Crossing the Street

February 14, 2017  Waikola Village

Our Condo is near a street that is busy at rush hour.  It must be difficult to get a stoplight installed so someone came up with a solution that Debbie and Larry really like.  They have not yet been able get Jerry and Joyce to be quite as enthusiastic.

There are flags at each corner of the street.  When you want to cross the street, one takes the bright yellow flag and stops the traffic.  Larry uses the more police like march across the street while Debbie uses the leader of the band twirling technique.  She even convinced someone to take her picture.  (No, it was not Larry).

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Kailua-Kona

February 13, 2017 – Kailua-Kona

Today was a trip to Kailua-Kona (aka Kona).   It is the center of commerce and of the tourist industry on West Hawaii. It is designated Kailua-Kona to differentiate it from Kailua located on windward side of Oahu island, and it is sometimes referred to as Kona (thus aka Kona) in everyday speech. (Confused yet?)

First let us say that it is difficult to park in Kona.  After much circling, the car was positioned in front of a law office next to a McDonald’s.  (Debbie was concerned about the car being towed and looked longingly at the car as she left. Joyce will park anywhere).  They visited several sites in Kona listed below:

  • Farmer’s Market  – They didn’t buy anything.  (Who are these people and what have they done with Larry and Debbie?)
  • Moku’aikaua Church –  History Moment:  This is the oldest Christian church in the Hawaiian islands.  The congregation was first founded in 1820 by Asa and Lucy Goodale Thurston, from the first ship of American Christian Missionaries, the brig Thaddeus. They were given permission to teach Christianity by King Kamehameha II, and the Queen Regent Kaʻahumanu.  This is the church where Larry was trapped by a docent.  Next time that you see Larry ask him about this church.  Debbie was almost pulled into the history speech but thought that Larry could tell her anything that she needed know.  Debbie indicated that she was with Larry and was released.
  • Huliheʻe Palace – The former vacation home of Hawaiian royalty, it was converted to a museum run by the Daughters of Hawaii, showcasing furniture and artifacts. (We didn’t get to visit this palace.  There was a party going on the palace grounds and a man stood at the door telling the group that they could not go in.  This made everyone very sad so they sat on the wall in the shade and watched the party guests sit in the sun and sweat.)
  • McDonalds – The group was really hot and needed a bathroom.  Larry made the sacrifice and bought a hamburger for a snack to get the special bathroom code.  He seemed pretty happy about the hamburger.

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Luckily, the car was still parked at the lawyer’s office and had not been towed.

Larry was able to share some historical facts on the way home.  He might become a docent.   Docent – a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.  Don’t you think Larry would be a fine docent?

 

 

 

The Long Way Home

February 10, 2017 – Hilo to Waikola Village

After two days in Hilo and wrestling with a shower that arbitrarily  switched temperatures causing the victim to yelp and scramble out of  the shower quickly, the group headed back to the sunny side of the island.  (We know, we know anywhere we are is the sunny side of the island).

First stop – Star of the Sea Painted Church.  Cultural Moment:  The paintings tell the story of Father Damien Devester, a Belgian priest who helped leprosy patients on the island of Molokai and later died from the disease himself.  The church used to be located in Kalapana, but after a lava flow came dangerously close to it in 1990, they church was moved.   Note the “No Dogs Allowed” sign.  They must have found out about the other church where the dogs hung out in the church.

They continued on to Richardson’s Ocean Center in Hilo.  Cultural Moment:  (Debbie is just going to make this up).  People snorkel here and walk into the water to swim.  They have bathrooms and people on tours  so you need to run to the bathrooms before they beat you to the toilets.  (Larry and Debbie so beat those 80 year olds).  We also saw some turtles but not too close because they bite.  (Debbie believes all signs.)  The group picnicked here and watched a state worker  on another picnic table  sleep for an hour.  (Debbie thinks that it was not a good use of the state’s money).     After the state worker awakened, Debbie got some cool tips by watching 3 teenage girls take selfies for about 15 minutes.  (Debbie says that it is a lot of work to pose for selfies).

