Very glad we were not in a tent : it stormed all night – we got a damp floor but the bed stayed dry. And in the morning it was brightening up, flagrantly disregarding the doom-merchants of the weather apps
The camp holds a friendly communal coffee ( or BYO tea bags) morning , at which we met a friendly French family from LA, and were given some delicious free chocolate mousse thingies by a chap who said they were left over from his daughter’s wedding. Very generous of him, if an odd story.
Walked along this beautifully quiet beach – huge waves at the middle gave way to a calmer area at the south end, shielded by a barrier reef . We found a beached sea cucumber and chucked it back in.
Afternoon – trip to Kilauea lighthouse, the most northerly point on the island ( and indeed in the whole Hawaiian island chain). This was sadly closed, but the coast there offered great views of flocks of Red-Footed Boobies, busy nesting.
Albatrosses were also advertised , but we didn’t spot any (with or without wafers).
And in the evening : working out how to make pasta over a charcoal grill … Semi successfully
You should have held onto the cucumber – they’re in short supply over here!
Hah !