The first order of business the next day after our hike was to sleep in! I then awoke and cooked up a fantastical breakfast of French toast. Kevin and I were incredibly sore when we woke up, and my blisters were really something else. We hobbled around the house and were fearful of going up the stairs to the loft because we weren't sure we would be able to get back down (those knees took a while to recover.)
My original thought in planning our itinerary was that this day would be reserved in case we needed 3 days to complete the hike, and if we happened to have extra time, we could go enjoy the beach or try one of the zip line courses nearby (which sounded AWESOME.) Both of these thoughts were totally laughable, though--we were way to sore to think about doing anything that involved walking more than 10 feet at a time. Plus, it was still raining. Plus, we had 2 backpacks full of sopping wet gear to try to deal with. I worked several hours washing and drying clothes and trying to blow dry our backpacks to some sort of reasonable level of dryness. Our shoes were completely hopeless. I put them in a garbage bag inside our packs, and instead Kevin wore his river/reef shoes and I wore my sandals. Mine were normal looking, but Kevin's were rather entertaining to see with socks and jeans.
Soon we were checking out of our beloved vacation rental house and driving back to the airport. Around this time, I started feeling rather sick. Apparently, hiking for 11 hours in the pouring rain doesn't improve one's ability to fight off illness. My cough (which had started the day we left for Hawaii) had gotten a LOT worse, and I felt just icky in general. Once we got to the airport for our flight to the Big Island, I also started having digestive issues. I will spare you the details, but suffice it to say that sometimes taking antibiotics isn't the best thing for your digestive tract.
Our plane was a little delayed, and as I mentioned, I felt yucky, so when we finally did arrive on the Big Island, we opted not to drive straight to the lava night viewing place (we wouldn't have made it before they closed anyways because of the delay) and instead just bought some groceries, had dinner, and went to bed.
The place I had booked for us to stay on the Big Island was another vacation rental from vrbo.com, of course, and it was also a really good deal. Not quite as fancy as the last place, but really cute, very spacious, and only $75 a night! (All 3 photos on this page were from this 2nd rental). It was situated about 15 minutes outside of Hilo, in a very rural jungle-y area. At night all these frogs chirped--they sounded like birds actually--and made this really relaxing backdrop sound. The lady who rented it out was really nice (we actually talked to her a few times, whereas the last time we never did see the owner). So if any of you happen to be going to Hilo anytime soon and are looking for a great place to stay... 
My original thought in planning our itinerary was that this day would be reserved in case we needed 3 days to complete the hike, and if we happened to have extra time, we could go enjoy the beach or try one of the zip line courses nearby (which sounded AWESOME.) Both of these thoughts were totally laughable, though--we were way to sore to think about doing anything that involved walking more than 10 feet at a time. Plus, it was still raining. Plus, we had 2 backpacks full of sopping wet gear to try to deal with. I worked several hours washing and drying clothes and trying to blow dry our backpacks to some sort of reasonable level of dryness. Our shoes were completely hopeless. I put them in a garbage bag inside our packs, and instead Kevin wore his river/reef shoes and I wore my sandals. Mine were normal looking, but Kevin's were rather entertaining to see with socks and jeans.
Soon we were checking out of our beloved vacation rental house and driving back to the airport. Around this time, I started feeling rather sick. Apparently, hiking for 11 hours in the pouring rain doesn't improve one's ability to fight off illness. My cough (which had started the day we left for Hawaii) had gotten a LOT worse, and I felt just icky in general. Once we got to the airport for our flight to the Big Island, I also started having digestive issues. I will spare you the details, but suffice it to say that sometimes taking antibiotics isn't the best thing for your digestive tract.
Our plane was a little delayed, and as I mentioned, I felt yucky, so when we finally did arrive on the Big Island, we opted not to drive straight to the lava night viewing place (we wouldn't have made it before they closed anyways because of the delay) and instead just bought some groceries, had dinner, and went to bed.
The place I had booked for us to stay on the Big Island was another vacation rental from vrbo.com, of course, and it was also a really good deal. Not quite as fancy as the last place, but really cute, very spacious, and only $75 a night! (All 3 photos on this page were from this 2nd rental). It was situated about 15 minutes outside of Hilo, in a very rural jungle-y area. At night all these frogs chirped--they sounded like birds actually--and made this really relaxing backdrop sound. The lady who rented it out was really nice (we actually talked to her a few times, whereas the last time we never did see the owner). So if any of you happen to be going to Hilo anytime soon and are looking for a great place to stay... 
1 comment:
You were brilliant to plan in an extra day. I LOVE the look of this rental!
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