A couple of weeks ago, in her Squares challenge, Becky posted about a set of semi-circular steps here. That same day, I went for a walk down at Kiholo and took these photos of a similar set of steps there. These steps, though, don’t go anywhere, at least not right now.
The steps used to connect to the house, which was built by (or more accurately, for) country singer, Loretta Lynn. But the house hasn’t been used in many years. In 1999, a landowner in the area bought it, and he subsequently traded it to the state for some land behind his property, where he wanted to build a caretaker’s house. He didn’t get as much land as he wanted because the state considered the house, not just worthless, but also a liability, because it had no water, electricity, or sewer connections. Since then, the house has sat empty.
More recently, Hui Aloha Kīholo, a non-profit organization with the goal of protecting and perpetuating the natural and cultural resources at Kīholo Bay, has reached agreement with the state to take over the house for use as its headquarters. The group hoped to raise the funds to start work on restoring the house in 2020, but we all know what happened to everyone’s plans last year. Perhaps, in the none too distant future, those steps will be reunited with the house, and it will come to life again. It’s certainly a wonderful location.
For more information about Hui Aloha Kīholo, go to https://www.huialohakiholo.org/.
For an article about the organization and its plans for the house, go to https://www.konacoffeeandtea.com/blog/hui-aloha-kiholo-giving-tuesday.
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Great post graham. Your next quest is to find Todd Rundgrens house. I think he still lives on that island 🙂 🙂
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I think he lives on Kauai, at least he used to.
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I thought the island started with a K 😀
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I thought I was seeing things with your first photo, Graham! Especially as I scrolled past the photo where it was still attached. What a shame! If they don’t want much rental I’d give it a go 🙂 🙂
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I think the non-profit group will move in eventually. Things tend to happen slowly here!
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I know that feeling too! Everything bar lockdown 😦 😦
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I feel lucky that it really hasn’t come anywhere near to that here. Hopefully, the vaccines will help.
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Fantastic steps, I wonder if it was one of my Portuguese builders?!!
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Could be. There are a lot of people of Portuguese descent here. The first arrived in the mid to late 1800s.
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They are great sea faring travellers
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Yes, sailors were the first, and then laborers for the sugar cane fields.
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Ahha!
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