Michelle’s place is in a good location for trips to Volcano National Park and Hilo and the south tip. Also not too far to visit most of the falls and the Waipi’o Valley overview. We were there 8 nights. Unfortunately for us, it was during one of the most unusually rainy periods. Two days there were flash flood warnings and it rained 6 inches in 2 hours one day! Our best investments were $5 umbrellas from Walmart! We were prepared with rain gear, but used mostly the clothing we brought for a star gazing tour on Mauna Kea, that never happened, than our swim suits! One message on the Hilo site said, “ it rained twice this week in Hilo. Once for 3 days and then again for 4!”
We visited the Astronomical museum and Discovery center. We didn’t try the restaurants in Keaau, but ate at several in Hilo and other small towns. There were not many frogs at all here and rain made a nice sound for sleeping. The TV doesn’t get any TV channels, you have to use your own sites like Netflix, etc. There w