Hale O Laau Hua

02/21/2026

We have a booking for the Merrie Monarch week now - with a few days added for cleaning before and after as I usually do.

12/24/2025

Episode 39 of the Kilauea eruption is happening
Live video from camera V1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0tfYDxrUA

Link to all the cameras here: https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/summit-webcams

Views of Kīlauea summit from live webcams.

05/26/2025

It's fountaining again, 5/25/25, 5 pm: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1MELz4iJqy/

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05/11/2025

Episode 21 of the current eruption of Kilauea has started https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EZV1GS99h/

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04/17/2025

As Hale o Laau Hua is currently occupied it is not available for Merrie Monarch this year.

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02/07/2025

I should update the calendar, even if those March and April rentals are currently sitll tentative

01/25/2025

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01/06/2025

I finally made a calendar for 2025 - it includes a few days before and after a rental to allow for cleaning/laundry.

10/16/2024

The roof is fixed, after power and cable connections. Roof panel replaced as well as the broken rafters and purlin.

09/28/2024

Roof repair hopefully happening soon - but there is no water damage inside that I can see.

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05/29/2024

I'll continue updating pictures of the storm damage in the same album that I mentioned earlier (which is in my personal account, but public). Having called the electric company Tuesday 5/21, I was told I had 5 days to get this done without having to go into engineering and permitting. Having no idea how to get that done I asked my neighbor at home for recommendations and for getting the tree off the house got Tree Works recommended. Called them Wednesday, the foreman came the same day, the crew came Thursday and got the tree debris off the house. I know an electrician who came by (he lives close), looked at it and we bought most of the parts, he installed the new meter panel and what goes with it Friday, called the electric company back Friday (they had given me until Tuesday because Monday was Memorial Day) and their inspector came that night (on his way home), and the electric company connected the power line Saturday. After the power line was reconnected I called the cable company (Internet and TV), but they didn't work over the long weekend, but connected the cable today. There still is a lot of lychee tree debris in part of the front yard and most of the mauka side yard, but it's functional again (definitely more functional than the people who stayed there last week had to deal with, but they were very well able to work around it - with some help from neighbors)