Fire And Rain

The Big Island of Hawaii is nothing if not wet, it’s composed of 5 shield volcanoes, has the most diverse climate in Hawaii and contains 10 of the worlds 15 climate zones. Hilo on the windward side is the wettest city in the U.S., averaging more than 130 inches of rain per year. We of course are staying at Hilo and its raining. Trivia….although it’s in the middle of the Pacific, Hawaii is not as far west as Alaska (just ask Bec or James).

There are questions whether the Spanish arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in the 16th century, two centuries before Captain James Cook first documented visit in 1778. Later in his career Cook famously became Hawaii’s first ordered in meal and there is now a town called Captain Cook.