Patty and I had a couple of days off and decided to go over to the dry side of the island on Mon and Tues. We had a lot more sun then what we have been seeing in the park and enjoyed an evening on the town in Kailua. Many people refer to the dry side of the island as Kona, however Kona is the district and Kailua is the largest town on the dry side. We spent some time at the beach and swam at one of the best beaches in the world, or so it has been said, at Hapuna Beach. We visited Waipi o valley and shot some great pictures from the overlook going into the valley. We also took a little tour around the NW point of the island and have now driven around the entire island. There is much to see and many roads to drive and I think next time I visit I will have to find a 4 wheel drive vehicle. It would just make getting around a lot easier, and getting to some of those hard to get to places earlier. Check out the picture of me in front of the Green Sand Beach. We hopped in with a couple who had a Jeep to drive back to this spot. The green is Olivine and the beach is about 3 miles off the beaten path and either a long dry hike or a 4 wheel drive ride.
On Wed it was back to work, but we have a great boss and he gave us time off to go down to the largest Hula competition in the world in Hilo, the Merrie Monarch Festival. We had a good afternoon and evening and enjoyed watching the different forms of Hula. The hit of the evening was a group from Figi who were definitly crowd favoritets even though what they did was not really Hula. If you are interested check out www.merriemonarch.com
This weekend we will be marching in the Merrie Monarch parade with the group from the park that are going to be in the canoe races on sunday. We are supposed to be working on Sat and Sunday, but, as I said we have a good boss who feels the parade and canoe race are a part of our work duties and counts this as work time. This will be a very social event and we have a number of friends from the island who will be roasting wild hog and steaming fish after the parade and during the canoe races on Sunday.
I will post some canoe pics from the weekend and some results after the races. Take care, we will see you all soon.
1 comment:
I love the pictures and update! Glad to see you are getting some biking in as well as a little culture. I suppose Patty will turn in her hula hoop for the real thing now. I'l br looking for the rowing pictures!
Jo
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