South Coast Beaches and Adventures

Hale O Lono. It's accessible by a long dirt road. There's a guy there living in a catamaran. He's been there for two years. Seems like a pretty cool situation he's got going. The beach was pretty fun. There's a protected harbor, and it's where the big outrigger canoe race from Molokai to Oahu starts.


Our favorite Molokai High School sport: Canoe Paddling.



Go Farmers!

The other two cool southern beaches we checked out were Mile 20 Beach (didn't take any pics), and Commercial Activities Prohibited Beach. Nearly the entire southern shore is protected by a reef. The ancient Hawaiians took advantage of that and built huge fish ponds for fish farming. Some of them are still going today. Down an unmarked dirt road lies Commercial Activities Prohibited Beach.



These are the remains of one of the fish farm walls, at the Commercial Activities Prohibited Beach.






The scene, as we experienced it.




Yeah, and to all you people thinking you can take advantage of this scene to make some money off of these crowds, well, don't even think about it!



We knew there must be a reason for the sign. We had fun brainstorming. Did some poor kid with terrible business sense try to set up a lemonade stand here? Perhaps a poached farmed fish stand? A massage parlor? Who knows! The point is, don't even think about it! It's prohibited.

Okay, other good fun we had on the island... the Koala Poo Cookhouse. Mmmm, the island's tastiest joint. It was very tasty. Mama couldn't get enough of the macaroni salad.



The kids ogle the yogis while we endure the lengthy wait. The wait was worth it, though. Mmm.




Also near Koala Poo village, the 100% organic macadamia nut farm. The free tour is great, although a bit in your face. "Do you have any questions? We are communicating here. We are communicating. Do you have any questions? We are communicating. Do you have any questions?" Needless to say, we learned a lot about macadamia nuts. Which are from Australia, originally. And extremely tasty when covered in milk chocolate. Thanks for all the free samples, and the communicating, Mr. Purdy!





Stokely, earnestly communicating with Mama.

The nuts are picked up from the ground daily. The trees produce year round. Being a macadamia nut farmer seems like a pretty fun, fairly easy job.



An unplanned bonus... we discovered where video games go when they get old. Video game heaven, located at the Molokai Arcade! Paxson and Mama play a game of centipede in honor of Aunt Rainold, while we await a tasty Molokai Pizza.



Sunset Pizza dining.




One of America's most awesome Post Offices:
The Postal Clerk is certified coconut inspector. We would've mailed out more coconuts, but unfortunately we were limited to addresses we could recall from memory. To those of you who didn't get one, they are basically like postcards. But on a coconut.

The Royal Coconut Grove.













And finally, what trip to Hawaii would be complete without a... RODEO!





It was just like being in Montana, or Kodiak! A Stampede, as they call it. Cow ropin' good times!

Farewell Hawaiian farm country! Maybe we'll se you again some day!