Happy Solstice! Thu, Jun 20, 2024, 10:50 AM Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
I’m reading William Ellis’ book “A Narrative of an 1823 Tour Through Hawai’i” where he describes his and his missionary companions trip around the Big Island starting in Kailua Town, near where I’ve been staying. Traveling in a counter-clockwise direction by foot and/or canoe taking 2 months to complete the trip. The groups intention was to preach to Hawaiian’s with hopes to convert many to Christianity.
I’m sharing his description of Hawaiians and the ocean because on my many walks during these past weeks of the large swells and high surf I was fascinated by the young swimmers and their fearlessness. Body surfing or on a boogie board the rougher the surf the more fun it seems they had, which as Ellis wrote seeing the same then.
The following group of photos are just a random collection of what I found interesting.
Tide pool, 3′ deep at most during low tide, close to where I am staying. No wave action here a place where families with young children come for the ocean, lots of shade too. Can spot a turtle if you’re there at the right time.
View from the sidewalk sea wall downtown Kailua on a cloudy afternoon.
Pahoehoe Beach Park a.m.
Different view of Magic Sands Beach showing all the rocks exposed by the high swells and strong surf and currents. Most of the rocks you see were covered with sand when I first arrived (note the lifeguard stand on the right).
The blending of shells, pebbles, coral, fish bone and lava rock that create a beach here on Hawaii.
Downtown near the south end of the high sea wall along Ali’i Drive.
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