Had to pass, wasn't feeling it, despite being the only soul on the volcano

 

Rim of Mauna Loa

 

between the hurricanes. a wet hike

 

Mauna Loa NOAA Observatory, shrouded in fog though

 

Hit 80k miles today. Thats less than 10k miles per year. To celebrate we went up da long mountain.

 

A 14 ton mirror making its way down 5 floors from the observation deck to the aluminizing chamber. The smallest of gaps along the way.

 

A freshly Aluminized Primary mirror. Hopefully it'll be 3 years before the next one.

 

Hurrican Coming, they're boarding up McDonalds, must be serious

 

Watching a Documentary on Polynesian Navigators and the 1976 Hokule'a Voyage and the western navigator not he boat is wearing an Operation Deep Freeze sweater

don't you just hate it when you go out to a bar and leave your tablet with a pile of other tablets and then many hours later it seems like an eternity sifting though what feels like hundreds of name tags before you find the ones you're looking for, then find out you took a yellow home.