Today was slated to be a day of sightseeing & quality time at Camille's favorite pool.
And so our day began...
Of all places in the world to fail at landing a great coffee shop, sad to say, Kona was it. :(
Hate to admit this, but "the Machine" fell on our radar one too many times. The only place that had coffee we enjoyed was in Waimea-- 30 minutes away.
A long way to go for coffee, so Starbucks it was!
I caught a shot of the sun coming up behind the mountains. I think I'm more of a sunset gal, but then again I'm never up early enough to enjoy a sunrise.
This is a statue of the infamous King Kamehameha, a fearless leader of the Hawaii Islands in the 1800's. This Hawaiian landmark represents so much spiritual and cultural importance.
We reached the end of the road at Pololu Valley lookout, and were told that we can visit black sand beaches. We were also told that the trail down to the beaches were not too bad to hike down. That was NOT the case, and with a 3 year old...not even close. There was no way we would make it all the way to the beach scaling that hairy mountainside. And poor Glen was practically doing a kettle ball work out with Camille in tow. Above picture is how he carried her up and down the trail.
Needless to say we did not go all the way down- there was a point on the trail that was not favorable for a 3 year to go down, or even for someone carrying a 3 year old.
What we saw from where we decided to stop going down was enough for us.
Although, it really was breathtaking.
On the way back, we cut through a mountain road that had some remarkable views of Waikoloa and surrounding beach towns. The landscape changed dramatically and it had me in awe at how beautiful this part of the island was. It was at this moment where I wished we had a few more days here.
All the history and rich culture was so fascintating. A little nerdy, I know.
This is us in Waimea waiting for a table to have lunch.
Another photo taken in Waimea at the coffee mill. This was "the one place" that had choice coffee.
If it weren't so far away, we would've been there every morning.
Having fun with floral hair accessories. :)
I didn't know what the word Heiau meant until visiting this one- the Puukohola Heiau. It is basically a very sacred Hawaiian temple. This particular landmark took 1 year to complete and was built solely by hand comprised of rocks transported by a human chain from an area 14 miles away.
Fascintating, huh?
Randomness:
As for this device, the joby came in handy when we wanted to snap a picture of all of us in a remote area and when we didn't want to bother people to take a picture of us. It is always a big FAIL when we think we can count on random people to take a fam picture of us.
Its quite comical, actually.
I do wonder if people's eye sight is off if they can't take decent pictures. Looking through a lense and centering objects doesn't seem too tall a task. The 2 times that were offered to take our pics on our trip turned out to be more artsy shots...you know, where we are all the way at the bottom of the picture and the wall decor is the focal point OR the one where it was a full body shot of all of us but we are in the corner. Artsy fartsy!
Last day of our trip tomorrow. :(
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