After the turtles, lunch, sleeping and selfies, the next step was Pineapple Island.  Well, actually not.  Joyce told us that it was Pineapple Island but it is actually Coconut Island. (Debbie just discovered this tonight.  Cultural Moment: Coconut Island, or Moku Ola is a small island in Hilo Bay, just offshore from Lili’uokalani Park and Gardens, in Hilo, off the island of Hawaii. It is a small park, and is connected to the main island via a footbridge.  Legend tells that anyone who was sick or feeling ill would be healed by swimming around Moku Ola three times. In ancient times, Moku Ola was a pu’uhonua (place of refuge), where natives or warriors could ‘redeem’ themselves. It is a cool island and one could see fish or manta rays (Yes, Larry spotted them).

They left Hilo for the drive back.  They passed the Botanical gardens which Debbie hears is very nice.  If you remember, Les Cheap girls don’t like to spend money and couldn’t see paying $15.00 each for a garden tour.  No, instead the group, walked straight down a trail (Note the word straight down implying one walks back up…) to travel along the botanical garden’s fence line to the beach.   The gardens also had an employee sitting in the shade telling people they had to pay to go in.  (Looks like a good retirement job to Debbie)   As Larry and Debbie huffed back up the trail to exit, a lady asked how hard the trail was because her husband didn’t want to get out of the car.  The husband looked younger than the Larry and Debie and he looked grumpy.  Larry and Debbie told him that it was a great hike and he could run up and down with no problem.  As they sped away, they saw him stomping off down the trail in their rear-view mirror.  (He really couldn’t run up and down and will be doing some huffing.)

Next stop?  Water Falls!  Cultural Moment:  Akaka Falls State Park has two beautiful waterfalls, the Kahuna and Akaka Falls, visitors can see, along with beautiful lush plants and trees.  After the visit, everyone went to the town next to the waterfalls with lots of stores.  Debbie seems to have lost all sense of cheapness in this town, she started looking at hand painted sarongs for $200.  Larry had to help her put away the check book.  The lady was working Debbie hard.  She even tried to body block Larry when he said that he had found one cheaper in another store.  (Larry got the stink eye that day).  Debbie was able to walk away with only purchasing a bag of macadamia cookies.

Cultural Moment: A plaque at Laupahoehoe Point Park memorializes the 24 people killed in the April Fool’s Day 1946 tsunami. The giant waves rose to 56 feet above sea level sweeping away a schoolhouse on the point along with 21 school children.  Tsunami alarms were installed along the coast to warn of impending tsunami waves.

The final stop was at Tex’s Drive in for malasadas.  (Debbie has been talking about this for days).  What is a malasada?  Food Moment: A malasada is a Portuguese confection, made of egg-sized balls of yeast dough that are deep-fried in oil and coated with granulated sugar.  (Debbie says don’t get anything else at Tex’s but Malasadas are mighty fine!)

Total drive time is approximately 90 minutes from the west side to the east.  The group made it in 6 hours.

The Wind

February 12, 2017 – Four Seasons

The wind has impacted the snorkeling.  The trade winds blow through the islands and waves roll in hard and fast.  It makes the water murky and difficult to see.  The winds remind Debbie of hurricane winds.  Hair stands straight up, clothes whip around the wearer as one leans forward walking to their destination.

The wind prompted a visit to see the turtles at the Four Seasons.  Debbie believes that she rightly belongs at the Four Seasons.).  To visit the Four Seasons, you have to get a pass into the parking lot.  (Someone in the car has to look like they belong at the Four Seasons.  Debbie tried to climb into the front seat as she was certain that she had the look.  Larry was able to keep her in the back seat and they did get a pass.

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On the return to the condo, they stopped at a cave.  Debbie, Jerry and Larry decided to explore while  Joyce declined.  (Smart move on Joyce’s part).  After a few minutes, Debbie decided maybe she didn’t want to scramble over a rock ledge on her hands and knees holding a flashlight in their mouths.  She retreated to find that Joyce has struck up a conversation with other strangers on the side of the road.  They really liked Debbie’s video of the volcano and taught her how to use Air Drop to share the video.  While Joyce and Debbie were learning new IT tricks, Jerry and Larry were still running around exploring the cave.  Eventually, Jerry and Larry decided not to try to find the end of the tunnel and scramble out.  (This group is easy to entertain as long as it is free).  Debbie shared here new IT knowledge the rest of the way home by sending files to Larry.  It is doubtful that Larry and Jerry will leave Joyce and Debbie alone by the side of the road anytime soon.

