2004 Cycling Hawaii

Today we began our Hawaiian odyssey. Caught a ride to the Seattle Airport at 7 a.m. (Thanks,...

Kailua – 15 mi, 400’ elevation gain We were still on mainland time (3 hours earlier than Hawaii)...

Kailua to Na`alehu – 58.9 mi, 5,039’ elevation gain We had planned on getting an early start today...

Na`alehu to Volcano – 42.2 mi, 4,459’ elevation gain Had a good night’s sleep in Na`alehu....

Volcano to Hilo – 43 mi, 1,169’ elevation gain What a day! We started by riding around the crater...

Rest Day (no riding) We slept in and woke to another hot and muggy, but dry, day. This was just a...

Hilo to Honoka’a – 52.2 mi, 7,374’ elevation gain The heavy storm due to hit the windward coast of...

Honoka’a to Waikoloa 35.7 mi, 2,669’ elevation gain This was our shortest day of the trip. We got...

Waikoloa to Kailua – 34.4 mi, 1,429’ elevation gain This was scheduled to be the easiest day of...

Kailua to Honolulu to Seattle Today we had an early morning flight from Kona to Honolulu, then a...