What an awesome huaka`i to Ka`ū. We were blessed to have had wonderful people from the community meet and share their expertise with our haumāna. Mahalo to John Cross for setting up our visit to the Ka`u Coffee Mill owned by a wonderful man named Mr. Olsen. This Pāhala farm provided snacks for all our keiki and chaperones, gave coffee samples and really treated us like family. Mahalo to artist Kathleen Kam who shared her mural of Ka`ū, modeled drawing of native plants and played with us, “guess who I’m drawing.” Later that morning Mr. John Kahiapo met us at Punalu`u. He took us on a hike to a church and shared mo`olelo about the place, Ke Ali`i Pauahi and a great Hawaiian man named Henry Opukaha`ia. We were treated to a beautiful day, greeted by honu, fresh water springs and of course the great ocean for swimming. Mahalo…….. Ka`ū i ka makani ku`ehu lepo.