ʻO kekahi o nā kumu e makemake ai ka poʻe i ke kolepa ʻo ia ka leʻaleʻa i ka wā nani ma ke kahua kolepa. ʻO kahi lā lā me nā ao liʻiliʻi wale nō a me ka makani ʻoluʻolu ka lewa kūpono no kahi pōʻai kolepa. Akā, he aha ka hopena inā pā mai ka ʻino a loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau lua e wili ai? Hiki i ka nui o ka ua a me ka makani ke hoʻopilikia i kāu pāʻani a hoʻololi i kahi pōʻai nui, ʻo ia paha ka hoʻokūkū kolepa maikaʻi loa, i mea pōʻino.
No laila, ke hele ʻoe ma ke kahua kolepa, pono ʻoe i kahi pale ma kāu ʻeke kolepa. I kekahi mau wahi, pono ʻoe i ka pale o ka lā ma mua o ka pale ua. No laila, ʻo kahi umbrella kolepa ka pale kūpono loa. Hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā umbrellas i ka lole wai ʻole ma ke ʻano he kumu e mālama ai ʻoe i ka maloʻo. Aia lākou a hiki i 68 ʻīniha ka lōʻihi, a hiki i kekahi o lākou ke loaʻa nā lima lima. Hiki iā lākou ke pale i kāu mau kolepa punahele mai ka ua, a me ka lā. Ma nā kūlana ʻino, hiki i kekahi mau wahi o ka umbrella kolepa ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa kahi ʻike leʻaleʻa a nani hoʻi ma ka papa kolepa.
Hoʻokahi wale nō papa o nā umbrellas maʻamau a ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi i nā lā makani. ʻO ka makani e ʻā ana i loko e hopu i ka lalo o ka uhi a huki maoli mai kou lima. Eia nō naʻe, loaʻa nā umbrellas kolepa kiʻekiʻe i kahi canopy pālua e hāʻawi ai i kahi e hoʻokomo ai i kahi puka makani ma waena o nā papa ʻelua. Huli kēia mau puka makani i loko, e ʻae ana i ka makani e kahe maikaʻi ma o ka canopy me ka huki ʻole ʻana mai kou lima aku.
Ka lua,umbrellas kolepaʻO ka maʻamau ma waena o 62 a me 68 iniha ke anawaena, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lākou e mālama wale i nā mea pāʻani i ka maloʻo, akā hāʻawi pū i ka malu ʻoluʻolu i ka wā wela a me ka pale UV maikaʻi. No laila, me he mea lā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻalele i ke kolepa no ka ua a i ʻole ka lā nui.
Hoʻohana mākou i nā kuki e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi ʻike mākaʻikaʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ka nānā ʻana i ka hele ʻana o ka pūnaewele a me ka pilikino. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia pūnaewele, ʻae ʻoe i kā mākou hoʻohana ʻana i nā kuki.Kulekele pilikino