Somebody ate the rest!
Can you guess how much I paid for the GORGEOUS flower arrangement on the left at the farmer’s market in Kea’au today? The flowers on the right are from here at the cottage I love so much.
Why Just One Mango?
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Random Surprises
You always get unexpected surprises when you travel, good, bad and the best kind: places that weren’t on your list that ended up being highlights. We saw “historic banyan trees” just off the Hilo Bayfront and had to go see. That led us to Liliuokalani Gardens.
Puna Coast
I know that we will probably fall madly in love with Kona and with Poipu after we spend some time there, but we are currently wishing we had one more day here along the Puna Coast! Absolutely love the area.
Moonrise over Puna
Waterfalls
Pe’e Pe’e Falls
Wai’ale Falls
Rainbow Falls
Now I must admit: to this point of the tour I was a bit underwhelmed. It’s difficult to impress a California girl because we have Yosemite and Burney Falls in the backyard! But then we drove farther north to Akaka Falls State Park. Skip the others, really, and go stright to Akaka. Then you’ll have more time to enjoy the Puna coastline.
Puna Bear at Akaka Falls
Puna is the region of Hawai’i in which we are currently residing at Palms Cottage in Pahoa. We named the peace-freak, tie-dyed hippie bear Puna. The three of us fit in quite nicely here.
Picnic?
Another cool spot along “the Red Road”—the coast road along the Puna Coast, now a whole two lanes most of the way from Kapoho to Kalapana.