...Coconut Glen's Big Dumb Coconut Stand

Laura and Emily pose at the sign for Coconut Glen's Big Dumb Coconut Stand.

The initial whack with the machete must be accurate, swift, and powerful to go through the center of the coconut.  Note the pile of coconut shells previously opened on the right hand side of the photo.  There were lots of them.

This is the point where the statement, "I enjoy working with a machete," was made.

More machete work.

Precision machete work.

Extracting the coconut pulp.

This is what a opened coconut looks like.

Emily took the first drink of coconut juice.

Laura tries drinking from a coconut.

Mrs. Huffy had some coconut juice, too.

The opening from which the coconut juice is poured.

On our way down the highway to Hana we saw several coconut stands.  Emily was very excited to drink from a coconut so we decided to stop at one called: Coconut Glen's Big Dumb Coconut Stand.  How could we resist?

We knew we were in for an experience when the lady in charge of the stand said she was from the stars.  And she meant it.  She said she was originally from Orion, but changed her mind when she saw how beautiful Pleiades was when she was looking out the window one night.  So, now she is certain she is from Pleiades instead.  These days she lives in Hawaii and has been working at the stand for about a year.  She also keeps a garden.  Then she told the crowd that she likes working at the coconut stand because, "I enjoy working with a machete."  She was very effective using it to chop and cut open coconuts.  She would deftly cut an opening in the end of each coconut to drink the juice from, then, once the juice was gone, give it a good whack splitting it in half in order to extract the pulp.  It was quite the show and we enjoyed it very much.  In fact, we hung around for the cutting and whacking of several coconuts for other customers just to watch the machete work and listen to the comments. 

Finally, we made our way back to the car where we relived our experience over and over as we continued our drive to Hana.  Stars, machetes, and coconuts.  You can find them all at...Coconut Glen's Big Dumb Coconut Stand.