Common Ground

View from the balcony of our room at the Royal Kona on the Big Island Friday, 2/2/18 We tried to go to Mauna Kea beach to snorkel, but they said they were already full.  They only let in 40 cars at a time from the public. Waipio Valley, the Valley of the Kings – The valley is about 6 miles deep and 1 mile across.  Road down to the valley descends 900’ in 0.6 miles and is said to average a 25% incline with parts up to 45%.  People going down must yield to those coming up and most of it is only 1 lane.  We had to go backwards around 3-4 turns for maybe 100 yards to get out of someone’s way.  At the bottom you can go towards the ocean about ½ mile where you find a black sand beach.  We saw a small wild horse on the way to the ocean.  Or you can go about a mile the other way and at one point we crossed a small river in our jeep.  We could not get close but did see the 1200’ waterfall a the back of the valley, and a sign for flying rocks.  Most places warn about falling r