Pause, pray, and pull

To get here (eight hours later), a lot of preparation and protocol was necessary

Moving with the Kaulana Mahina, the Hawaiian Moon Calendar meant pausing first. While Sam gathered up his tools, Sally set a pot of water to boil, stirred in a pinch of alaea red salt from Kauai and a pinch of golden 'olena turmeric from Kalihi Valley. Everyone watched and listened as the tall one and the round one said their thank yous to the Firs, the Cedars, the Pines, the Hemlocks, the Alders, the Salal, the Huckleberries, the Blueberries, the ferns, the Wind, the Clouds, Raven, Squirrel, Chipmunk, the forest floor, Towhee, T.F. , the human neighbors, Mahina, Ka La. When the water cooled Sal cleaned and cleared -- pikai -- sprinkling land, steps, themselves, and the directions.

Only then did Sam begin the slow and steady hitch, crank, readjust, shovel, o'o, shove ... repeat activity. 

The first anchor point was Cherry with help from St. Francis and the Chimes

Detaching the steps was first step

Uprooting the wheels was next

Patient alignment, hookup and readjustments and hand cranking over the next eight hours inched the golden wagon from her six years of rootedness

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