Month: February 2024

Valentine’s Day had one planned event. Dinner at Ulu Ocean Grill – a beachfront restaurant at the Four Seasons resort.

The Big Island has eight distinct climate types (out of a possible 13). There was still one that was missing from our tour of the island. We were missing the tropical / rainforest. And if you want to see that, you need to cross over Kohala and follow the north-eastern coast to Hilo.

On Monday, February 12 we embarked on our farthest-ranging adventure yet. A nearly complete circle of the island.

Ever since we arrived on the island, Becky had a side-quest to replace the Hawaii sweatshirt she had purchased on our last visit. In all the shopping we’d done, we found a few sweatshirts, but none that she liked. The one sweatshirt she had seen, that in retrospect matched her enthusiasm for the event, would… Continue reading Hawaii 2024 – Deja Vu

On Saturday, we took a spin around the oldest volcano on the Big Island. Kohala is the northwestern tip of the island. On one side, is the desert of the “Kohala Coast”. The top is often shrouded in white fluffy clouds which are formed by the moist air of the northeastern rainforest boiling up over… Continue reading Hawaii 2024 – Hawi

The Big Island of Hawaii has a lot to see. Tons of things. But there are a few items that are definitive destinations one should see at least once. On Friday of the first week, we visited one of those sights: the Observatory at the top of Mauna Kea.

On Thursday, Mike and Sara had another day of golf, while we wandered the local beach area. We pretty much spent all day in the Hapuna Beach and/or Mauna Kea Resort complex where our condo was located. There was a lot to see.