this weekend was one of the greatest, fulfilling-on-many-levels weekends that i have had in a long time. it started out with a rough and lonely friday and ended with a rough and lonely monday but all the in betweens were definitely magical... the distraction in paradise sandwiched in between intense moments of healing and working through and letting go! we took off on saturday to head to a taj mahal show in honoka'a, a small quaint hawaiian town in the northern part of the island... a packed day with a 6.5 mile run on a winding road (more highway-ish than quiet, but quieter than around here), a swim and read on a beach in the very desert and very sunny part of the island, and then off to the show in a teeny theater... he played with three ukeleles, a bass, and some sort of slide ukelele... it was awesome! ended the encore with "lovin in my babies eyes"... perfect... we then swung up a series of winding hills to a camp sight in kalopa state park, and slept under this awning structure thing while it poured and poured and poured all night long... it was so awesome to sleep to the sound of the rain... we woke up and ate at a local fastfood place called tex's.. which i don't think i will frequent, and headed down into waipio valley... this was a rather epic experience and began with a very very steep walk down a four wheel drive road into the valley. my new found friends, kate, katie and i decided to hike back to this thousand or so foot waterfall... that we thought didnt look too far away... we had our shoes on for the first 10-15 minutes, and then got to a creek crossing/swim, and left all our shoes and belongings in the bushes... hence commenced the barefoot jungle scramble... we crossed the creek atleast 5 or 6 times, scrambled up and down boulders, walked through a bamboo forest, hanging vines, big heart-shaped leaves, and after about an 1.5 hours we finally reached the very tall waterfall that cascaded into a blue lagoon in what looked like a mossy green amphitheater. it was indeed a magical place.. the girls and i swam underneath the waterfall and let the water hit our faces... i found a little nook behind the waterfall and perched myself there before plunging back into the blue lagoon... ahhh i get a rush and big overwhelming bubble of love in my heart just recalling the experience... after swimming for a bit in the pool of redemption (hehe) we headed back down the creek bed to make it back to my other newly found friends and rides. it was a much shorter trek on the way back, although my feet were in a lot of pain... they were all tender and raw on the sharp lava rock that led us through our little jungle excursion. we hiked our way back up the very steep hill to the car, and took the long and beautiful drive through waimea to our little jungle abode in south kona.
i slept well that evening, and woke up feeling like i wanted to do it all over again, but maybe i had tuckered myself out, or maybe my body is still getting used to this wet and wonderful climate, because i was feeling very under the weather... oh well... excuse to face my own shit, cry a lil, and read harry potter... ah the great escape of harry potter... i have to say it brings me a lot of joy to curl up with harry, sirius black, and the weasley's... needing to get out of the house.. i escaped to buy greens (the ones in our garden are not up yet) and watch the sunset... which once again... was epic and lifted my spirits as it dripped its magenta-ness into the pacific ocean, and started to drizzle mildly once the lone magenta ball had made its way to rise up again somewhere else.
so i have been meditating almost every single day this week... for atleast a half hour, and this morning i sat for an entire hour! and i felt super energized and eager to start the day after.. it was awesome... norman is right... this meditation stuff really does work... not that i didnt believe him before, or practice what i preach in the field, but i have never really been this diligent about it.. it brings me to a state of compassion for myself, and that in turn has been helping with a LOT of other things...
so days consist of waking up around 630am, going to bed around 930!!!! meditation in am or right before bed, running, swimming, occasionally missing a certain someone, occasionally missing durango, lots of intention, love! and seeking adventures and people to show me the island life.
after this i am going to go paddle across the kealakekua bay on heidi's surfboard.. you should google it... or just come visit it... it is so beautiful and only ten minutes away from the lil jungle abode i am staying in. then i am gonna go for a run as the sun is setting... you convinced yet?
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