Surprising for the Kona Coast it was cloudy practically all day. About mid morning we left our resort and drove to the town of Kailua. This was a very earthy town for this side of the island. Though surrounded by posh resorts and high cost condominiums and houses the town itself was more like a 1950s East Coast resort town. A little dirty, small Mom and Pop restaurants and a number of small boarding houses mixed in with some newer hotels. Kailua is also the start point and the end point to the most respected of all Ironman competitions. The hotels restaurants and shops embraced the towns relationship with this endurance sport, adding to the youthful vibe of the beachfront. Historically, this was also the summer residence of Princess Ruth and others governors of the Big Island.
We also visited the burial site of over three hundred warriors who died in the last major intra-Island battle to see who would control and unite the Big Island. The winner of that battle was Kamehameha, and we know what happened after that.
Late in the afternoon we met Dave and Sandy Landefeld (friends from Lancaster) for drinks and hor’duvres at their hotel. Good times had by all.
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