Rumor has it the other islands are getting pounded by rain and we just got the trade winds. Fortunately they are supposed to end Wednesday which should give me a good opportunity to ride one of the volcanoes and get in a good 14,000' climb. Not really surprising to me, given the way things seem to work in the world, the first person I ran into on the road was from Colorado. Will rides with Team Evergreen and is staying a few miles up the island. We crossed paths yesterday just before the turn of to Waimea and put in a good 60 mile ride in some silly wind. The climb from Waimea over the Kohalas was an easy one with the 20+ MPH wind at our backs.
The descent through Parker Ranch down to Hawi was a bit on the sketchy side, very much akin to Carter Lake a few years back when everybody was getting blown off the road. We thought the ride back along the coast would be an easy one with a tailwind the whole way, but as luck would have it the winds shifted and then died down. Still, all in all, not a bad morning.
Keely and I were on cooking detail last night and decided to blow it out, making use of some quality local ingredients. We made a mango salsa, macadamia nut crusted ono (kind of like mahimahi), jasmine rice, braised bok choy, and for dessert . . . baked pineapple with kaluha, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Couple that with some vanilla ice cream and done!
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