Today a bicyclist rode in to Lapakahi; he had to walk his bike around the locked gate at the top of the hill in order to get in. I intercepted him as he rode past the visitor center, I told him the park was closed & asked him to please leave; he acknowledged that he heard me. But then he stopped about 50 feet further along the road & started taking pictures. I let him do that ... until he got off his bike & started walking over to the picnic table by the fallen tree. I went up to him & repeated that the park was closed & he needed to leave. He acted like he had not heard me, taking out his earbuds & saying, he could not hear me, even though he acknowledged earlier that he understood he needed to leave the park! Auē! I then said, "There is a big sign at the gate saying the park is closed, 'Keep Out'; you need to leave now." He then claimed he just came in to use the bathroom, even though he rode right past the porta-potties & did not stop nor ask me earlier where the toilets were. I repeated my directions to leave now. And stood there while he got back on his bike. I escorted him for about 50 feet, then stood & watched him until he rode past the curve in the access road; I made it very obvious that I was watching him & also made sure he could see that I had my cell phone in my hand the whole time I was standing there. It really irritates me when people disregard signs that we put up to keep them safe! It also irritates me when people feel they are privileged enough that locked gates & "Keep Out" signs do not apply to them. (Kai, on the other hand, feels that they are just plain stupid!)
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| The trespasser. |
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| Is this sign not clear enough? |
I immediately reported the incident to Denali, Jaime, & Dane just in case the trespasser decided to file a complaint. It was refreshing to have Denali respond quickly asking if I wanted him to send the DLNR enforcement out to handle the guy. I told him, No, the guy left. I think persistence & not allowing his haughty attitude to affect me were key in getting the trespasser to comply. FYI If when he initially rode up, he asked to use the port-potty, I would have let him. But the lying & refusal to follow directions made my goodwill disappear.
The cats seem to be really enjoying the areas that have been opened up in the cat yard. And so far, ʻŌhuna is the only cat I have seen outside of the cat yard.
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| ʻŌhuna outside the cat yard. |
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| ʻŌhuna outside cat yard again. |
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| Hoʻokoa contemplating the gate. |
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| ʻAlani checks things out. |
According to Lingopie, I have now been practicing on their platform for 45 days! Yay! I think? I do seem to be remembering things. The words that showed up in today's spaced repetition practice are from the Good Morning, Breakfast! video that was the 1st one that I started watching. And I did quite well I think.
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| I recognized a radical in each phrase that helped me with translation. |
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| I can now distinguish phrases better. |
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| I listen to video, then listen to each phrase & put them in order. |
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| I recognize both Pinyin & Hanzi for "tea". |
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| 1st try after not hearing these words for several weeks! |
Today's Duolingo lesson was primarily practicing Hanzi. Which looks easy on the surface but is actually a harder part of learning Mandarin in my opinion.
Both Norbert & Fifteen-E dissipated today, leaving no storms in the Pacific region anticipated over the next 7 days.
A new vent has opened up at Kīlauea but there is no word on when the next episode of fountaining will begin.
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| New vent on right. |
Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Anne, Nina, & Simon! A me ka Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Olomea! She is Paʻipaʻi & ʻAlani's mother & appears to be the only one of the feral cats that was here when I arrived in 2022 that is still alive; I have not seen her sisters Holoi & Hahai (Hoʻokoa & ʻŌhuna's mother) or Mom Cat (grandmother of all my cats). Olomea is 5 years old.
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| Olomea (04/2022). |
