Friday Jan 13.

Drive north to Pololu Valley, stopping for coffee in Hawi.  No pictures from Pololu cause of the sun location and misty air would not capture the beauty.  You should just go see it yourself. We picked up a pair of young hitchhikers who spent the night in the valley.  The young lady was bitten twice by a centipede, ouch, heard they hurt here.

Stopped in Kappa park, under construction, going to look real nice when its done.  The ocean view and crashing waves on the rocks were amazing to see after all the beach and calm seas. 

 

we stopped off at a Chinese cemetery on the way out of Kappa Park.   

We drove to the Waipio Valley viewing spot.  Both of us were tired so we did not hike down to the valley floor.  There was also a potential backpack trip but we bagged that too due to laziness, unpreparedness, and the extreme difficulty of the terrain we would be crossing.  

 

We stopped off at the Kalapa St Rec area, where the air was colder (low 70's) with ironwood trees and fern lushness.  We did a short hike to the rim and detoured up a creek, taking Blue Gum trail back.

We pushed on to Laupahoehoe Point beach park. This place is very beautiful with green grass, large trees and palms, and lava rock shoreline.  The waves were crashing on the jagged rock. 

This area was struck by tragedy in 1946 ago when a tsunami wiped out  an entire school house of children.  The local fishermen brave the rough seas and fish from the rocky formations.  Local residents also have late night bbq parties.  Aside from the donuts in the grass, the party was of no consequence and did not interfere with my evening.  Spagetti dinner, yummy yum yum.