Sunset at 13,000 feet

What an amazing day. Great breakfast outdoors on a hill top overlooking Kealakakua Bay (Sieglinde has pics on her FaceBook page of a gecko eating breakfast jam), followed by a walk on the beach in 86 F weather, then watching the sun set and the rise of the full moon from on top of Mauna Kea (13,700 feet/4,205 m) in sub-freezing temperature, standing in snow and wearing an artic parka.

Our condo looks over a golf course, with Mauna Kea in the background. At sunset, we can see the sun glint of the observatories up there. Last week it snowed and left 18 inches of snow up there.

The picture of me is at 9,000 feet elevation and you can see one of the old volcano cinder cones in the background to my right. Awesome tour, driven right to the summit, then back down to 9,000 feet for a tour of the stars through some 14" telescopes. What a day!