04-23-2020, 03:44 AM
The hand-chiseled pool was on the Maku'u side of HPP. I 'm pretty sure it was on 2nd, but memories of those years are smokey.
I did know people with a pool on 1st on the Kaloli side that was dug with a small backhoe back about the same time. It was boomerang shaped, with the deepest part at the 'elbow'. They raised shrimp and tilapia, so when we wanted to take a dip, they would toss handfuls of 'trout chow' at one end of the boomerang, and we would jump into the other end. If the shrimp/fish weren't otherwise occupied, we would get nibbled everywhere ! (Their neighbors on 2nd were part-time residents, fishermen from Alaska, who cemented a small lava tube collapse hole, but it was only sit-down deep, more of a tub than a pool.)
We also had Queen's Bath back then. That was always worth a quick motorcycle ride at the end of the day - still one of the favorite spots in my memories.
I did know people with a pool on 1st on the Kaloli side that was dug with a small backhoe back about the same time. It was boomerang shaped, with the deepest part at the 'elbow'. They raised shrimp and tilapia, so when we wanted to take a dip, they would toss handfuls of 'trout chow' at one end of the boomerang, and we would jump into the other end. If the shrimp/fish weren't otherwise occupied, we would get nibbled everywhere ! (Their neighbors on 2nd were part-time residents, fishermen from Alaska, who cemented a small lava tube collapse hole, but it was only sit-down deep, more of a tub than a pool.)
We also had Queen's Bath back then. That was always worth a quick motorcycle ride at the end of the day - still one of the favorite spots in my memories.