We flew United Airlines from Phoenix to Los Angeles. Then changed planes and continued on to Kona. We left Phoenix at 10:45 AM and arrived in Kona at 7:50 PM. There was a great sunset view from the plane as we crossed the Pacific Ocean above the clouds.
We picked up a rental car at Thrifty Car Rental which we had booked on line a couple of weeks ago. The car rental agencies are all located within walking distance of the terminals, but they still provide shuttle busses to pick you up from just outside the baggage claim area to their lot – less than 1/4 mile away. That was a good thing, because it was dark.
We drove to WalMart and did some grocery shopping because the best information we had was that there were not any grocery stores down near South Point and You needed to get your groceries before leaving Kona. The next stop was Home Depot to pick up some tools – a hammer, prybar, a shovel, 2 large pruning shears, a small hand shear, two folding tree saws, some closethline rope. We had come to start work.
The last time we were here, we had purchased two lots in the Mark Twain Estates subdivision outside of Na’alehu, next to the Discovery Harbor subdivision.
Currently, they were covered in a tangle of jungle – mostly what they call christmas berry trees some 25 or 30 foot tall. Our objective was to try to tame this jungle and try to get an idea of what it is that we have bought.
We drove to the Green Sands subdivision which is located between Mark Twain Estates and the town of Na’alehu. There are a couple of hundred lots with a mixture of paved and dirt roads. Each lot is about a third of an acre, and they have electricity available on power poles at the street in front of each lot. We had booked a week at a house in this subdivision through Air-B-n-B. The directions were fairly easy and we found the house relatively easily. It is a two story house, or maybe I should say it is a single level that is up on stilts 10 foot tall, with an exterior starcase and the area under the house is enclosed for storage. The house is approximately 24 by 30 and has one bedroom, a bathroom, a living room and a full kitchen. This will serve nicely for the week ahead.
It is after 10 PM – which to us is more like 2 AM in the morning. As Garth McCann would say – We’ve had a full day – even if we haven’t been chasing after lions or fighting with teenagers! https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/secondhand_lions
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