Hawaii

fresh fruit and coconut from vendors along the road or plate lunches instead. We stay with her instead of a hotel. If we eat at a restaurant, we choose locally owned. We have eaten the foods traditional to many cultures that way. We have spent time on Oahu and the Big Island. The Hilo side is lush and green and I loved wandering through the flower market with plumeria and pikake filling the air. The Kona side, where my daughter has a second nursery, is like stepping off the plane into an alien landscape. The stark black of lava has a beauty all it's own. My favorite pass time there was sitting above the ocean watching whales play in the crystal clear water. You have a beautiful state.