Pololu Valley

The road that circles clockwise around the Kohala Peninsula on the Big Island's northwestern tip passes through the picturesque villages of Hawi and Kapa'au, then through a series of even smaller villages before dead-ending at Pololu Overlook and Pololu Valley. Here is really the only spot on this relatively young island where the powerful forces of erosion are evident. A steep trail descends from road end down to a beach at the base of the valley, with overlooks along the way. Deborah used her hiking pole and was the envy of all who were ascending or descending unaided.

News flash: Rinse Cycle Run Amok! Mount Kenmore erupts! Deborah was doing a load of laundry (dog bed covers and towels) Sunday night when the washer apparently got stuck on rinse cycle. As a result, it overflowed and flooded the converted garage room, better known as our bedroom. It must have been overflowing for quite awhile until we discovered it based on the fact that the entire floor was covered in water. We spent the evening pulling things up off the flooded floor and bailing out the room with plastic bins and five gallon buckets. By our count we scooped up over 100 gallons of water. Fortunately, in this arid region of the island things dry out fairly quickly with the windows wide open. The natural drying cycle would have been even faster if the wind, which has been pummeling us virtually every day since our arrival, hadn't chosen that day to finally cease.

 Pololu Overlook

Warning!  Warning!

Pololu Valley