Saw Maui across the way (neat)
Kona farm (what a bummer)
Foodland and Vietnamese for dinner (ok)
As referenced in my last entry, today is April 26th. We returned from Hawaii on March 19th. I was really good about documenting Maui after Derek and I got back, but that may have been due to being out of school and not having Gabriel around, and not having concussions to deal with, basically because I had nothing more involved to do than piss around on my computer all fucking day.
So, let's see how good my memory is.
Day seven pretty much had easy sight-seeing in mind. The weather had really been kind of touch and go, and the only thing Derek really wanted to do was snorkel Two Step. It's supposed to be the best snorkeling on big island, if not the whole of the archipelago. We got a brief glimpse of the amazing snorkeling we could have had the very first day we were on island (Two Step is right next to the place of refuge), but with so much to do and then so much bullshit weather on days where we had nothing planned, snorkeling just didn't make the cut. It was a shame, but I'm pretty ok with it, considering we can go snorkeling here any time we want, and the snorkeling here is choice as fuck.
First up was Waipi'o Valley overlook. There's an amazing hike you can take down to the black sand beach at the bottom that Derek and I really wanted to do, but instead of waking up early and doing the 5+ miles down/uphill, we decided to not, because Gabriel would have been a pill, and it was his vacation, too. So the overlook was going to suffice.
On the way, we passed not one, but two abandoned properties. I was fucking stoked. It's been ages since I've gotten the opportunity to go urbexing, and I miss it desperately. We didn't feel confident going in to either place, because our usual MO is to case a property and make sure it's abandoned, and Derek almost always brings his gun as a just in case (I'm not a huge fan of this tactic, and I don't think he ALWAYS does it, but whatever works for him, man). These places could have been on someone's property where they actively lived in a separate unit, we didn't know. So we took photos from afar.
We had to pull over on the side of a bridge, which is a little less than legal, But nobody was really heading our direction, so we spent about ten minutes trying to get photos. I'm not sure either of us succeeded, but that one was the best that I got.
I will note that I started this blog on 4/27/2020 (where I will post it) and it is now 2/26/2021. A lot of time has passed, and I do not recall enough to tell very many stories about this day around island. I still want to post the photos, though, so I'm going to.
I laughed at the name on the sign. It made me think of all of the HAUNTED and NOT HAUNTED signs on houses in NOLA.
The second abandoned property we found. I almost wandered into this one, but then I saw spiders and thought better against it. Spiders are necessary and I love them, but from afar, thank you.
These next few (dehazed, so not very good quality) photos are from Waipio Valley.
I would kill someone else's dog to be able to do a mermaid set there. Look at the waterfall.
This was the closest Alex got to a black sand beach. She wasn't interested in seeing the beaches of varying colors, so no big loss, and Derek and I had seen a black sand beach when we went to Maui. No loss for us, either. I HAD been interested in doing the 5 mile hike down to the bottom, but eh. It was warm that day, I'm kinda glad we opted not to.
There was an entire colony of (very well fed) kitties running around Waipio Valley. This one was having none of our shit.
We were just about to leave here when the sun finally came out, so we had to get some sunny photos.
Don't worry, Big Island! I took Derek home with me.
After we left Waipio, we stopped at this amazing cemetary that we couldn't find any information on. Our best bet was it was a regular cemetery with only Japanese people buried there, but it was so mythical looking.
Like, c'mon. Something is going to pop out of that tree and take you to another realm, or give you a necklace that unlocks your great destiny.
The gravestones were lovely.
I wanted to stay in that graveyard for awhile longer, but I was getting chewed by mosquitoes, and Alex was waiting impatiently in the car.
We decided to drive all around the island, since we had nothing else to do that day. Hawai'i as compared to O'ahu is gifuckingnormous.
Look! It's Maui!!
Derek had some memory of this statue from when he lived in Hawai'i as a boy...I don't recall what it was, but I was glad we stopped here, because I had to pee.
Maui again! Haleakala, specifically.
Proof:
We miss you!!!
Hawai'i Island is fucking wild. So many different landscapes. It's like being on another world.
We stopped in Kona to try the coffee. I was not impressed. We did buy a bag, though, for science. Spoiler: I didn't like it at home, either.
This was driving to Mauna Kea.
I thought this little school house looked so picturesque!
And the rest of these photos are just...clouds. Taken in the car.
And that was day 7 on big island.
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