Sunday, August 4, 2024

Hawai'i with the Homers - Hilo, Mana Road (August 2024)

 Cozy morning TV watching.


We went to Hilo sans Jim and Ever, who stayed home sick. This was my worst day with the illness, as well. I felt really not good but tried to downplay it and power through.

First stop, obviously, was Tex Drive-In for malasadas (and pancakes for Wren and probably some local breakfast for Dun Dun). 




Next stop was Laupahoehoe Point. Wrenzy climbed on the first concrete tetrapod. 


Then Tiny had to take a turn. And we did a whole photoshoot. 




Some boys were backflipping off the dock, and I was impressed and jealous. It looked so fun. 




We checked out Kolekole Park. I have happy memories of coming here a lot during my childhood and swinging off of rope swings into the water on the far side of the river. They've put in all this fancy infrastructure now - parking lot, restrooms, picnic tables. Back in the day, there was nothing there.  think I'd like to swim there again, but it would have to be a really hot day because the water is so cold. I must have been braver when I was a kid.




Rainbow Falls. 



Bag Lady very much did not appreciate the Littles' banyan tree climbing because then her kids wanted to follow. But how can you stop super climbers from climbing the best climbing tree in the whole world? 







Dustin got involved to keep the Homer children safe. 




Such a glorious tree (with no children in it in this pic, as far as I can tell).


Back at Toots and Pops's house, Ever took a COVID test and confirmed our ailment. Super lame. But the amazing news is that the Cocos never got it. 


Toots is the most fun, and she got the kids painting. 




We did a short evening walk on Mana, and it was quite magical. We've always gone in the morning before. This time, we got amazing sunset colors, and then fun fog rolled in.  


















Wrenzy was doing some fun fighty moves, but when performed for the camera, they got weirder. 

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