After breakfast kumu (the master hale builder leading the event) held a review session for participants brushing up on details of construction Hawaiian style. At right here we are inside the largest hale on the planet: 100 feet long, the size of a good sized barn.
In the morning we collected and distributed materials in preparation. Then after lunch kumu and I drove to Kuhului harbor to pick up the truck we shipped from Kaua'i loaded with wood for this event. I followed him back tailing him all the way down the Hana Road - some thirty miles of winding road through gorgeous tropical terrain leading south, abundant with waterfalls and view points overlooking the ocean to the east.
By dinner all the participants gathered and the event starts tomorrow 7AM. People are here from all the major islands, along with friends about forty people or more. Dinner featured fresh fish and shellfish caught right off the coast here and expertly prepared, and steamed ulu (breadfruit) which I had for the first time. Dessert was banana bread (several varieties including mac-nut & pineapple-coconut).
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