What is Mike doing at the B&B today…… September 27
Aloha Kakahiaka Kakau ( good morning everybody) from the sunny shores of Polynesia and Ka’awa Loa Plantation! Sun is rising, light cloud cover and 74 degrees- bird are tuning up and the day is beginning. Come in for some coffee and to talk story -
Every day is a different day at a bed & breakfast for the most part. Let’s just start with your guests. Generally guest stay three to seven days different people arrive and depart at various time so the day is filled with fond Aloha both for welcoming and departing guests. Then comes breakfast. This other then the facilities themselves is the favorite of our guests. We bring in the farm fresh fruit, vegetables and coffee to the table that we grow and present it in a way that is educational and delicious. People often have not tried dragon fruit , white pineapple or even a papaya. One of the common questions is “what is this?” 
It is great to share the bounty of the plantation and have them try something different.
Greg, my partner, runs the house and I run the plantation. I generally get breakfast prepped then Greg runs with it. I move to the outside to get the mango’s picked up off the lawn and we have two GIANT manago trees on either side of the home, sweep & clean the 2000 foot lanai, clear the driveway of fallen fruit, flowers and sticks then it is project time.
Oh ya - the flowers - always have fresh tropical flowers everywhere. It shows attention to details and really is a wonderful energy in the home. Often people say “are these real?” I smile and say no fake flowers here and they just love it.
Today, we are clearing two acres to plant more coffee. I have workers coming in that will clear the elephant grass, cut tulip trees and help me get pulli pullis (baby coffee plants) into the ground. With five acres we have our work cut out for us. But any day working for yourself and doing what you love is the best day you can have and we have a lot of those.
Then of course, we have our arriving guests that we want to be WOWED the minute the enter the property. The magic of Ka’awa Loa is that you feel like you have entered your own private place in paradise. The magic of Napoopoo is how one writer put it. Some people are intimidated by the driveway as it is up up up and very tropical with flowering trees, rows of white pineapple, dragon fruit, bananas and much much more but they only begin to appreciate them once they see the main house then they know that they have arrived.
Our days start at 6:00 a.m. with FRESH brewed Kona Coffee and starting the day. Our days end anytime from 8:30 p.m. to 12:00 mid depending on the guest we have in house and the lively conversations that we have around the table or on the lanai. Today one of my all time good friends arrive for the first time, I can not tell you how exciting it is for that to happen. It has been Greg and my dream to operate such a property and to see the love in the eyes of our friends and family and the support that is given all the way is incredible.
So what is Mike doing at the B&B today - probably a little bit of everything and loving it all the time.
Aloha Ke Akua - he maika’i o’e.
E Komo Mai - Our doors are always opened.
Call me for a tour or to find your own B&B, Guesthouse or Retreat. Hiki no - it will be my pleasure.