Circumnavigating the Big Island of Hawai`i
August 1- 11, 2004 We’d been talking about going to Hawaii for many years. We finally made it...
Read MoreAugust 1- 11, 2004 We’d been talking about going to Hawaii for many years. We finally made it...
Read MoreToday we began our Hawaiian odyssey. Caught a ride to the Seattle Airport at 7 a.m. (Thanks,...
Read MoreKailua – 15 mi, 400’ elevation gain We were still on mainland time (3 hours earlier than Hawaii)...
Read MoreKailua to Na`alehu – 58.9 mi, 5,039’ elevation gain We had planned on getting an early start today...
Read MoreNa`alehu to Volcano – 42.2 mi, 4,459’ elevation gain Had a good night’s sleep in Na`alehu....
Read MoreVolcano to Hilo – 43 mi, 1,169’ elevation gain What a day! We started by riding around the crater...
Read MoreRest Day (no riding) We slept in and woke to another hot and muggy, but dry, day. This was just a...
Read MoreHilo to Honoka’a – 52.2 mi, 7,374’ elevation gain The heavy storm due to hit the windward coast of...
Read MoreHonoka’a to Waikoloa 35.7 mi, 2,669’ elevation gain This was our shortest day of the trip. We got...
Read MoreWaikoloa to Kailua – 34.4 mi, 1,429’ elevation gain This was scheduled to be the easiest day of...
Read MoreKailua to Honolulu to Seattle Today we had an early morning flight from Kona to Honolulu, then a...
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