In December, Uncle Ron, Uncle Harold, Aunt Sherry, and cousins Marc and Adam plus Haley, Marc's fiancé, visited the Big Island for a basketball tournament (my cousins were participating). Neil and I flew over from Maui to see them. Neil drove a van with 9 people touring around the Hilo area for 2 days. We had a great time. I enjoyed it as I had not seen Hilo myself and we could visit as we toured around.
Kreischer Group in Hawaii plus teammate Scott
I have a friend, Carolyn, who recently moved from Maui
to Hilo and we got to visit her. She took us to her parents’ property,
which is as beautiful as any tropical botanical gardens in the rain forest:
amazing flowers, fern trees, and “lava trees”.
Carolyn, our hostess
Haley in the Gardens
Neil among the trees
We hiked out along lava cliffs where the surf was pounding
and sending spray high in the air, wetting the daring cliff-edge walkers
(Marc's in the picture but I did see Ron and Harold get wet). Adam is standing
on a lava arch.
We also visited Rod, a friend of Neil's, who is starting
a small exotic fruit farm north of Hilo and Uncle Harold enjoyed "talking
story" about farms.
Sunday we went to Rainbow Falls and Pe’epe’e Falls.
On beyond Rainbow Falls is Boiling Pots with some great
swimming holes and cliff jumping. First is Scott, Marc and Adam's teammate,
while they look on. Adam's turn as Marc continues to survey the water.
And finally Marc gets his turn. I hear the cousins enjoyed it so much,
they took their teammates back the next day.
