Mom's birthday today! Her knee is healing...but still not well enough to truly hike with us, so the rest of us went to hike Mauna Ulu and Pu'u Huluhulu (i.e. Hairy Hill). The skies were overcast and drizzling in Volcano, so we hoped the skies would be clear – and warmer! - on the hike! Well...not quite. It stayed pretty overcast then it started to spit little raindrops. Not a lot...at first. We made it to the top of Hairy Hill without incident and Mike decided he really wanted to hike over to Mauna Ulu so he and Michael Jr went ahead while Aunt Jana, Erica, and I stayed behind to photograph their ascent. It started to rain...and rain. Water was dripping from our elbows as we're trying to see the boys up on the cinder cone. It didn't help that it was freaking freezing too! The boys captured some good photos then we all hiked back.
That night for Mom's birthday we ate at Kilauea Lodge. We all had a good meal - Mom and Jana had Parker Ranch prime rib, I had seafood crepes, and the kids had soup and pasta - except for Mike. Unfortunately he's allergic to rosemary, and everything there basically had rosemary in it except the venison, so that's what he got. Not what he was hungry for...at all...but he ate it anyway. I felt bad because he didn't enjoy the gamey taste at all. :(
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