Tourists

February 8, 2017 – Pahoa, Hawaii

The group got up early, stood on the rental porch, watched people begin the 8 mile hike to the lava flow and patted themselves on the back for completing the hike.  Mostly, they were happy to be able to walk the next day.

The day after the Lava Hike, the next day was spent trying not to walk too far.  First stop, lunch at the Aloha Lehua Café to try some of the local favorites – Korean Chicken – Loco Moco.    Food Moment:   Loco Moco is what you get when gravy is poured atop of a fried egg stacked on a thick hamburger patty, piled on top of white, sticky rice.  (It is not what Debbie gets).

The next stop was Lava Tree State Park.  Tourist Moment:  Lava Tree State Park has preserved lava molds of tree trunks that were formed when a lava flow swept through a forested area in 1790.  There weren’t many people at the park.  There was another older tourist that kept lecturing the people with him.  (Debbie is pretty sure that he was making things up.  She is somewhat of an expert on making things up).  Larry and Debbie actually walked on the grass to get around them.

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Next on the list, MacKenzie State Recreation Park.  Tourist Moment:  Low cliffs, wild volcanic coastline with picnicking in an ironwood grove.  This park is also rumored to be haunted.  There are signs to watch for “Crumbling Cliffs”.  Larry and Jerry seemed to have missed these signs as they kept standing on the edge.  Debbie and Joyce pointed out to them that if they went in that no one was going to jump in after them, there was no cell phone reception and that Jerry had the keys.  Debbie was able to coax Larry back from the edge by pointing out the papaya trees.  He kept circling but couldn’t figure out how to get them down.

Final stop was Kehena black sand beach.   There are two Kehena black sand beaches.  The new beach is new and man-made.  Coconut trees are growing out of coconuts stuck in the sand lined up in pristine rows.  The group hiked to the beach and back.   Then they visited the shops run by hippies.  Unfortunately, they were there on Thursday and not Wednesday when the hippies have a big party. Since the visit, they have discovered that there is another Kehena black sand beach that is clothing optional.  (Debbie and Larry want to assure everyone that they were not at the clothing optional beach nor were they in search of that beach).  They have heard that the beach does offer a yoga class.

Lava Hike

February 8, 2017  – Volcano National Park

We left our hardy group on their way to the rental for the night.  The rental house is on the edge of the path to the lava flow.  As one approaches the path, it is a carnival like atmosphere.  There are tents renting bikes, selling water, walking tours, partial rides and food.

Jerry found out the secret code to drive past the guards and into the subdivision.  The house is in the middle of a lava field.  You can stand on the balcony and see the steam in the distant along with a stream of people heading for the viewing area.

Shockingly, the weather had cleared so the group decided to chance it.  (Seriously, you are going to chance a 9-mile hike in the rain?)  So, the four took off with their water, jackets, and snacks to walk, yes, walk down to the viewing area.  No stinking bikes for them.  No, they are going to walk the 9 to 10-mile round trip hike.  (Debbie having adopted the Hawaiian dress code, put on two shirts, a hat and a jacket.  Larry has destroyed any pictures of Debbie).   Joyce and Debbie were in the lead with Larry and Jerry hiking behind.  Perhaps to pick up Joyce or Debbie when they fell but a more likely  reason was not to hike with Debbie in her outfit.

The road is blocked to most cars.  A hiker walks down a black gravel road for about 4 miles while shuttles haul people part way up the road.   Bikers whiz by on their way.  Luckily, the wind is blowing behind the hikers helping them down the road.  Only 10% of the hoard is walking.   Joyce and Debbie have a lot of deep discussions about would they make it on a bike and how bad would it hurt if a biker fell in black gravel?  (Listen bike vendors, if you put a booth in about a mile down the road you would get a lot more customers.  Debbie does perk up when she sees some of the bikers pushing their bikes back to the beginning.)  They can see the steam vents as they walk and the explosion of steam as lava hits the water.  So, they walk…. and walk… and walk some more to finally reach the end of the road but not the viewing area.  They then start the half mile hike across the lava field to finally reach the viewing area. After an hour and a half of hiking, they arrive.   At this point, the four make a serious error which will be discussed later.

