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Kona Mosquitoes and Weeds
While in Kailua-Kona and the Captain Cook area, we haven’t been bothered by mosquitoes. They must spray insecticide in the neighborhoods. We leave the door to the balcony (lanai) open, so Frisky can go in an out when he wants, and we can feel the breeze. We close the door when Bill goes out to…
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Traveling Boxes
June 14, Thursday: Today I’ve been writing. Bill’s been working on videos and photos this morning, so we were here when more of the packages that we mailed ourselves arrived. I think there are only a couple more boxes coming. We should have labeled what was in each box, so that we only had to…
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Reef Shark at Keoneele Cove
June 13, Wednesday morning we went to our “manta ray place” in Kahauloa Bay, but the water was too rough, again. So we headed back to the Keoneele Cove (Two Step). We parked across the street from the cove on the Catholic church grounds and carefully read their signs to make sure we could have animals…
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Easy Snorkeling at Keoneele Cove, Hawaii
June 12, Tuesday, Rachel slept late, and Bill and I went to snorkel. At our regular place, Kahaulao Bay, in the Kona area of Hawaii, the surge was just too violent. Bill tried it, but I wouldn’t get in the water. We found another beach area, but it was filled with boogie boarders and people who…
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Painted Church in Hawaii
The Painted Church, in Captain Cook, Hawaii is a must stop. The Painted Church Exterior 2012 Built in 1898 and painted from 1899 to around 1904 by is definitely worthy of a trip. Our favorite part was the painting of the arches. The church is an easy drive on one of my favorite streets simply called…
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Hawaiian Neighborhoods
June 11, Monday: The next morning we awoke to a blue sky for the first time. We met the owner of the vacation rental where we are staying. The owners are from Texas, but they spend the summers in Hawaii. We were living in their summer home and they were staying in their timeshare.…
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Kohala, Hawaii to See the Sun
Quite a contrast, the first three days in Kailua-Kona were very gray and overcast with volcanic smog. The ocean was gray with no obvious horizon, the water just blurred into the sky. It was much worse than the haze of L.A. We’d read about vog but really were not prepared for it. We didn’t know how much we’d miss…
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Finally in the Ocean!
One of many house geckos. June 8, Friday: The next morning, we found and photographed our house geckos, then spent the rest of the morning unsuccessfully looking for a beach again. At lunch the friendly person running the counter in Captain Cook at the Up Country Bakery and Cafe called his girlfriend who was a vet tech to get directions…
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Traveling with Dogs to the Big Island of Hawaii
Bill, Rachel, Frisky, and Toto from the day before. It took two days to prepare to leave San Jose, California for the Big Island of Hawaii. Well it took months, but it took two days to pack for the flight. We’d purchased a luggage scale to help with the process. There was much shuffling of…