Hypothermia Sets In
It is frigging cold on Maui. No really I am not kidding, I am freezing my ass off! Check out this picture of snowy Haleakala!
Picture courtesy of Brian Thomas
There is snow on the mountain! I would have taken a picture myself, except it rained all day in Kahului and the mountain was not visible from the loft. Still I could not have matched that fantastic picture.
I know you all think I am a big wuss to complain about how cold it is on Maui, but let me put this in context. My wardrobe consists entirely of shorts and T-shirt/rugby shirts. I live in an uninsulated cottage on a windy ridge in Pukalani that has no heater. In fact you can’t even buy heaters in the store!
As soon as I got in from the rain I made myself a hot chocolate with brandy and stood in front of my oven set to bake with the door open and nursed it shivering! I mean it was in the bone chilling sixties!
Picture courtesy of Brian Thomas
There is snow on the mountain! I would have taken a picture myself, except it rained all day in Kahului and the mountain was not visible from the loft. Still I could not have matched that fantastic picture.
I know you all think I am a big wuss to complain about how cold it is on Maui, but let me put this in context. My wardrobe consists entirely of shorts and T-shirt/rugby shirts. I live in an uninsulated cottage on a windy ridge in Pukalani that has no heater. In fact you can’t even buy heaters in the store!
As soon as I got in from the rain I made myself a hot chocolate with brandy and stood in front of my oven set to bake with the door open and nursed it shivering! I mean it was in the bone chilling sixties!
posted by Jeffrey, Glenn and Tom at
1/29/2008 08:04:00 PM
6 Comments:
My uninsulated single-plank wall cottage in Haiku does not even have an oven! And the corrugated tin roof makes a racket when it rains.
Last night, I put my cast iron pan on the hot plate, then, after it heated up, I slipped it under the bed covers. Aaaah.
Stop, stop... you're killing me.
Tuesday night after scraping like hell to get the ice off my windshield, I had to then scrape off the *inside*.
Wind was strong, so windchill was negative 30 something...
Drew
Actually, I never claimed I took that picture...
I don't even know who took it!
Anyway, it was cold in Kuau too. I don't know who left a hair drier in my place, but I'm very thankful, because it is the only heat producing tool I have...
Wow,
And I was sad for being back in Northern Europe, but I guess you guys are just as cold.
Today was the first time I could see the sun since a week, how depressing... I'm guessing you guys don't have that problem.
Have a good one!
Aloha
Hessel, if it is any consolation it has rained continuously for one week on the Northshore. I have not seen much sun either. My garden has become a bog and as usual Amala place is underwater!
So are any of you going to windsurf down the volcano on the snow like Richard and Susan did way back?
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