Report from Sunday:
From Hapuna Beach to Hawi:
This morning we got picked up at the King Kamahameha Hotel in Kona.
The van rolled up –And it’s completely covered in bikes!! This picture doesn't quite show the trailer with an equal number of bikes on top. We rolled our luggage over and it was loaded into the trailer. We picked up half the group at the King K. and then drove out on the Iron man bike route to a second hotel and picked up the second half of the group.We piled into the van and drove off to the drop location.
We pulled into a parking lot and piled out. Our guides, Alissa & Mel shooed us off to the beach while they pulled the bikes down off the roof of the van and trailer. About 45 minutes later we straggled back to the van to find water and snacks set up on a table. Identical bikes were laid out all over the parking lot, we had to find the water bottle with our name on it to find our bike!
I wasn’t planning on going swimming, wearing bike clothing and all, but I had my swimsuit with me so I changed and jumped in. There are three sisters on our trip; Wendy, Lori, and Julie. they were very exciting about the beach and body surfing a few yards into shore. I can’t tell from this picture who is who.The ride today was hot and north across the driest part of the island. We stopped for lunch after 21 miles, at the town of Hawi. We were on our own for lunch in Hawi, where we had BLT sandwiches and ice cream!
We had spent the last few hours riding into a strong headwind, so almost everyone elected to ride the van to our hike for the day. This picture is of Mel loading the bikes back onto the van after lunch. The van was parked on the un-even side of the road, so the angle was a little scary.
Our hike was down to a gorgeous black sand beach. The hike was quite steep, but totally worth it. The story about the beach is that the rocks were something special and used for building sacred places.
Below are some pictures of us on the beach, and also of the beach from the trail above.
~ Abi
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