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falls, fruit and fish

For our next day in Hawaii we decided to drive over to Hilo and see what they knew. Along the way we stopped at this waterfall: Akaka Falls. We walked the short loop that takes you past both waterfalls, (Kahuna falls is actually behind Ken and the kids in the 2nd picture, although you can't see it). It was an amazing walk- the trees and flowers were beautiful. However, the kids were once again undone by the 'heat'.  Poor dears. I will just say this was a very brief stop.

 Here's one more in a series of Dylan grimacing photos. Silly me, I wanted a picture of him smiling. This was definitely all he wanted to give me.

Once we got to Hilo we found their farmers' market. I wish I had more/better pictures but it was overflowing with people and me trying to frame a good shot was not really helping. Also the kids wanted to look and move and not wait for me to adjust camera settings. We were really excited to try as much fruit as possible. Dylan was eager for two things: coconut milk straight from a coconut (more fun than tasty, it turns out) and fresh guava (better smelling that tasting, it seems). We also bought dragon fruit (the red one behind and next to the mango), star fruit (next to the dragon fruit) apple bananas, papaya, and atemoya.

After the farmers' market we headed across the road to the stalls of souvenirs, etc. Dylan was on the hunt for a shark tooth necklace and Caitlin was desperate for a Hawaiian print sun dress. We managed to get everyone what they most wanted as well as watch my dad play a ukulele duet with a charming ukulele vendor.

The best part of the day has no photographic evidence. We stopped at the Kapoho tide pools before starting home. I got out the snorkeling gear and found that while many of the pools were shallow and good for the kids to splash around, there were some very deep pools that had amazing coral and fish. They were pretty well protected from the currents of the ocean so that water remained calm. I convinced my mom and Ken to both give snorkeling a try and they immediately felt as entranced as I. You could look down on the water and see fish, but lowering your face into the water was like traveling to another world. Ken and I took turns with the snorkel gear floating over huge crevasses, filled with coral and hundreds of fish. Swimmoing over those deep spots was amazing and terrifying at the same time (under normal circumstances I am really terrified of water).  It was late in the day and we weren't able to stay very long, but I can not wait to snorkel there again some day.
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Gina said…
Ahh!! It's like reliving our trip! Maybe Dylan and my boys got their shark tooth necklaces at the exact same vendor!! So glad you went to the Kapoho tidepools. We stayed about a mile from there.
November 4, 2011 at 9:27 AM
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