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Your heaven on Earth place...
I decided to open a lounge entry having to do with travel...
Everybody (most everybody) has a place they've been that they consider a piece of heaven on earth. If you would, please describe the where/when of the place and why it so appealed to you. I'll start...
This place is just a spot on the road. No tourist signs, no guide book mention, no development. Just a spot on a road. It's on the island of Hawaii, on State Highway 250, going from hamlet of Hawi to the town of Waimea. The road is lined on both sides with Redwoods (Sequoia) planted by the C.C.C. in the 1930's. About a third of the way up the mountain (on the right) there is a gap in the tree for a ranching fence. I stop there on the side of the road and get out (usually around noon). The temp is between 23 and 25 C, there is always a light breeze; you are surrounded by the fragrance of redwoods; and you see a emerald green meadow with a few cattle in the mid-ground and the deep blue Pacific in the distance. I breathe deep and all my problems go away for a while. I've been there 4 times since 1999. Always the same....
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