01-04-2010, 01:01 PM
Stillhope, if you get a chance, exploring the volcano area is worth a day trip, or more. Getting into the park is like 7 bucks or something, good for about a week, with lots of driving sight seeing and short day hikes. Oh, and a winery with wine tasting! So, if you set out on a Sunday, you might as well get an early start before traffic and hit the farmer's market, runs from like 7-9 or similar, as I said on another thread, you can eat a wonderful breakfast there and purchase goodies for lunch, also great assortment of plants, nuts and coffees, as well as jewlery and other crafts. We loved it. It is a beautiful up there. We also had one of the most memorable pastries there, made with an apple banana, caramel sauce and cooked inside a puff pastry - so good. We found our coffee supplier there, out of the Ka'u district, we love her coffee.
It wasn't apparently obvious where the market was just driving to the Volcano area. You do have to turn off into Volcano as directed by the sign. I think it was held at the community center. If unsure, stop at the little grocery store there and ask. Which in itself is a neat store.
Enjoy! You must do!
Yes, it took something like an hour to drive up there, but well worth the day trip.
Enjoy the day! Ann
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It wasn't apparently obvious where the market was just driving to the Volcano area. You do have to turn off into Volcano as directed by the sign. I think it was held at the community center. If unsure, stop at the little grocery store there and ask. Which in itself is a neat store.
Enjoy! You must do!
Yes, it took something like an hour to drive up there, but well worth the day trip.
Enjoy the day! Ann
Back to blogging at
http://crazypineappledream.blogspot.com
Enjoy the day! Ann