So, by the time you read this we will be home. This beautiful land will be a memory for us, ten lovely days. We’re staying at King’s Land. Open, along a golf course, with wild goats, the buildings are spread out over a number of acres. One afternoon we took a ride around the Waikoloa…
Month: May 2013
south point
A remarkable state. Hawaii is the most isolated population center in the world, thousands of miles from just about everywhere. So. The question is, how can you come to the most western state of the United States, and not see the most southern point of the United States? Ah, you thought that existed on our continent?…
rainforest
A small local zoo, run by the state of Hawaii. A rainforest zoo just outside of Hilo. A recommendation by one of the staff at Kings Land, and Tom loves zoos. So. Did I mention small? Well, yes. We followed the trail because we didn’t find a map when we were coming in. The trail…
volcano
There is a remarkable poster of the Hawaiian islands that shows the land beneath the sea. Well, really what it shows is the mountains that make up the land that became the islands. Every island has a volcano, because that’s how they were formed. When we arrived here we were told there are thirteen micro-climates…
holy ground
The big island. No joke. I think we’ve put 700 miles on the car in the time we’ve been here. But back to holy ground. First the luau. So this is for you, Gretchen Griffith––pictures. The Big Island Luau, Legends of the Pacific. It was a commercial thing, you know, they’ve got the various pricing,…