So we had another early morning. We hit Java Kai in Hanalei for an Americano and an iced mocha (no whipped cream) at 6:45 a.m. I was secretly hoping Pierce would be there getting his early morning java, but no such luck.
We merrily rolled on down the highway towards Allerton Garden on the south side. We were going on the Ho’ike Tour, a behind the scenes tour of Allerton and McBryde Gardens.
As we neared the entrance to Allerton, we were going the posted speed limit of 25 mph when a man on a little bulldozer told, rather yelled at us, to slow down and stop speeding. We smiled as we knew we were going the posted limit (I even looked over at the speedometer and noted it was at 25). Mike pulled into the lot, I went up to the visitor center to check us in. In the background I could hear the tiny bulldozer coming into the lot.
Well Mike was confronted by a very angry man who proceeded to berate Mike for going to fast, etc. If you know Mike, he just takes it in and smiles. The man was hoping for a verbal confrontation, but none came from Mike.
As we were waiting for our tram, the guy came up in his machine to move more dirt and continued to give us the stink eye, all the while Mike and I just smiled at him. We let our tour guide know about this and he quipped, “Clarence has anger issues, he does that to a few people and please let management know.”
Honestly if we were first time visitors, I would have demanded my money back and no longer supported the gardens. Good thing, we’ve been before and had an excellent guide, David, today. He was great at talking story. It was fun going behind the scenes of the garden.
We stopped at the falls, the guide called it Queen Emma’s Falls.
Queen Emma’s Falls
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