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I took a brief trip to the “ Big Island ” of Hawaii recently to learn about the western way of life in the islands.  I came home filled with information and excitement, and yet a bit embarrassed that I knew so little about this part of the cowboy world.  The paniolo is the Hawaiian word for cowboy, and they have been on the islands for the last two hundred years.  It is the hope of the Paniolo Preservation Society, established in 1998, to increase public awareness of the historical, present-day and future

 

HAWAII MEANS R & R - RODEO & RANCHING!
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The Rodeo Clown Reunion ended, I returned home, packed my bags and headed west. Yep, really west, the ‘Big Island’ of Hawai’i. My running buddies, Imogene Beals and Donna Clark joined me and after a long flight we arrived at the airport in Hilo. We rented a car and headed to our ‘cabin’ across the island. The road was winding and we hugged the Pacific Ocean on our right as we drove through lush green foliage and trees of a kind we don’t have back in Texas. A waterfall would appear amid the greenery here and there. The drive was beautiful. No freeways here, it was just a narrow two lane highway and occasionally we would drive through a village. We were enjoying it immensely. Then it got dark.
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