There is a beach in Hawaii that has green sand. It is by the South Point of the Big Island. The green sand is created by a common mineral in Big Island lava called olivine, which stays deposited on this beach because it is heavier than the other components of the lava. There are only 4 of these beaches in the world. So, off the Silver Surfers go to find the beach hoping it doesn’t rain.
On the way to the beach, they saw a lot of coffee trees in bloom. It must be a money making proposition as every little house has trees in any spare area.
Before the stop at South Point, they stopped for lunch. The Silver Surfers stopped at Manuka State Park and solved the “Chicken Mystery”. The chickens are living at the State Park. The chickens immediately sent over an emissary to speak to Joyce. (Let’s call him Bruce, the chicken). Bruce kept circling the table and got very excited when the food came out. Joyce got excited when Bruce got excited. Larry as designated chicken security had to get firm with Bruce and chased him around the parking lot. Bruce left in a snit and the Silver Surfers left for the next destination. They were so shook up with the Bruce incident that they decided that they needed some malasadas at Punaluu. Culinary Moment: What is a malasada? 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. (AKA: A sugar donut).
South Point is the southern most point in the US. (Key West fans – calm down). The wind blows hard and was blowing hard that day. Debbie jumped out of the car first and took off for the view. She ran so far ahead that she lapped the others going to the cliff. It started to rain and the wind was blowing so hard it felt like pins and needles hitting them. Debbie was happy to sit in the car while the others came back soaked.
The rain cancelled the Green Beach hike but the group still wanted to hike. So, they decided to go back to the Manuka State Park where the sun was shining for a nature walk. Yes, you heard it, right back to the chicken park where Bruce and his harem live. The park has a nature walk. Let’s talk about the walk and how they felt about the nature walk.
Jerry: I hated the bugs. I left the others behind because I was running from the bugs. It was every man for themselves
Joyce: I hated the mosquitoes that were biting me. I was also worried about Bruce and his friends chasing me through the tropical wonderland. I kept looking for Jerry but decided that he was on his own.
Larry: I hated that the trail was not cleared. I was left with Debbie and Joyce. I was afraid that I was going to have to haul them over the dead trees.
Debbie: I hated crawling on the ground under the trees. I thought that I was going to have to haul Larry over the dead trees.
There was an unanimous opinion that this was the worst hike that they had ever been on. They have hiked in Canada, Montana, Idaho, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. This was by far the worst hike that they had taken. Silver Surfer advice: DON’T DO IT! (As a side note – Bruce was seen crowing triumphantly as the group drove away).
As a consolation prize, the group ate at the Pine Tree Cafe, (Debbie doesn’t understand the significance of the name as there doesn’t seem to be any pine trees in Hawaii.)
I’ll make one more attempt–m-u-s-e-u-m.
I don’t think it will work. I can spell it.