Mauna Kea

This past winter, we had the most snow I have seen on Mauna Kea in years and it afforded everyone on the island with some incredible views.

It did come with a lot of rain in February at lower elevations however, yet it just made the views of Mauna Kea that much more spectacular.

As I had written in a previous post, each Hawaiian Island started from volcanic eruptions over a hot spot in the ocean.

While the hot spot remains in one place, the tectonic plates move and is why the Hawaiian Island chain curves from the southeast to the northwest. So the Big Island is the youngest of the main islands and it is comprised of 5 volcanoes. We are on Mauna Kea which hasn't erupted in about 4,500 years. We like that!

The photo here was taken from the other side of the Hilo Bay.

Today, I want to leave you with a Hawaiian Place Name and its translation. Today's place name is Mauna Kea. Mauna means 'mountain' and Kea means 'white'. So White Mountain is the English translation of Mauna Kea and as you can see from the picture, Mauna Kea lives up to its name!

Aloha! Check availability for both houses at: https://www.airbnb.com/p/oceanfront-ac-pool

If there are topics you would like to know more about in future blogs, kindly let me know at koilipoint@gmail.com. Mahalo! Len