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.
I didn’t understand the part about not eating in cars. Are you not supposed to do that in Hawaii? Is it a quaint local custom?