Once you get to the viewing area, people ohh and ahh each time the lave dumps into the sea.  There are thousands of pictures taken.  People also jockey for a prime viewing position.  Debbie and Joyce separate and both find viewing seats on the rocks.  Larry and Jerry stand behind a group of rocks shooting pictures.  As the sunsets, the flow glows red with yellow flames shooting out.  About 30 minutes after the sun set, Debbie see Jerry and Larry pointing to themselves and back to the road.  Debbie sits down to prepare for the return trip to find her flashlight and raincoat.  As she got up to leave, Joyce shouted to her to wait while she found her flashlight.  Joyce and Debbie somehow then got attached to a park ranger escorting an elderly couple who had a puny flashlight over the lava fields.  Somehow, it ended up that Debbie was escorting them across the lava.  The park ranger was very impressed with Debbie’s and Joyce’s flashlights.  After about 20 minutes, they made it to the road where the wind is blowing hard.
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Now, here is where we get to the serious error.  The four were not good scouts.  They did not have a meeting place nor a plan.  (Who are these people?).  Larry and Jerry were not at the road.  Debbie took off walking.  Joyce insisted that Larry and Jerry would never leave them.  Debbie said that she was pretty sure the pointing was “We are starting back”.   Joyce insisted so Debbie stopped walking and waited.  After about 5 minutes of cold wind, Debbie went and stood by the park service truck for a wind break.   So, they stood and talked to the ranger.  They created a “Widow’s Club” for those missing their hiking partners.  They recruited at least one other member.  After about 45 minutes of greeting people as they exited the lave fields, Joyce and Debbie went back down to the viewing field.  The ranger escorted Joyce and Debbie back down area as they had bonded with the ranger.  Once there, they yelled out “Larry!”  “Jerry!”  “Larry!” “Jerry!”  until the people in the viewing area yelled back “They are not Here!”  Debbie and Joyce also shined the super bright flashlights on the group endearing themselves to the crowd.  Joyce concedes that perhaps Larry and Jerry are about 45 minutes down the road.

Off Debbie and Joyce go back down the pitch black road with flashlights.  The first 30 minutes was spent discussing “How could this have happened?” with Debbie asking “How much further do you think it is?” or “Do you think that they will fix dinner for us”.  The walk back at night is different.  Not all hikers have flashlights so they walk in the dark.  Larry and Jerry said that they picked up a couple that tagged on their flashlights for an hour.  Debbie and Joyce were surprised sometimes by hikers suddenly appearing out of the dark.  The bicycle people were even worse.  Some had very dim lights as they rode by (no longer whizzed and some even walked their bikes.)  Debbie did start yelling at the shuttle people that they were wimps as they drove past.

After about an hour and half, they spotted house lights.   Spotted house lights and breezed right past their house and ended up in the parking lot.  They backtracked, found the house, Larry and Jerry.

Total walk for the day 12 miles.  Highest one day step number for Debbie ever.  Maybe Pacific Northwest Trail is next?

Volcano National Park

February 8th – Volcano National Park

The day began with a trip to Hawaii Volcano National Park via Saddle Road.  Tourist Moment: (We didn’t know what to call this).  Route 200, the Daniel K. Inouye Highway, also called Saddle Road, bisects Hawaii’s largest island, cutting over the raised slopes (the saddle) between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. The moderately-trafficked, often two-lane road is the fastest route between Kailua-Kona and Hilo and leads to observatory access atop both mountains. (Not going there – it is snowing).

As the group exited the car at the national park, it was raining and they discovered that the temperature had dropped.  Everyone had brought umbrellas but Larry and Debbie packed their umbrellas.  (Note to self:  Bring an umbrella and store in a place that does not require crouching in the trunk upending your luggage.)  So much for picnicking in the park.  Luckily, Le Cheap girls, were able to find the Kilauea Military Camp Café.  Yep, they ate in the military camp café.  (What a deal!).  They have a post office, store, and a bowling alley.  (Our author is digressing).

