Here is a picture of the three of us and my cousin Karen Anderson standing in front of the royal palace in Kailua-Kona on the big island. Hawaii had been a monarchy before the queen was overthrown and imprisoned by American businessmen who had commercial interests there and wanted the islands to be an American territory.
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| eating lunch on Karen's lanai after snorkeling |
The girls and I spent 7 days on the Kona coast snorkeling at a different beach practically every day. We also did some body surfing and boogie boarding.
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| This beach is about 3 houses away from Karen's house |
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| This was the first time Rachel ever used a boogie board |
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Becca and Rachel wanted to buy the little beach house behind us- it was deserted (no furniture) We spent a lot of time looking for sea turtles- which we could see just a few feet away from us   While we were on Kona we stayed in my cousin Kris Anderson's rental studio, which was very generous of her to let us use.   This black sand beach was at the end of Kris' street Kris belongs to an outrigger canoe club. She took us to her club and showed us her own private single canoe.  She also showed us the 6 man outriggers they use for competition   Kris also took us to the City of Refuge State Park, where many sacred sites remain of the ancient Hawaiian culture. Karen and Kris' son Christopher were our guides to the Volcanoes National Park We saw steam vents where ground water is heated by the lava so close to the surface and escapes through cracks in the ground.   We did lots of hiking.......... first we hiked a mile and a half (3 miles round trip) to the surface of a lake of lava that had erupted in the 1950's  Then a shorter hike thru a lava tube  The best part of all was seeing the active crater glowing in the dark  |
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