Punalu’u Black Sand Beach, on the south-east corner of the Big Island, was a scheduled stop to camp for a night. If it were not for the Hawaii County web site not allowing me to make a payment I would have. Instead, I drove up a path across the street...
Ka Lae (Hawaiian for “the point”), also known as South Point, is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii and of the 50 United States. South Point marks the most south I have ever been on the globe (held previously by my 2005 trip to Cancun). This is...
The Manuka State Wayside Park is a state park located between Kona and Volcanoes National Park. To us mainlanders, it is a rest-area, but here it is a state park complete with it’s very own hiking trail which leads to a pit crater. That’s pretty much about it, a trail...
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park … that preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid certain death by fleeing to this place of refuge or puʻuhonua. The offender...
All the tourist info kept pointing me to Kahaluu Beach Park to the South of Kona to scratch my snorkeling-itch. I wasn’t too sure if I could even swim with the injury from two months ago still giving me some minor pains, but as it turned out the swim was...
I was so excited to have the opportunity to visit the Kona Coffee Living History Farm that it was one of the few things planned on this trip. So, when my route took me to the South from Kona I made sure to drop in (originally I passed right by,...
Kekaha Kai State Park, formerly known as Kona Coast State Park, is a located along the North Kona coast on the island of Hawaii. It includes Mahaiʻula Beach, Makalawena Beach and Kua Bay. The name comes from ke kaha kai which means “the shore line” in the Hawaiian language. The...
Since I was bound to the Kona area for a few days I kept things simple. The first outdoors activity to come across if you head North out of Kona is Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park, and as usual I stepped up to the Visitor’s Center to ask about a hike....
December 1st I spent the entire day at airports and on two flights. Leaving from Oakland, CA in the early afternoon meant getting to the airport in the late morning, just in time to realize I left my laptop power cord behind. It started on it’s way to the island...
An invitation from my Nephew to hang out and boondock on Treasure Island for a few days had to be accepted. Honestly, even though I lived in the SF Bay Area for 37 years, not once did I take the Treasure Island exit – so it was a mini adventure...
