Our Annual Visit To Kona
May 27 - June 2, 2025





This year we decided to come over
at the start of summer
rather than the end,
since we are unable to stay in Lahaina
as in previous years.





We were glad to see that Sam
is still floating around the neighborhood.




Kathleen enjoying one of the
deadly Mai Tai's
at the Kona Inn.



I wonder who is hiding
behind the menu at Oceans?



Oh, it's Bill



One of the locals nude sun bathing!



We visited another coffee farm in the area.
The tour in this case focused on the growing
of the coffee beans as opposed
to our other tours which focused
on the processing of the beans
to make coffee.



A great view of the front portion of the farm



This little critter followed the group during
the entire tour to make sure everyone behaved.




We decided to visit
Kalahuipua'a Historic Park.
We wanted to do this last trip,
but Bill got his wires crossed
and thought the park was south of town
rather than north.
The park is known for it's ancient
lava tube shelters shown above
and petroglyphs, shown below.
It is also known for it's fish ponds,
also shown below.







Kathleen scoping out one of the ponds.




And another one.




This guy looks mean!

  

Normally, we see multiple cruise ships
during our visits to Kona.
There is the old standby, the Pride of America,
that goes around the islands
and comes into Kona on Wednesdays.

But this time, no ship came in on Wednesday.

Instead, another Norwegian cruse ship,
the Norwegian Sun came in on Sunday.

This ship originated from Papeete and
was on a positioning cruise to ultimately
end up in Vancouver, Canada.
Here it will be used for cruises to Alaska
for the season.

Meanwhile the Pride of America was
undergoing refurbishment in Portland
between May 3 and May 31st.


   

And once again on this trip, we see both ends
of a rainbow in Kona,
with a pot of gold
in the bottom of the ocean at each end!
 
 


Aloha!

 

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