At this point, Debbie would like to comment on the dress code for Hawaii.  There does not seem to be one.  This can be problematic for someone like Debbie who teeters on the line of being a contestant on “What Not To Wear”.  (Debbie is thankful that no one has  turned her into that show).  She has seen people wearing the following:

  • Stripes with Plaids (Debbie fears that as she ages that one day she may exit the house wearing these)
  • Women wearing platform heels as they hike over lave (A jaw-dropping sight)
  • People who just seem to put on layers of clothes none of which goes with the other (Plaid pants, pink dress topped with a green turtle T-shirt and no they are not homeless)
  • Boxers and a Hawaiian shirt worn to the KMZ Cafe to stand around and shoot the breeze with friends while waiting for food. (Our personal favorite but extremely distracting to our diners).

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Debbie says that now the bar has been lowered.  Larry has started checking Debbie’s  dress before she goes out.  Those stripes and plaids are starting to look attractive.

The original plan was to spend the night and hike to the lava flow.  However, no one was up for a 3-hour hike in the rain so decided to explore the park in more detail than planned.  First stop, the Jager Museum.  Tourist Moment:  The overlook outside of the museum offers a panoramic view of Kīlauea Caldera.  (Debbie says that you can see the smoke and people actually walk down there.  She puts those people in the NSS category.)

Next stop was the Thurston Lava Tube. Unfortunately, no parking, so they hiked a mile back and forth since they weren’t  hiking that night.  By the end of the day, everyone had walked close to 5 miles.

Kona Travels

Feb 6 – Kona

Everyone has heard of Kona coffee.   Food Moment:  Kona coffee is cultivated on the slopes of Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts of the Big Island of Hawaii. It is one of the most expensive coffees in the world. The weather of sunny mornings, cloud or rain in the afternoon, little wind, and mild nights combined with porous, mineral-rich volcanic soil create favorable coffee growing conditions. .

Greenwell Farms was the lucky farm where the four took their coffee tour.  They have 65,000 plus coffee trees.  The farm also grows various fruits.  Larry kept eyeing the papaya tress to determine if he could climb the tree.  (Debbie said “No”).  They discovered that avocados grow on trees.  (Who knew?) Kona coffee according to our guide is known around the world.  The Hawaiians are very proud of this coffee and sell it for around $32.00 a pound.  Greenwell Farms sells the beans to other companies for roasting.  Seattle’s Best, Caribou and Pete’s are some of the Greenwell customers.  (These names mean nothing to Debbie).

After the coffee tour where fruit was bought but nothing else, the group was ready for lunch at the Place of Refuge.  History Moment:  In old Hawaii, if you had broken a law, the penalty was death.  Laws, or kapu, governed every aspect of Hawaiian society. The penalty for breaking these laws was certain death. Your only option for survival was to elude your pursuers and reach the nearest pu’uhonua, or place of refuge.  There is a road in the back of the park with picnic tables and few people.

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The final stop for the day was South Point.  History Moment: This is the southernmost point in Hawaii and thus the US. (No, you unbelievers, it is not Key West.  This a lucky day.  Three history moments in one blog).  Debbie says that you get to South Point down a bumpy, mostly one lane road that can make a person with motion sickness turn green.   If you are feeling slightly nauseous when you stagger out of the car, don’t worry.  The wind will knock it out of you once you exit the car.  Potential Adventure Moment:  There is a place where you can jump off the cliffs into the water below.  Debbie has jumped off cliffs before but as she staggered out to the boat pulley to look down (holding on as tight as possible to the pole) only to receive a mouthful of sand and sea water.  When she looked down, she thought one has to be “Not Super Smart (NSS)” to consider this an adventure.   She then turned around and saw a wet NSS person standing next to her.  (No one that the group knew).  Debbie told Larry that if he was thinking about jumping to remind her the location of the insurance policies.  She would immediately go home, sit in the cars, eat, spread crumbs everywhere and then sell all the dirty cars.  To save the cars, Larry did not jump.  (Debbie just made up the part about Larry jumping, we all know that he would only go if pushed).

He and Jerry did, however, stand next to a blow hole where one can also time the waves and jump into the water.  Debbie refused to get within 20 feet of the edge.  Larry and Jerry kept creeping close to the edge.  (Notice no pictures of Joyce or Debbie near the blow holes)  Larry did discuss with the NSS person about jumping from the blowhole ledge.  Larry was never going to go but would have taken pictures.  Luckily, NSS person,  did smarten up and climbed off the ledge.

