We’ve had a few 4WD adventures while in Hawaii.\u00a0 The first was a drive down to a beach here in Kona. The road was cut through a lava flow.\u00a0 We weren’t sure how the cars were making it down there, but some where there when we got to the parking. The beach was very nice and quiet. It was a different type of beach than we had seen before.\u00a0 The sand was course and chunky, consisting of lava and coral.\u00a0 I found large pieces of washed up coral in the sand and some still looked like coral instead of white rock.\u00a0 We watched the sun set and then headed back out since there is no lighting along the lava road….On the way out, we were stunned to see two girls on a scooter heading OUT of the park! Not sure how they\u00a0 managed the big holes and dips!<\/p>\n
Today we ventured down a paved one lane road toward the southern most point in the US — South Point, Hawaii.\u00a0 Along this drive we saw lots of cattle and horses. Acres and acres of farm land.\u00a0 Then in the middle of it all were two wind farms — one in disrepair (which looked very sad) and another in working order.\u00a0 South Point is very windy, which makes all the trees bend in one direction, so an ideal place for a wind farm!\u00a0<\/p>\n
A short detour off the road led us to Broken Road.\u00a0 It is aptly named.\u00a0 The road is broken and fell into the sea!\u00a0 But the views from the end of the road were amazing!\u00a0 The ocean was such an intense blue and green and you could see the cliffs along the shoreline.\u00a0 Stunning!<\/p>\n
Back on the one lane road and eventually it ended and turned into a dirt road. Generally the dirt roads are well marked, but this was a maze of intercrossing dirt paths that was supposed to lead us to a green sand beach after 2.25 miles.\u00a0 After the first .25 miles, I couldn’t take it anymore!\u00a0 It was almost impossible to know which path to take and which one was going to lead down into a 3 foot hole or up a steeply angled path to the more level area.\u00a0 So we headed back out. Good thing because then we found the black sand beach….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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