Hawaii 2011
Mickey, Carrie, Kelly, & Mark spent Thanksgiving & Kelly's B-day in Kona, Hawaii.
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Sampling various 100% Kona coffees
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Coffee plants
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We got to pick and eat a coffee cherry which is the outer fruit. Yummy!
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Coffee cherries
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Inside the cherry is the coffee bean. We learned all about how they select, harvest, and process the beans.
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The coffee trees behind them are 111 years old. The first trees planted at the Greenwell Farm.
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Mickey in front of the processing plant.
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Hikiau Heiau - The location of the first Christian ceremony by Captain Cooks crew.
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Captain Cook first landed here in January 1779. He was believed to be the returning god Lono.
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Kealakekua Bay is where Cook arrived in January 1779.
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The white obelisk marks the spot where Captain Cook was killed by the Hawaiians only 1 month after arriving in Hawaii.
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Pu'uhonua o Honaunau - The Place of Refuge
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