NORTH SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND ( PART ONE)

IT’S A WONDERFUL FEELING TO HAVE NO AGENDA AND TO BE ABLE TO JUMP IN THE CAR AND JUST DRIVE.  THIS IS MY KIND OF ADVENTURE.  YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL SEE AROUND THE NEXT BEND. 

AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOW BEEN TO THE BIG ISLAND SEVERAL TIMES, TODAY WE HAPPENED UPON SOME PRETTY COOL PLACES THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN IN ALL OF THESE YEARS.. JUST BECAUSE WE LET THE ‘WIND’ TAKE US WHERE IT WOULD.

WE STARTED OUT WITH OUR USUAL KONA COFFEE AND THEN OFF ON THE MAIN HIGHWAY HEADING NORTH . THE SKIES WERE CLEAR ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY SEE SNOW ON THE MAUNA KEA MOUNTAIN TODAY . THE PHOTO MAKES ME LAUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A DONKEY CROSSING ANYWHERE ON THE ISLAND.  ( READ THE SIGN IN THE FOREGROUND )

WE ENDED UP HAVING LUNCH IN THE PRETTY TOWN OF KOHALA WHERE WE ENJOYED FRESHLY MADE SANDWICHES TO ORDER WHILE WE HAD SOME FUN ‘PEOPLE WATCHING’ OPPORTUNITIES.  WE DID A BIT OF SHOPPING AROUND , MET WITH SOME INTERESTING GALLERY OWNERS ( GORGEOUS ART THAT SEEMED TO BE SOOOO OVERPRICED THOUGH) , AND I HAD FUN TAKING SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA TOO.

WE HAVE NEVER BEEN FARTHER NORTH THAN THAT TOWN SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE ON AND SEE WHAT WE COULD SEE.

AT AROUND 3 PM WE STOPPED AT A FOOD TRUCK PLACED IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SETTING! I ENJOYED A LEMONADE AND BASIL DRINK….SO REFRESHING! 

WE CROSSED A FEW ‘ONE CAR ONLY’ SINGLE LANE BRIDGES AND ENDED UP LITERALLY COMING TO THE VERY END OF THE ROAD. THE HIGHWAY ENDED UP AT THIS INCREDIBLE VALLEY WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VISTA .  

TO BE CONTINUED…..