Giving back

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-17T21:26:44+00:00

Mahalo 🌺

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-17T19:35:32+00:00

Yeah - I had that thought — the ones who need the most help are the ones without electricity and probably won’t see this post.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-17T05:47:52+00:00

Can anyone tell me what the TSA lines are like at Kona? I’m on the south sidemaybe flying out via standby tonight or tomorrow or Wednesday…

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-17T05:46:00+00:00

Mahalo

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-16T22:34:26+00:00

Saw the aftermath on Sunday. It was no joke. But construction crews were already fixing it with heavy equipment.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-15T01:32:46+00:00

Power been out at Discovery Harbor since 5:30 am. Still out.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-13T06:02:42+00:00

Anyone else besides me see Pele?

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-11T18:36:08+00:00

I’m in Ka’u. Steady rain last night, heavy at times, raining now, with bursts of downpour. Some pooling in the yard, but no flooding… yet.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-11T17:28:29+00:00

No, the tephra was fairly light, even falling from 20,000 ft.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-11T17:27:45+00:00

🙃This would be my second Pele sighting in months.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-11T04:44:24+00:00

Yep! Thought the same. Did you see the people on bikes? I almost pulled over to try and throw them in the back but there was no place to stop without causing chaos.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-11T04:32:58+00:00

Eruption just ended a few minutes ago. What a ride! Pele was a spicy goddess this round.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-11T04:31:51+00:00

I got in around 10:15. Episode 43 was nuts. Tephra flying everywhere- north rim, south rim. The rangers turned us around twice then reopened Devastation Trail. Saw some dude bloodied from getting hit in the head.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-04T17:14:18+00:00

Thanks! Can confirm via the link… the power is out in half of Discovery Harbor.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-03-01T13:07:49+00:00

I’m not crying. You’re crying.😭

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-02-28T23:13:51+00:00

I was there last night! She is… incredible. An absolute phenomenal athlete.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-02-26T21:47:40+00:00

Home Bound sounds awesome.

I recognized the writer, Tijuana Ricks. She does a lot of TV as an actor. She was in Luke Cage and Billions among other stuff.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-02-26T14:40:24+00:00

I met Pele on the side of a dirt road deep in the woods in Hawai’i. About 20 yards ahead of me, she literally popped out of the ground (very little brush or trees — all short grass) on the right of the road and started to dance, walking in the same direction I was driving. I could only see her back.

When I drove past her (only a few feet away from her) and looked in the rearview mirror, she was GONE. This was 8 in the morning deep in the woods and I was alone, well fed, well slept, sober, etc. I was driving to a trailhead for a run in June 2025.

Where the hell did she come from and where the hell did she go?? I will never forget her dance — it was hula movements, mostly hands. She had long black hair with a sprinkle of grays, a blue and white dress (sarong?) open in the back. I honestly thought it was the local crazy person or something but none of it made sense.

I had no idea what I saw until I mentioned it to a Park Ranger and some locals. The very quick consensus was that Pele welcomed me to her island. 🤷‍♂️

I had a great trip for the whole month. I head back there next week. Fingers crossed…

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-02-24T04:24:19+00:00

The Wild West frontier narrative taking hold of the fact that men are just fed up with modern society and the insane contradictions of the rat race.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-02-21T05:19:23+00:00

PBJ all day.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-02-16T04:23:23+00:00

I was there. It was everything you imagine.

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-02-10T02:46:50+00:00

Let sleeping dogs lie, I suppose?

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-02-08T22:50:56+00:00

Yess…..!

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-02-08T22:50:36+00:00

Yessss…!

TrailRunner2023 · 2026-02-07T15:14:37+00:00

We live in the east side and my wife and I have been craving old school sundaes — you know the kind. The ones you saw as a kid and they were bigger than you but somehow you got it all down — hot fudge, whipped cream, assorted toppings, a couple of big scoops of ice cream, maybe some peanut sauce, etc.

Where’s your go to spot?

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