So as it turns out there did end up being a delay just like my dreams had informed me. I am a little upset that I have to wait another week before we can go but at the same time it did end up saving us a couple hundred dollars.

Apparently if you book for the end of August the rates on Hawaiian Air drop, so be it as it may, we postponed the original departure date for one more week. The part that sucks is that because we are bringing our dog, she needed to be "quarantined" so instead of taking a direct flight into Kona, we have to stop off at Honolulu first to get her checked in. And believe it or not, we also have to pay another $285.00 to get her out of quarantine in Honolulu and then book another flight from Honolulu to Kona.

I guess however, it turned out "somewhat", in our favor because we ended up saving $200.00 to book separate, instead of connecting flights so it offset the cost of her quarantine. So yay! Hawaii Big Island here we come!

In the mean time, I thought I would continue on with my Big Island Hawaii Adventures story which continues with the legend of Pele.

The legend of Pele, the Goddess of fire, volcano, dance, violence and lightning says that a girl born of Kan Milohai the Creator, and Haumea the Earth Goddess. Pele was amongst the first to voyage to the islands from Honua-Mea in Kahiki (other versions say she came from Tahiti).

Legend says she traveled with her brother the God of the Sharks, Kā-moho-aliʻi but was perused by her older sister Na-maka-o-kaha'i, the goddess of water and sea, for seducing her husband. Now Pele had landed on the island of Kaua'i where she wanted to dig a fire pit but every time she started to dig her hole, Na-maka-o-kaha'i would command the sea to flood the hole.

Pele had no other option but to move from island to island trying to make a home until she lands on what is known today as the Big Island's Mauna Loa where she could dig a fire pit that even Na-maka-o-kaha'i could not extinguish. After Pele had established her home in Mauna Loa she invites her sibling there but had a special attachment to her baby sister, Hi'iaka who is said to have been hatched from an egg that Pele nurtured under her armpit while on their adventure to the Islands where she eventually grew up.

One day Pele manifested her spirit into a beautiful woman to go and see her sisters Hi'iaka and Laka, hula dance but fell in love with a mortal man named King Lohi'au. So when Pele returned to her body she asked her sister Hi'iaka to go and get King Lohi'au and bring him back to her. Now, Hi'iaka was a beautiful woman too so Pele made her swear that she would not lead King Lohi'ua on if he fell for her and in return Pele promised that she would not allow her lava flows to destroy the flower grove where Hi'iaka danced with her friend Laka.

Low and behold, 40 days had passed since Hi'iaka left and Pele didn't know that Lohi'au had died of heart break after she had left. However, Hi'iaka had brought Lohi'au back to life and they set out to return to Mauna Loa. Pele had grown jealous at this time and thought her sister had broken their promise so she sent a lava flow down into 'Ohi'a-lehua grove and destroyed the trees and one of Hi'iaka friends. When Hi'iaka saw this, she thought she had been betrayed and seduced Lohi'au. Since then Mauna Loa has been the most active and largest volcano in the entire world.

Legend has it that removing the lava rock from the island brings misfortune and bad luck to those who take it without asking Pele first. Every year thousands of lava rocks are returned via mail to the Island with letters asking the Goddess of Volcanoes the Mother of the Earth for forgiveness and to lift the curse from them. It is an island superstition that has become a tradition on the island. Some would say that people's imaginations get the better of them, while others...

With only a month left before we leave to the Big Island Hawaii, I get a call from my bf, Jeff. He says to me that we have to wait one more week before we can go. Apparently it is cheaper to fly Hawaiian Airlines after the last week in August. So while I am a little bit sad that our move has been delayed, I can't help but think about the lava rock.

Is the Goddess Pele calling me from across the seas, hearkening me to the Big Island? Am I in possession of a piece of her pillar that someone had stolen from her bosom that she wants back? If the rock is not returned will she become angered and erupt?

The last few years Mauna Loa has been indicating that she is fixing to explode. The Hawaiian news reports says that their geologist are paying close attention to her and have since then closed off parts of Volcano Nation Park Hi, in fear that Kilauea (baby Mauna Loa) will erupt. Kilauea has been currently erupting since 1983.

In 1819 Christianity became the new religion of the Hawaiian Islands and no offering has been made to her since then. The missionaries who went there insisted that islanders not pay any attention to the superstitions. In 1924 steam started erupting in the Kilauea caldera and there have been approximately 62 eruptions in that last 245 years.

The climate in Hawaii is diverse however one thing anyone traveling to the Island should know about is vog. Vog is a slang term for volcanic smog which is a result of sulfur dioxides from the volcanoes mixing with the moisture in the air creating aerosol. The aerosol absorbs the light which makes it visible forming something that looks like fog but is actually vog which generally is not a big issue. However, there has been an increase of vog on the Big Island since 2008 with an increase of agricultural and lung damage. The long term effect of vog is not known.

With that said, I thought it might be interesting to also mention that while perusing through Hawaiian news, I read something that says the Island is planning to vote in September to make Islam their official religion.

Is this all a coincidence? Or are they trying to appease Pele? Who can say for sure but one thing seems clear to me. I have my own personal mission to look after. Whether it be love calling from a distance or a wound that needs amends; in the end all I can say is that love is like a rock that burns at its' core, which grows cold at a distance. For in love, the foundation can be shaken but in the end, love will always find a way.

To be continued...

And in case you missed the first part of the story, please visit part 1. Big Island Hawaii Adventures.