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Big Island Walks and Hikes, HI
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| Hiking | 10.33 Miles |
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| no partners | | I was on the Big Island for two weeks from May 12 - 26th with my cousins. They did their best to entertain me and I think they did a great job, despite the inclement weather that was unusual for May. I did three triplogs/ photo sets for two of the outings and thought I would just do a summary for the remaining twelve miles of walks and hikes on the west and south side of the island. If you click on the route, it will show you where all these places are except for the three separate hikes I did reports on.
Day Zero 5-12 flt to LAX, expanded layover of 4:30 hours, met girl from Chile, arrived 9:30PM
Day One, TUE 5-13 Pu'ukohola Heiau Natl Historic Site [ youtube video ] .36 mi and Mau'umae Beach [ youtube video ] 1 mi. Dinner with Michelle and Nick at their house on Marlin Rd.
Day Two, WED 5-14 'Hood walk .91 mi with 236 AEG [ youtube video ] and [ youtube video ] .
Day Three, THU 5-15 Old Kona Airport Recreation area and beach [ youtube video ] 1.56 mi. hike with dogs, AMR fell from slippergy algae on wet rocks trying to get closer to the tide pools. Checked and fed feral cat for friend on Sunset/Leilani St. Supper at Sakura Sushi, January came.
Day Four, FRI 5-16 Drive to Volcano National Park, stop at Punalu'u Bake Bakeshop, view Volcano for 15 mins, hike to overlook [ photoset ] [ popup triplog ] . Lunch at Tina's Thai restaurant in Hilo and went to Big Island Candy (YUM), drove home on Saddle Rd (very weathery).
Day Five, SAT 5-17 Poke bowls to go and drove to Kalahuipua'a Historic Park ancient preserved lava field and ponds near Waikoloa Beach Resort/Mauna Lani hiking 1.36 mi. [ youtube video ] and [ youtube video ]
Day Six, SUN 5-18 Hike to Puu Waawaa Forest Reserve Cone Trail [ photoset ] [ popup triplog ] , trip to Willie's for Frozen Mai Tai and Jeremy's departure.
Day Seven, MON 5-19 Dog park [ youtube video ] . Downtown with Jenaya and Bryce. King Kamehameha Hotel, bot clothes at January's, Mai Tai at Kona Inn, shrimp and grits by Bryce at home.
Day Eight, TUE 5-20 Picked up Coulee the dog from sitters, fed feral cat for a friend. Picked up Andy, made a Costco run and a stop at the Hostel for recycling that we took to recycling center (interesting).
Day Nine, WED 5-21 Hiked 1.26 mi. to Awaake Bay beach, set up camp, hiked to white sand Makalawena white sand Beach for sunset .94 mi RT. [ youtube video ] and [ youtube video ]
Day Ten, THU 5-22 Four-wheel with Jaelyn back up from Beach. Happy hour at Don's Mai Tai bar at Royal Kona. Best Mai Tai so far, great Poke nachos. Met January at another bar Island Lava Java, Lilikoi Mai Tai. Coconut Haystack ice cream at Gypsea Gelato.
Day Eleven, FRI 5-23 Fish taco at Korner Pocket. Greenwell Coffee Farm tour [ youtube video ] Kealakekua .36 mi; Reserve was our favorite coffee. 2 mi. RT Dog walk on the Upper highway Ane Keohokalole Hwy, heavy rain for last 1/2 mi. and then very heavy when back at home.
Day Twelve, Sat 5-24 Kilauea Iki hike [ photoset ] [ popup triplog ] , stayed at Jaelyn friend's ON Punalu'u Beach including campfire and hamburgers with cocktails.
Day Thirteen, Sun 5-25 Walked around Punalu'u Beach/Pond/old resort. Hike 1.5 mi RT Kawa Beach and Springs, lunch at Aloha Truck Cafe in Naalehu, walk around South Point. [ youtube video ] and [ youtube video ] .
Day Fourteen, Mon 5-26 Downtown, including lunch at Fish Hopper, picked up 2 lbs Kona coffee at Cherry Hill Kona Outlet, fed feral cat for a friend, fish dinner and lilikoi foam drinks at home.
Video of Downtown trips, at home and in the yard, feral cat feeding [ youtube video ]
5:30 hours to SEA starting at 9:30PM from KOA, hour layover, 2:30 hours to PHX.
Brogan (from the UK) and other guests/workers of Hawaii Hostel (which my cousins own), joined us for some of these outings, a nice benefit for them. Stopped at the Hostel a few times to help my cousins which included re-folding sheets and sorting recycling. |
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For me, sometimes it's just as much about the journey as the destination.
Oh, and once in awhile, don't forget to look back at the trail you've traveled. |
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