Warmshowers.org

I belong to a group called Warmshowers.org. It is a group of bike enthusiasts who provide a place to stay overnight & a warm shower to fellow bikers in all parts of the world. It was started in 1976 with one guy & a Rolodex of 600 names. It is now a US non-profit organization with a worldwide member base of over 185,000 cyclists & hosts. I learned about Warmshowers in October 2023 from Kyle who was biking around Hawaiʻi Island; I had met him on Oʻahu a few years earlier & he did not know I had moved here. Since then I have hosted Taj from New Zealand, Jack from CA, Connor from WV, and Tony & Taren from CA. Tonight I am hosting Gage who is from South Dakota; he will be spending about a month biking around Hawaiʻi Island. We picked up dinner at Kings View Cafe, then went to the Pololū overlook to eat.

Gage at Pololū trailhead.

Today Chris & Spencer worked on preparing the wall where the built-in bookshelves will be in the Lumi Pōpoki. They also installed the cabinets in the Cat Genie Room; they are a lot taller than I anticipated but will provide a lot of closed storage space off the floor. I am looking forward to that room being completed & hooking the Cat Genies up in there. The final thing they did today was cut the hole for the cat door that will go out to the deck. Those kitties better appreciate all the work being done specifically for them!

Panorama of today's work.

Cat Genie room with cabinets!

Close-up of cabinets.

Cut out for cat door to deck.

I tried the Immi Spicy Red Miso for lunch today. And it was spicy! Kinda at the edge of my spice tolerance, but flavorful. 

There is a wind advisory that was issued this morning. It is expected to last through tomorrow evening. It will surely make things a little more difficult for Gage as he rides along the coast road. It could also impact him if he rides along the mountain road.

Episode #12 of the eruption at Kīlauea began early this morning with a sluggish lava flow. I think they were hoping for it to get more active; they waited about 2 hours longer than the usually do to send out the daily update.

VMAP Vog Forecast map.

 

About 3 hours later the eruption at Kīlauea did become more active with fountains up to about 165 feet.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Marilyn, John, & Briy!