava rock

various orchid pictures
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Tuesday Turnkey Dreams

It seems as though Hilo has changed our perspective on what is and isn't nice anymore. Passing by a grey cinder block complex with wood accents, I nudged Zane, "Too bad we can't live there" I mention as the For Rent sign is taken down. Progress is moving slowly. We've spent the past couple days driving in circles while passing by the same 7/11 and shopping complex. Albeit frustrating, we have managed to check out 8 rental homes, check out the college, complete 2 personal interviews (Zane @ WalMart and me @ Longs Drugs) and fill out a couple applications.

The natural shots we took yesterday are helping us want to make a go of this whole thing. When you see this waterfall pic just imagine Zane had to climb practically over the edge to snap this one.

sleepy sunday

Ahhh lazy sundays, (yes we went to church, but found a Saturday night service- elevatemovement.com), we slept in till around 8am (1pm you's time) then drove out to "paradise park", one of the largest subdivisions in the U.S an A, not bad area depending on your neighbors, it had kind of had a run down out in the country feel, but they have allot of new houses, cheap rent on up to one acre lots (great to raise chickens and goats as we saw).
On our way back to town we stoped in at Mauna Loa the macadamia place nothing realy special accept for now i now know what mac trees and mac nuts look like.
We then drove up twoards the hospital and ended up stoping and seing our first Big Island waterfalls (really great kinda reminded me of Turkey Run State park in Indiana).
over all a great day, still don't really know the roads well but am definitely getting used to the culture.
-zane

we are staying at the reeds bay hotel for the
week, the water and tree pictures are outside
of the hotel. we saw the HILO HOTEL, and
thought it was a good representation of 75%
of the residential and commercial buildings.

"Paradise" is definitely a tricky word
-zane