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    • TravelerCA and HAWAII 2020
      Day 12

      Day 12 Kailua-Kona

      March 7, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F

      Lazy vacation day, got a late start and went to lunch at On The Rocks, on the beach, with our toes in the sand. Had fish tacos and Larry had their "famous" Mai Tai. Then we walked through Kona on Ali'i Drive, a mile to the pier and a mile back. More wandering in shops and people watching. By then it was happy hour at our lunch spot so we stopped in again and Larry had a drink called a Hawaiian Rainbow that was pretty and good, I didn't get a picture until he had already drank some. A quick run to Walmart for cream and sodas and then back to the resort for the evening. We are enjoying the relaxed pace of staying somewhere for a whole week, not being in a hurry to cram in a lot of sights and activities. I haven't mentioned how gorgeous this resort is. The landscaping is lush with hibiscus, bougainvillea and of course Palm trees. The paths around the condos wind around and it is just a nice place to stroll around. There are two swimming pools, Larry got in the hot tub one night, but we aren't really into pool swimming. We do still need to get to a beach or two!Read more

    • TravelerCA and HAWAII 2020
      Day 13

      Day 13 Kailua-Kona

      March 8, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

      It's Sunday, so we go to church! I had asked some people for a recommendation and twice I was told Living Stones church. Checked the website, looked good so off we went. It was a mile from our resort, and is oceanfront. The building is smallish, so they had tents and chairs set up outside with video screens to accommodate everyone. It is a large church with two campuses and four services at one and two at the other. We got there in time to sit inside, but outside can't be too bad with the ocean right next to you. We enjoyed the worship and message, people were friendly. After church we walked about half a mile down the road to another marketplace with lots of souvenir shops and a couple of food trucks, had lunch(brisket, smoked Mac & cheese, Cole slaw with macadamia nuts and corn bread) and then walked back to the car and went back to the resort.
      This evening we had another "must do" tourist experience in Hawaii- a luau! It was outside, next to a beach-seems like everything is next to the beach here! They served Mai Tais and other drinks, and had live Hawaiian music. Then a conch shell was blown and King Kamehameha and his queen and court were rowed in from the ocean and the processed from the boat to the luau stage and were presented. There were a number of activities as we waited for the dinner to begin. Hula lesson, lawn bowling, Hawaiian checkers, temporary tattoos and then they pulled the whole roasted pig out of its roasting pit and shredded it for our dinner. The food was good and besides the pork there was teriyaki beef, marinated fish, Kona coffee chicken, poke tuna and lots of sides. The couple across the table from us was from Eastern PA, and there was a guy with an Orioles Hawaiian shirt on! It really is a small world! Larry fits right in with all his Hawaiian shirts, wishes he'd brought more and will probably pick up a couple here too. After the meal, there was a great show of island dances, examples from Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa, Tahiti. There was hulas and the grand finale was a guy twirling fire knives, he was really good. It was a three hour experience and we really enjoyed it!      Read more

    • TravelerCA and HAWAII 2020
      Day 14

      Day 14- Around the Island

      March 9, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

      We left this morning for Hilo on the opposite side of the Big Island to go to the only Walgreens on the island so Larry could get a prescription refilled. To make a long story short, that didn't happen. So we drove by the air bnb that we will stay in this weekend and then had lunch at Hilo Burger, where the burgers were made fresh from Hawaiian beef. They were very good. Back to the trip across, we drove the " Saddle Road", the fastest road across the island and the only place in Hawaii where you can go 60mph. The road goes between two Volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. There was a little snow on top of Mauna Kea and the temp dropped 20 degrees as we climbed 6000 ft. The drive was less than two hours, and the landscape had several dramatic changes, from lush, to scrubby and dry, to black lava fields, to very dry and then back to green and heavy growth as we got to rainy Hilo.
      After lunch we got on the Hawaii Belt Rd heading to the north side of the island, driving along the road that Andrew will be running for the marathon on Sunday, but kept going until we got to the Waipio Valley Lookout, a stunning scenic overlook. There were also beautiful flowers right alongside the road where we parked the car. It was getting late, and we passed a quilt shop at 4:10, that had closed at 4.😕
      So we headed east, hoping to get to a sunny warm beach before sunset. After 30-40 minutes driving in light rain, we got to what was probably a beautiful beach, if it wasn't raining. We turned south down the Kohala coast and stopped at Anaeho'omalu Beach. It was only a light rain that even stopped briefly, and we really wanted to get on a beach, so we did. As we got out of the car there was a fantastic full rainbow! The beach also was beautiful, even in the rain and we did a short stroll. Somewhere on that walk, I lost my (prescription) sunglasses so we stopped at Walmart to get a cheap pair to last until I get home and can get new rx ones.
      Packing up tonight to head to the southern part of the island for a few nights before meeting up with Andrew and Dani for marathon weekend!      Read more

    • TravelerCA and HAWAII 2020
      Day 14

      Day 14- more pictures

      March 9, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F

      Interesting things we have learned about Hawaii :
      The hawaiian alphabet only uses 12 letters--a, e i, o, u, h, k, l, m, n, p, w
      Hawaii is the farthest place from everything!
      The Big Island has 10 of the 15 climate zones in the world.Read more

    • TravelerCA and HAWAII 2020
      Day 7

      Day 7-travel day

      March 2, 2020 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 72 °F

      From Burbank to Oakland, to Honolulu to Kailua-Kona, it was a LOONNGG travel day. Talked to Dani while we had an hour in Honolulu, Andrew was on duty. The Kona airport was all outdoors, under thatched roofs, wish we had seen it in the daylight. It was after 11pm when we finally checked into our resort and parking was hard to find. And had to haul luggage up a flight of stairs. But we are in Hawaii, will be in Kona for eight nights before heading to the other side of the Big IslandRead more

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