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January 08, 2005
North Kohala and Waimea
| Decided to take the day and head up the north up the coast. Dan Kutz joined me for my expedition. We made our first stop in Hawi (pronounced Havee). I had been in Hawi briefly in 2004, an liked the area I saw, our Flume the Ditch adventure departed from Hawi. | ||
| We stopped in Hawi to walk around a to begin our quest, a day long quest, to find Dan coffee. |  | |
| Hawi is a little town with both a tropical and a mountain feel. In many ways I reminds me of the old towns I love in the Rockies. |  | |
| We next stopped in Kapaau. I had to grab a picture of the local library. Just my kind of place I'm sure. I love the bright red roof. |  | |
| Across the street from the library is a statue of King Kamehameha. Here is a link to a much better picture then mine. There is a great story behind this statue, I strongly suggest you take the time to read it. Clink here to read. Sadly none of the versions I'm finding online are as well written, and as thorough as the one posted on the community building behind the statue. |  | |
| This lovely park sits to the side of the community building, behind the Kamehameha statue. After seeing the statue and grounds we walked up the road and grabbed lunch at the Bamboo Restaurant before continuing our drive along the coast. I had an excellent kailua pig roast sandwich with waffle fries. |  | |
| We also wondered through the Kohala Book Shop. I bought three books: Cleeland, Hokulani (1994). OLELO 'OIWI KE KAHUA He Puke A'O Olelo Hawaii. Hilo HI: Aha Punana Leo, Inc. This book is a primer to learning to speak Hawaiian. Something I can play with between all of my academic pursuits...something fun. Seabrook, Jane (2004). Furry Logic: A Guide to Life's Little Challenges. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. it's a cute book of animal illustrations by the author with quotations. I love these little books of quotes for every occasion and state of mind. Heiderstadt, Dorothy (1963). Lois Says Aloha. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons. I simply could not pass up a book with both my name and a reference to Hawaii in the title, doing so would have been a crime. If you are interested this is also amusing because it's a young adult book. | ||
| We stopped just north of Pololu Valley Lookout where the road ends. Of course there were other visitors so we had to park up the road a bit and walk down to the actual end of the road lookout. I snapped picture of the view along the way. |  | |
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| There simply are no words of the beauty if this place. I sincerely wish that I could have done the 0.5 mile hike down to the black sand beach below. But if I had made it down it probably would have required a helicopter to get me out, my knees would never have survived the hike back up to the top. Swimming and snorkeling are NOT recommended in winter as strong surfs roll into this beach. The trails between Pololu and Waipio Valley Lookout are considered to be very beautiful and very treacherous. Look for my Waipio Valley Lookout pictures here. | ||
| After we checked out all the views of Pololu Valley we drove back toward Hawi stopping to take roadside sightseeing pictures along the way. |  | |
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| We decided to turn off the main road and check out Keokea Beach Park. There were several parties going on around the park so we tried to stay out of the folks way as much as we could. |  | |
| A lone kayaker tried out the water. |  | |
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| The surf is pretty rough along the beach. Rough but lovely. The sound of waves crashing always tends to make me sleepy. | ||
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| Dan contemplates the ocean. |  | |
| The ocean contemplates Dan. |  | |
| Along the road to the beach park is Kohala Hongwanji Mission Cemetery Halaula (North Kohala), a search on the name found recent obituaries but no history of the cemetery as I had hoped to find. I snapped pictures of several of the grave marker/headstones both old and new. The burial vaults remind me of those you see in New Orleans. Which makes sense given the volcanic soil here would not be easily dug for conventional western graves. |  | |
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| What a beautiful peaceful place to rest. |  | |
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| We then drove into Hawi and turned inland toward Waimea (South Kohala) and alternate road back to Kona. This is Parker Ranch country. Where cattle are grass feed from birth until they are old enough to ship off island to the mainland to be grain feed and fattened out. I'm not sure that all of this land, in the pictures, is part of the Parker Ranch but the chances are good that the cattle are part of their herd. |  | |
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| Both Dan and I decided that we preferred the country up above 2000 feet. Much more my kinda place for sure, I'm such a country girl. Wish I could work this as my daily view. | ||
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| Sadly it was dark by the time we headed down from Waimea so no pictures. At every stop during the day we had tried to find Dan a cup of coffee to no avail. By the time we stopped in Waimea it had become pretty funny that all the coffee shops were either closed or out of coffee when we were there. We had dinner back in Kona with John and Marie before they flew back to the mainland. Finally Dan could get coffee. LOL | ||
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