Even in Hawaii it snows, its funny how many people don't realize that we have snow her on the Big Island, every year. Some years are better than others, but it always happens. I have even seen it snow low enough to cover 3 mountain tops here - what a beautiful scene that is, Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Hualalai, that happened my first year here - didn't realize how special that was, and didn't take the time to photograph it.
But this is why I love the Big island so much, we have rain forest, deserts, Lava fields, and of course the snow - if you want it. I have watched my outside temp gauge on my truck, go from 85 degrees when I leave my house, until 2 hours later at the top of Mauna Kea, being down in the 20s, always nice to thaw out at the beach afterwards though.
I didn't get a chance to go up there yesterday and take pictures, but here a few below from a couple of years ago. We made it all the way down the mountain with a truck load of snow in the bed of my truck, and proceeded to build a Snow Man, in front of our Kailua Kona Home. We had so much traffic stopped in front of our house - it was great. And the snowball fight at the end - the best ever!
I got to tell you quick, on our way home, we stopped at Safeway to purchase some refreshments, 6 employees ran out of the Denny's restaurant and started chasing my truck - they had never been up to the snow and asked if they could just touch it - then they wanted to make snowballs - boy my 5 year old son - didn't want to give up any of that snow at first - he saw how much everyone loved it - he knew he had something here. Eventually we convinced him to share - what an experience for him also.
Let me know if you have any one interested in Hawaii - the Big Island is the way to go!!!
Aloha, and have a great day
Lance Owens (RS)
(808) 936-8383
Aloha Kona Realty Inc.
78-6740 Alii Drive
Notice the CLOUDS - BELOW us
Notice - no shoes - no shirt - only in HAWAII
Lucky we live Hawaii
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