Our hike in Koke’e State Park started with this view of the Napali Coast. We hiked backcountry trails where most of the vegetation is still native. Towards the end it rained, and we hit mud. Hot showers, the washer and dryer, and Dwight’s boot-cleaning skills.
Category: Hawaii Big Island
Kona Coffee
Took home a piece of Hawaii.
Standing at the Edge of Creation
Posted Standing at the Edge of Creation.
Old Hawaii
Stepped back to old Hawaii, returned to Honoka’a for a couple nights.
Sunday Lunch in a Tiki Bar
Sunday lunch in a tiki bar with a nod to the observatories 14,000 feet up Mauna Kea.
Insufficient Reality
Posted Insufficient Reality.
Ancient Fishponds
On our walk: fishponds where ancient Hawaiians raised fish.
Clinging On
Rusted corrugated metal shuddered as it clung on, as I balanced on rusty a’a scree. 55 mph gusts on a coastal walk.
Kona Coast Eclipse
Kona Coast, 1,100 feet up: 70% solar eclipse then sunset within one hour.
Discovering Hawaii
Walked to a monument to Cook’s “discovery” of Hawaii. Polynesians discovered and settled Hawaii 600 years earlier.