We were shaken awake this morning as someone tried to push over our cabin with a big truck. Well, that is what I first thought in my sleepy incoherence. In reality it was a 4.0 magnitude earth quake with the epicenter about two kilometers away. I have not been in one that loud or jarring before so it was cool to experience. I looked online and saw that we are sitting in the most dangerous rift zone in the event of an eruption. Interesting. I am hoping for some more activity to make it a memorable experience—not too memorable though.
I once saw on the Travel Channel a guy talking about how good white pineapple is, and that you have to come to Hawaii to get it, so when I saw it at a farmer’s market, I quickly forked over the nine bucks for one big specimen. I have not been able to find it in stores and was eager to try it. I am happy to say that it lived up to its reputation as low acidic, sweet, and all around delicious, yet I do not think I would want to part with nine dollars a pop for one all the time, especially after getting some which were almost as good for 45 cents each in Brazil.
Right in nearby Hilo, there is a place called the Boiling Pots. Basically they are a series of deep volcanic holes that are in a line and there is a river that pours from one to the next. It is a wild natural formation and is perfect for rock jumping. We had our choice of any number of low jumps all the way up to a 30 plus footer (10m+) which I loved. Even though the holes are only between 20-40 ft across, they are very very deep. I never saw the bottom in any of them. It is a popular local spot so we had plenty of company and got to watch them doing crazy flips and other stupid things. We were warned about one hole that would be good for jumping except the river flowed in the top and out a hole in the bottom. The guy said that that was where the tourists usually died when they got trapped in the underwater current. Good warning. Thanks.
