2. © 2008 David Coyote David Coyote’s Den Presents Warty and The Princess in Hawai’i Slides advance at 30 second intervals, or by clicking anywhere on the screen. Day 6

3. © 2008 David Coyote Day Six Packed and ready...but not...our bags were taken down to the car. The other guy drove once again and we took our time leaving. And again we got a nice picture of Mauna Kea as we headed for the main highway. It would be nice to get a look from the top instead of at it, but I think it was a little too cold for my blood.

4. © 2008 David Coyote So we left behind these kinds of views and drove in silence to the Kona airport. Somehow I felt in my bones that Mauna Kea would get another look at me.

5. © 2008 David Coyote For a long time to come I'll be dreaming of this fertile island...of its still living mountains, wild rivers and jungle- packed gorges.

6. © 2008 David Coyote I'll always remember the image of ripe breadfruit on the limb.. of the lovely symmetry of Momma Nature.

7. © 2008 David Coyote I won't forget the beauty, the mystery of land and sea...just as I'm sure that Hawai`i and its beautiful people won't forget me!

8. © 2008 David Coyote "Aloha nui-loa, Hawai`i." What the locals say is true! "Da Big Island mo bett-a!" Yours most truly, (and drop me a line if you enjoyed my recollections!) Warty - the Alii Hog

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