We went to Ka'u on Sunday. It is about 60 miles South of Kona. We went there 3 weeks ago to speak in church, but as it turned out they didn't get the meno and so we were not on the schedule. They felt bad, rescheduled us for last Sunday and we stayed for the meetings. We really enjoyed the members and the spirit there, so we weren't too disappointed about having to go back again to give our talks. The talks went well and the members said they enjoyed them.
When we were down the first time, we met a couple who own a car repair shop not far from where we live. Connie was thrilled to meet them because our air conditioning in the car was not working, and we didn't have any idea where to take it to be repaired. We found out where their shop was located and went to visit Carla at their shop. She gave us an estimate and we set up an appointment to get it fixed. We took it in on the appointed day and 4 hours later we drove off with a cool car. While we were there, we were asking her where she lived in relation to the Ka'u chapel. Carla tried to explain where her house was and finally said "why don't you come to dinner after you talk in church on the 9th." We felt like we kind of invited ourselves to dinner, but we excepted the invitation and went to her home after church. The food was wonderful, the company was superb. Brother Perrea showed us around his fig orchard, his green house and explained how he was hoping to be producing figs to sell in a couple of years. Four hours later we said our good-byes and came home. It was so enjoyable that we decided to go back on Monday.
Monday morning after getting our housework done, we headed back to Ka'u. As we passed the Ocean View Subdivision where the Pereas live, we couldn't help but notice how barren the land looks from the highway. It is built on a lava flow that is about 150 years old and looks mighty barren, it really isn't as barren as it looks though.
When we got to Punalu'u, where the Ka'u church is, we went to the Punalu'u bakery. It is the farthest Southern bakery in the United States. When we were down there the first time, we stopped at South Point, which is the furthest South spot in the U.S. ( I guess that technically the furthest South is really 12 more miles South to international waters), but it is the furthest South dry land. After a few sweet rolls and a few pictures, we decided to circumnavigate the Island. We stopped at the the Blacksand Beach, took a few pics, onto Volcano National Park, and then onto Hilo, only to find that gas is 20 cents a gallon cheaper there than in Kona. We filled up with gas, got lost looking for downtown Hilo. we drove around for a while and finally found the highway only to lose it again because we were in the wrong lane. After driving thru some more neighborhoods, we finally found the highway for good and headed for Kona about 50 miles away. We stopped in Waimea where the Parker ranch is for dinner (cost us over $100), and continued home on the mountain road to Kona. We had to make our routine drive down Ali'i drive, along the ocean thru town and then home.
We had a great day, saw a lot of beautiful scenery and just enjoyed being here.
Live is good!
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