Hawaii Trip April 2009 Weds, Apr. 1 April fool’s day! I kind of got fooled this day. Set out to go south from Kailua (We’re actually staying in Kailua, not Kona. There is a Kona, but Kona is a designation of the area, as well as a town. The island was divided by the natives into mokus, or districts. Kona was one of those districts. The larger town into which everyone flies and in which most visitors reside is actually Kailua. Anyway, got a bit of a late start, heading south on the Hawaii Island beltway, HI hwy 11. Passed through the old coffee and cane growing towns south of Kailua: Kona, Laa-something, Kealekekua, Captain Cook. I was headed for the famous green sand beach at the south end of the island. It was 50 miles’
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