The Fruit Stand

Kona

Hawaii grows a lot of fruFruit Stand – Konait.  Fruit stands are everywhere.  It looks like people grow fruit in their yard and have so many that they sell the excess.  Sometimes, the stands are staffed and sometimes just the fruit in a stand with a box for the money.  Most stands have little signs with prices that vary from .25 cents to $1.00 or just write the price on the fruit with a magic marker.  The stands sell things like papayas, apple bananas, bananas, star fruit, oranges, avocados, star fruit and red fuzzy fruit (more on this later).

Sometimes, there are some interesting customers at the fruit stands.  For some unknown reason, these people seem to like to speak to Joyce and Debbie.  They approach Joyce first (Debbie thinks that is because Joyce knows the name of the fruit and is talkative.  Debbie is clueless about fruit.  Debbie, however, is always able to find the money box and prices.  Larry and Jerry don’t get out of the car.)

Here is a sample exchange between Joyce, Debbie and let’s call her, Sally as the three are standing on the side of the road at a fruit stand.

Sally: “You have to be careful with fruit like oranges because they pick up the exhaust fumes and absorb it into the skin of the oranges. I am always cautious about the exhaust fumes.”

Now this last statement made Debbie scratch her head as she wondered why oh why is Sally at the fruit stand by the road buying fruit?  She even wonders more about why Sally’s car is pulled up next to the fruit stand and the motor running?  Maybe Sally is not really that careful.  At this point, Joyce begins creeping away and puts Debbie into play.  (Debbie is not pleased that she must now use her social skills)

Sally: “What is that red fuzzy fruit?”

Debbie: “I don’t know.”  (Debbie is lucky she knows what a banana is)

Sally: “That fruit has special powers”.
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Debbie: “What?”  (Debbie – What is happening?  Next Sally may whip out some crystals or something)

Sally: “If you eat this and your partner eats, how do I describe?”

Debbie: “What?  Communicate better / Speak better?”

Sally: “I am 63 and I may be able to have children after eating this fruit.  My boyfriend is sitting in the car (the running car).  We both eat it and it is an aphrodisiac.

At this point, Debbie has started to back away from Sally as she feels this is too much information for her.  Joyce is already hiding on the other side of the fruit stand.  Sally gives up her pursuit of the rambutan (Red starry fruit) and hops in the running car with her boyfriend to speed away.  (Is .25 cents too much?) As the group pulls away, another car pulls up, rolls down the window and says “Can I ask you a question?”  Debbie tells Joyce to floor it.

Debbie looked up the fruit which is called rambutan.  Food Moment:  The Rambutan is a hearty looking piece of fruit and is comparable to the size of a golf ball. Its outer skin is red with soft yellowish & neon green prickly pokers all around it. The flesh is white with a big ole seed in the middle. The rambutan has a sweet creamy rich flowery taste and is very refreshing.

Sally’s information was incorrect.  Debbie will no longer get out of the car at a fruit stand.

Larry & Joyce at a fruit stand. Debbie is hiding in the car.
Larry & Joyce at a fruit stand. Debbie is hiding in the car.

A Walk in the Clouds (Not)

Feb 5 – Kona

The group started the hiking expedition with a visit to Costco to purchase the all-important Maui Chips in bulk.  Food Moment:  Maui Style potato chips provide a sweet unique onion flavor on extra crunchy kettle cooked potato chips.  Debbie eats these like a machine and had already plowed through one giant bag.  This chips are only found in Hawaii.  They bought three of the largest bags available.  Debbie insisted on personally marching the chips to the car.  She was able to multi task and chase the roaming chickens away while carrying chips.

The hikers continued on to one of the few Kona hikes, the Makahi Trail also known as a cloud forest hike.  It is not a very long hike and had an elevation of more than 3,000 feet.  The lush rain forest is often covered by clouds.  There are lots of greenery, rocks and roots so a hiker must watch where they put their feet.   There were no clouds that day – just lots of sun and sweating tourists.  It was a beautiful hike.
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