There is a high surf advisory that has everyone a little giddy here. I guess the surfer life depends on waves rolling in and out - literally! We drive out to where we had understood we could see the big wave breaks and subsequently tons of surfers, but we must have misunderstood the directions. However, we did find a nice spot from which to take photos of the waves crashing up against the rocks. So this kids posed there for these dramatic photos.
Since we were close by, we stopped by the research center for Seahorses and discussed returning in the morning for a tour on research they are doing to preserve this unique and mysterious creature. (Science lesson #2!) We continue up the coast to a closer beach called: 'Anaeho'omalu Bay - try saying that three times fast! This is a lovely spot. Plenty of palm trees to shade the sandy beach. Softly rolling surf that makes that wonderful, lilting water sound. I'm ready for a nap, but of course the kids think this is the most boring place they have ever seen (bummer). I force them to sit down and relax for a while....doing nothing has its advantages.
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| 'Anaeho'omalu Bay |
We can only hold out for so long and the kids, in their infinite wisdom, have decided the best way to get us to leave is to cry HUNGER. What parent can deny their child food when clearly they are on the verge of starving to death. We pack up and decide to explore a inland town called Waikoloa that we have yet to see. We drive up the hill and into the desert like scenery - quite a contrast to the topical environment we are leaving. We find a small center that has a market and we pick up sandwiches and Chinese food for a picnic lunch. After lunch we head back toward Kona when we spot an unmarked turn off down to a beach with some pretty big wave action. This is an unmarked and unpaved road and you literally feel like you are inside a game of bumper cars or pinball as we bounce our way down the bumpy road. When we get to a place to park, we see we are not the only ones with this idea. Evidently, this must be the place to go to surf or watch surfers on a day like this one. We park and make our way down a pathway to an outlook that is shady and rocky with large chunks of black lava. There are a number of surfers way out on the horizon that we watch. What a rush to see them come barreling down these huge waves. Amazing!
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| Lava Fields from 1801 Eruption |
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Kids among the Banyan Tree - Kekaha Kai State Park- January 4, 2012
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After we tire of the surfing drama, we get back in the car for an encore performance of bumper cars as we return to the smoothly paved highway and back to our condo.
We can only hold out for so long and the kids, in their infinite wisdom, have decided the best way to get us to leave is to cry HUNGER. What parent can deny their child food when clearly they are on the verge of starving to death. We pack up and decide to explore a inland town called Waikoloa that we have yet to see. We drive up the hill and into the desert like scenery - quite a contrast to the topical environment we are leaving. We find a small center that has a market and we pick up sandwiches and Chinese food for a picnic lunch. After lunch we head back toward Kona when we spot an unmarked turn off down to a beach with some pretty big wave action. This is an unmarked and unpaved road and you literally feel like you are inside a game of bumper cars or pinball as we bounce our way down the bumpy road. When we get to a place to park, we see we are not the only ones with this idea. Evidently, this must be the place to go to surf or watch surfers on a day like this one. We park and make our way down a pathway to an outlook that is shady and rocky with large chunks of black lava. There are a number of surfers way out on the horizon that we watch. What a rush to see them come barreling down these huge waves. Amazing!
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