“¡Si, podemos!”

I awoke just in time to hear Hilary Clinton's speech endorsing Barak Obama.

Great speech. Truly great.

She spoke beautifully, and finally called, truly in earnest, for party unity amongst Democrats, to end the Republican nightmare of the last 8 years.

Had she been this eloquent throughout her campaign, she might have become the nominee.

I'm sure this was not easy for her, but after 4 days she did it, and did it well. She spoke to those who had supported her and who are now threatening to either vote for McCain, or not vote at all. Her message was clear. Don't do it!

Yes, I voted for Obama in our primary. I will do it again this November. For the sake of this country's future, I hope I'm in very good company.

Sticker Meme (ganked from envirobear)

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Yes, we have kids. The girls are our godchildren and we have them at least a weekend a month, sometimes more, and for 10 days every summer. We'll be taking them to meeting in the morning. I delivered Rose and Joyce; LJ was there for Joyce's birth. (In the O.R. no less, and he managed not to faint during the c-section!)The girls are 14, 6, 5, and 3.

The road to Haleakala.......

The Hawaiian Islands were formed by a series of shield volcanos starting (as I understand it) at the western end of the chain with Ni'ihue and Kaua'i, the oldest islands and moving eastward, to form Oahu, Molokai, Lana'i, Kahoolawi, Molokini, Maui and finally the Big Island of Hawai'i. Most people have heard of Mauna Loa, Kilauea, and perhaps Mauna Kea all on the Big Island, but there are actually 5 volcanoes there, and another, Lo'ihi roughly 20 miles off the southeast coast of the Big Island, it's summit about 1000 meters below sea level. Most folks are aware of the lava flows that Kilauea has put out over the last 25 years.

Haleakala is another story altogether. It's not considered extinct, but it hasn't erupted in at least 218 years. Truthfully, according to a growing number of scientists, more likely not in at least half a millenium. Haleakala rises some 10029 feet to it's summit on the windward side of Maui. It's the larger volcano on the island, its altitude about double its western counterpart.

On our second morning on Maui we decided to head up country to see the lay of the land. ( The road to Haleakala....... )