A Darker View

Well, that explains the police camped out on the side of Saddle Road when I was going up and down Thursday evening! Students doing soils work found a unexploded 155mm howitzer shell lying in a ditch. It had been there "at least 20 years". A team from the 706th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company from Oahu detonated it in place Friday morning.

A reminder that the whole area, even where our house sits, was once used for military maneuvers. Camp Tarawa was located just outside Waimea and much of the adjoining Waikoloa area used to train Marine and Army divisions prior to the climactic battles across the Pacific in World War II. The legacy of those years is still here, our local school holds UXO training for the children in case they ever find something while out playing. The DOD has recently put up a few million dollars for ordinance removal. Teams sweeping the pastures with metal detectors have been a common sight for the last year as they look for anything left from those long ago mock battles.

Loco Moco is a traditional Hawaiian breakfast dish... Sausage, SPAM, ground beef or other meats served with eggs on top of a large helping of rice, everything covered in a rich gravy. Many local eateries are famous for serving a good mok. Hawaiian Style Cafe in Waimea serves an assortment of loco mocos, guaranteed to satisfy the most demanding appetite.

The specials menu featured something new. I know SPAM is a Hawaiian favorite, but the Internet Loco Moco with SPAM, SPAM and more SPAM is taking it a bit too far!

I had the Korean Pork.