Off to paradise...
Handy reference map:
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6283/974/400/722935/Hawaii%20map.jpg)
The Waipio Valley, central Northern coast; a highly sought after location at one time, but when the tsunamis come (almost always from the North) it gets wiped out:
There's a mile-long black sand beach, and gorgeous scenery in which to hike.
(There's a green sand beach on the other end of the island)
This is a picture of me in the second most extensive lava tube type cave system (the most extensive is Kazumura Cave) on the planet:
It's called the Kipuka Kanohina System; at last count there were 20+ miles of interconnected passages...and I own a parcel with a couple of entrances thereto.
Facing inland (the Hawaiian word is "mauka", which means toward the mountain; the other way is "makai" or toward the sea) from the black sand beach in the Waipio Valley you can see a waterfall with a 1600' drop:
I've hiked all over this valley, above and below.
This is a view from a beach in Kona, on the West coast:
If there's a clear view to the horizon at sunset (it's often obscured by clouds) you can see the "green flash", which I've only witnessed once.
I spend most of my time in and around Ocean View, which is nearly as South as you can get in these United States.
Hold my calls. And my emails...
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6283/974/400/722935/Hawaii%20map.jpg)
The Waipio Valley, central Northern coast; a highly sought after location at one time, but when the tsunamis come (almost always from the North) it gets wiped out:
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6283/974/400/557846/Waipio%20Valley.jpg)
(There's a green sand beach on the other end of the island)
This is a picture of me in the second most extensive lava tube type cave system (the most extensive is Kazumura Cave) on the planet:
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6283/974/400/143702/Lava_tube_passage%5B1%5D.jpg)
Facing inland (the Hawaiian word is "mauka", which means toward the mountain; the other way is "makai" or toward the sea) from the black sand beach in the Waipio Valley you can see a waterfall with a 1600' drop:
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6283/974/400/404939/Waipio%20Valley%20waterfall%202.jpg)
This is a view from a beach in Kona, on the West coast:
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6283/974/400/464804/Kona%20beach%20sunset.jpg)
I spend most of my time in and around Ocean View, which is nearly as South as you can get in these United States.
Hold my calls. And my emails...