Rained all night. Was still raining this morning. ugh. We've never had this much rain in Volcano!
We decided to head to South Point to hopefully get out of the rain! On the way, we saw about 6 nenes (pronounced nay-nay) along the road! Nenes are the protected Hawaiian state bird and they resemble a Canada goose. Mom and Jana were very excited to see them!
We stopped at the Punalu'u Beach, otherwise known as the new black sand beach. It was windy and overcast but not raining. Yay! We got to see a hawksbill turtle! It was lying in the sun and everyone was being respectful and keeping the required 15ft distance from the turtle...that is until the japanese tourists showed up. They NEVER pay attention to the posted rules and were bothering the turtle. Last time we were there the japanese tourists were hitting the turtle on the head, shell, legs, anything they could touch. Made us FURIOUS! Where are the authorities when you need them? The turtles are protected by law and any interaction with them is punishable. When we stopped at the Shaka Restaurant for lunch, we told the guy what we saw and he said he'd call the authorities and hopefully stop some of the trouble. Makes us sick. The turtles are beautiful, calm creatures. They do nothing, yet these people are so disrespectful. ARGH!
After that, we drove to the Punalu'u Sweet Bread factory. YUMMY bread! They make regular sweet bread plus taro and guava bread. The bread makes great french toast!
On to South Point, the southernmost point in the United States – yes, even further south than the keys! It was extremely windy, as usual. It is so windy that the trees grow sideways. It is no wonder they have wind farms here! We told mom and Jana that locals like to jump off the platforms into the sea, and they were actually able to watch a few kids do just that!
Pictures here!
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