Monday August 14, 2023
My Hawaii adventure is underway today with outings to two beaches near Hilo.
Becka is up early to walk to the popular Honolli Beach for her morning quiet time before others arrive. I take photos from the lanai, and when Aurora gets up, she makes us breakfast while Becka goes to her massage clinic.
Aurora offers to show me the way to Honolli Beach. Today is a hotter day and I am not used to the humidity, so we stop often in the shade, but I enjoy taking photos of the amazing flowers and the ocean with its ceaseless motion.
We walk to the point where Honolua Stream enters Honolli Bay, and it is all jungle beyond.
On the way back we stop at the Alae Cemetery that is notable for the great monkeypod tree that resides there. It is well over 100 years old and at least 150 feet in the diameter of its canopy. Many Japanese are interred here. Although I could not find out much history about that, I would surmise the Japanese presence was in relationship to WWII.
Hilo weather is daytime temps in the low 80’s with light trade winds and rain every day. The rain showers can he seen moving in, sometimes several times a day, but after a few minutes, they move on.
After Becka gets home from work, she packs up a picnic and we head to Onekahakaha Beach near Hilo where she barbecues pork steak and potatoes for a picnic with son Fin, his wife Mandy, and my young granddaughter Molly.
We have a delicious meal (Thanks Becka!) and play in the shallow calm water at the beach.
Due to the time zone change, dinner is late for me, and I am more than ready to go to bed when we get back to Becka’s place.