
Mt. Pioa also known as “Rainmaker” – September 21, 2019
Mt. Pioa also known as “Rainmaker” – September 21, 2019
A bright and glorious morning up at Mt. Alava in photos.
From the night before (not pictured)… We set up camp on the platform. Ian sang me a song. We watched the stars. Cuddled with Yodi pup. Reminisced on the last four years together. Talked about many more. Stared at my finger adorned. Felt the cool mist get colder. Moved our tent to the fale. I whined about the mozzies. Ian emptied the tent to clear them. And read until I fell asleep.
At Mt. Alava – the next morning we woke up just as the sun was rising. Yodi was up already and wagging her tail. She slept in the tent with us. I was in between reading a book and staring at my engagement ring. I don’t normally wear rings, so it felt different, new. Ian got up to attend to nature’s call. And the light was streaming through our tent under the fale. We got up and breathed in the cool air and took in this majestic view.
You can see all the islands from up here!
Well not all of them, but way more than I’ve ever seen all at one time, so I was really excited. To the west we could see Upolu and Savaii, and to the east was very clearly Ofu and Ta`u of the Manu`a island group. We jumped back up on the platform and ate some potato chips, snapped some couple-y photos, and called our mains to break the news. This was our first day as an engaged couple, and it was off to an epic start.
I had just gotten off of work and went to the beach to join the usual gang hanging out by the treehouse.
And tonight we had a visitor – a Samoan Starling (Aplonis atrifusca).
It’s still a young starling – gradually growing it’s adult feathers and learning to fly.
It made us all laugh nervously as it flew for only a few seconds…