Life on the Big Island

One of the marvelous treats about living in Hawaii are all the cute geckos that live around us. Here are two of them making more geckos. They emit a high pitched squeal when they are f***ing. They also hang around light fixtures at nite waiting to eat another everpresent tropical bug, the cockroaches. So we keep the lights on.

Here is a map of the Big Island of Hawaii. why is it called the "Big Island?" Because all the other islands in the state combined would only be about 60% of the land mass of Hawaii. I live on the western side of the island near Kailua. There are 5 volcanoes on the island with one that has been spewing lava out a vent since 1984. That is down in the southeast side in Volcanoes Nat'l Park. The largest volcano is Mauna Loa, at the center of the island. Pele is our goddess and this is the island where she does not like chunks of lava taken away. Many tourists send back pieces of lava they have taken because of the bad luck they have had since visiting the island and taking some lava back with them. This is also the remotest place on earth as we are 2400 mi from the nearest landmass.