South Island - Day 2
Today we took the rental Jeep south to visit the southern most piece of United States soil (not in the Florida Keys, check out a globe).
The first stop this morning was at the local coffee shop. A few of those in the area since we have coffee plantations on all sides.
After the excellent coffee, we stopped at the South Kona Fruit stand. Tasty fruit I have never heard of. Most of it was described in terms of combinations of "common" fruit. For example, the first one I had was described as a creamy pear. Of course I don't remember the real name.
A little further south, we left the highway and traveled about 7 miles down a 4wd road. The Jeep was very useful, we got it stuck a little in the sand exiting the beach up a 45 degree slope (4wd low solved that). The volcanic black sand beach at the end was totally worth it.
The drive back to the highway went much faster since we were now skilled off road drivers :) and we stopped for lunch at the Hana Hou Bakery and also visited the Punalu'u Bakery for some traditional Hawaiian Sweetbread Rolls.
The big destination for the day was south point, the southern most point in the United States. The wind was crazy, along with the surf. Here are some pics of Joe and Erin getting a bit of a surprise from the pounding surf.
Nothing but wind, wind and more wind. Always coming from the same direction so the trees grow sideways.
The first stop this morning was at the local coffee shop. A few of those in the area since we have coffee plantations on all sides.
After the excellent coffee, we stopped at the South Kona Fruit stand. Tasty fruit I have never heard of. Most of it was described in terms of combinations of "common" fruit. For example, the first one I had was described as a creamy pear. Of course I don't remember the real name.
A little further south, we left the highway and traveled about 7 miles down a 4wd road. The Jeep was very useful, we got it stuck a little in the sand exiting the beach up a 45 degree slope (4wd low solved that). The volcanic black sand beach at the end was totally worth it.
The drive back to the highway went much faster since we were now skilled off road drivers :) and we stopped for lunch at the Hana Hou Bakery and also visited the Punalu'u Bakery for some traditional Hawaiian Sweetbread Rolls.
The big destination for the day was south point, the southern most point in the United States. The wind was crazy, along with the surf. Here are some pics of Joe and Erin getting a bit of a surprise from the pounding surf.
Nothing but wind, wind and more wind. Always coming from the same direction so the trees grow sideways.
posted by Joe at 8:46 PM
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