46 days on the Big island put me back with my Aquarius cusp.  This summer ripened my tropical Hawai’ian family ties.  Analou, a keeper of Hawai’ian culture, shared with us the true shared breath of Aloha, and chants granting us a safe and prosperous time in Hawai’i.  Alberta and Jason have given us our own little campground, a slice of the simple life where we may live off the land, eating papaya, mango, and of course Boot Boot, and fishing the waters of Waipio.  Waimanu (below) is always a welcome recharge, a sanctuary that civilization can never penetrate.  Of course, our trip would not be complete without cameo appearances from the sit-com-big-island: Derrick “Steve Erwin’s lost twin,” Betsy, Dave and Anna from the van, Abe, Smokey, Paul, Radical Rob, Tanya, Ralph, Alex, and the Maile, Jim and Artesia, and the crazy bike lady, and of course 25 amazing teens and two amazing women counterparts.  Thank you Kiki and Lizz.waimanu