We stopped at Greenwell Farms Coffee Plantation and were given a tour by Brad whose daughter married someone from Manitowoc, WI.
Coffee cherries on the tree. We learned so much about coffee today. The cherries are picked by hand one at a time only when they are red in color.
The coffee bean is actually the seed inside the cherry. The cherry itself is sweet and the husk on the outside of the bean is also sweet.
The beans are dried so that the sweet husk flakes off. The benas have to be raked at least 150 times before the husk can be removed. The cherry part is ground and either used as compost or for making Kona Red which is an excellent antioxident.
Here you can see the different layers of lava from different flow events throughout history.
Just had to stop! We got the most sinful Malasadas. It's like a fried round donut...I had one filled with chocolate and Al had one made from mango. We have two more in the room for breakfast!...or a snack :)
We were driving to the Southern-most point in the United States and Al decided to go cross country on the lava flows. Al wanted to get his money's worth from the rental car...I held on for my life!!!
Al is standing on the Southern-most point in the U.S...now we have been to the Arctic Circle in the north and to this point in the South. Where will East and West take us???
This is a view of the shoreline...notice the wind farm in the background.
We stopped here for dinner at the suggestion of our tour bus driver, Cousin Deano. He was right...the burgers are the best here! Al says the beer wasn't bad either :)
The palm trees in the background were actually growing through the floor and the roof! The couple who own this restaurant are from Wisconsin too!
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