Saturday was a full day. We left the house at 4AM for Mauna Kea and we were in place at 10,000 feet elevation before dawn- waiting for legal hunting hours. The air was dry and fresh and the frost-covered leaves crunched beneath our feet. It really felt like fall. The sun cleared the mountain revealing an amazing view of Mauna Loa, Hualalai and Haleakala on Maui. It was a slow day for hunting, we only saw two game birds all day. I never even had a shot at one, but Chris managed to bag an Urkel's Franklin. We grilled it later in the week along with a quail and a chucker he shot last time.
We took a nap in the dirt, then headed into Waimea town to get cleaned up and ready for the big party. Some of Chris' co-workers took us out to dinner and to hear the Olliephonic Horns at the Blue Dragon. The occasion: Chris' graduation from government service. After a successful 18-year career with the Department of Agriculture, Chris has resigned. It was his first step down a new career path. I am excited to see what he comes up with next, but I hope he takes some time off before jumping into something new. For one thing, I am enjoying eating all sorts of different kinds of meat lately. If he starts working again he'll be too busy to hunt and we'll have to go back to eating food that comes in plastic packages at the store.
The Olliephonic Horns rock the Blue Dragon in Kawaihae:
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