Hello again friends.
This morning we left Mauna Kea Tea Garden, marking the halfway point of our 6-month trip. Our first three months flew by, but we learned and experienced so many new things in that time. Our destination is Josanna's Garden, a 6-acre fruit farm in Kapoho, just southeast of Hilo. If you imagine the Big Island like a clock, Honoka'a is at 1 o'clock and Kapoho is at 3:30. We will be leaving the cool mountain air for a mix of salty breezes from the sea and caustic vog (volcano fog) from inland. Still, the air here is as clean as anyplace on earth.
We are now in Hilo, about to go embark on a long weekend of sightseeing. We are going now to get our rental car, a pickup truck that was the last rental in town. See, when Sus and I planned our long weekend we figured it would be no trouble to rent from one of the 5 or 6 agencies located in Hilo. Unbeknownst to us, this weekend is the Merrie Monarch Festival, the largest hula dance festival in the world. When we called around two weeks ago every place was sold out except for this one truck. Of course they jacked up the price because of the demand for cars, but I think it will be worth it. We'll be heading back to the farm to pick up our tent and bags, then exploring vocano national park and sleeping there tonight. After that we're off to a relaxing two nights at a bed and breakfast in Captain Cook on the leeward side of the island and then settling in at our new farm Sunday. Hopefully everything goes to plan, although most adventures don't.
Talk to you all soon!
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