Chapter 19Pre-dawn traffic was nearly nonexistent. Few clouds drifted about. Sprinkles landed on her windshield, but the clouds soon cleared. Fading stars twinkled in the lightening morning sky. Volcanic ash and fog, known as vog, blown over all the islands by the trades from the Kilauea caldera at Halema'uma'u Crater on the Big Island painted the clouds intense shades of pink and coral.
Then the rising sun shone on some near-ramshackle homes along the route reminding of her childhood rented dwellings. Many Kauai homes, especially the older ones, weren't built with space enough for modern conveniences. Clothes washers, dryers and water heaters were later installed on the sidewalk beside the house. Locals eked out a living as the price of paradise continued to sky rocket.
Being her first
