Tuesday, day nine

Today is another Temple day. Last Tuesday there were only a few people, but this time there are lots of people. We recognize some of the people we met at church and they recognize us. Traditional handshakes/kisses to the cheek are exchanged.

After the Temple, O spends a few hours at Novell, and then we decide to give the shop in Hawi one more try.

Novell West. . . Way, way west

We call the owner on her cell phone. Yes, she is feeling much better and is at her shop today. So we hit the road again. Just like our previous two trips to the area, there is an intermittent light and misty rainfall as we get closer. But since it is late in the day, the sun is low in the sky and shining through most of the time and we get to enjoy a spectacular series of rainbows as we approach the little town. As with most beautiful things, a camera can’t do it justice, but I have O pull over and give it a try anyway.





At times, the rainbow approaches an intensity somewhere between iridescence and neon brilliance, and for a few minutes forms a complete half-circle, touching the ground on both ends, and far too wide and close for my little camera.

We’ve pretty much decided against the Koa bench before we get to the shop, but get the Koa and driftwood floral stands that we admired and head over to Waimea for dinner on our way back to the condo. As we drive over the rolling pastures and ranchland between the two towns, we see our first double rainbow with the bows so close they touch and look like one big rainbow with a repeating series of colors. The camera can never catch what we see, and with no safe place to stop and take a picture in the winding road, we just admire it and make it a memory.