Gill, Douglas E. 1964 first night had been a failure and hopes for future nights weren't much better. We hiked quickly up the old Hawaiian Trail (me puffy) then out on the new trail. We were tired and soaked. We drove down to the picnic area just below the ranger station, changed, got a fire going and cooked some canned dinner. (I had mixed vegetables and beef stew) the first substantial meal of the day. We finally hit the sack in the car around 0100 with a beautiful sky above. 5 August 1964 Sleeping in the car wasn't the most comfortable in the world and we both kept waking up in the morning. It was raining outside which kept us both in until 0930. We decided we had to get going so we put all our stuff in the car and drove up to the overlook at 9000 feet and found it still raining. We ate some stuff then we drove down to the Halemauu Trail. It was still raining so we decided to write our journals and hope it would clear. Neither of us wanted to work the treacherous slopes when the rocks were slick. A cowboy and two horsemen came out and reported it was wet. Larry decided to go in and get his pack and we would go looking for Newell's Shearwater on the other side of the island and return here in one or two days. We stopped by the Ranger Station to advise them of our plans and drove down to Highway 377. We were out of the rain this low. We then drove east, stopped for gasoline and ice cream, then continued on Route 37. We turned onto 31 which became a dirt road through very dry desert like country. We passed the house where Warren King's parents had been married. Cactus and Century plants are frequent out in this dry rocky (lava) desert with sparse vegetation. We stopped at one place where we saw White-tailed