Comments on: Community Spotlight: Puako, South Kohala District http://clarkhawaii.com/blog/2010/02/25/community-spotlight-puako-south-kohala-district/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:35:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Juanita Montgomery, R http://clarkhawaii.com/blog/2010/02/25/community-spotlight-puako-south-kohala-district/#comment-959 Juanita Montgomery, R Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:04:12 +0000 http://blog.clarkhawaii.com/?p=953#comment-959 My clients bought Lot 66 in 1990 and they have enjoyed this oceanfront lot immensely, being outdoor people born and raised in the Islands. They have been able to swim, snorkel, dive, kayak and sail from this lot and although loathe to sell it now, the times are dictating and this special oceanfront lot is now available for $2.7 million. Besides being my clients, they are good friends and I have enjoyed many wonderful days in Puako with them, especially watching the fireworks put on by the resort hotels along the South Kohala coast on New Years and the 4th of July as we watched from our beach chairs. This is a very special place indeed. When I first came to the Islands in 1973, I met and became friends of the Ruddle family who owned a large parcel of land at the end of Puako Beach Drive. In those days, there were no hotels other than the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. The coastline south of Puako was nothing but lava, brackish-water ponds and small, intermittant white-sand beaches that one could explore for hours without another soul. The Ruddle family at that time had a grey, Arabian stallion they kept at their Puako estate. I started riding him bareback down the coast whenever I could. It was glorious riding through the soft beach sand along that pristine coast with no one in sight for miles. A time I will never forget..... My clients bought Lot 66 in 1990 and they have enjoyed this oceanfront lot immensely, being outdoor people born and raised in the Islands. They have been able to swim, snorkel, dive, kayak and sail from this lot and although loathe to sell it now, the times are dictating and this special oceanfront lot is now available for $2.7 million. Besides being my clients, they are good friends and I have enjoyed many wonderful days in Puako with them, especially watching the fireworks put on by the resort hotels along the South Kohala coast on New Years and the 4th of July as we watched from our beach chairs. This is a very special place indeed.

When I first came to the Islands in 1973, I met and became friends of the Ruddle family who owned a large parcel of land at the end of Puako Beach Drive. In those days, there were no hotels other than the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. The coastline south of Puako was nothing but lava, brackish-water ponds and small, intermittant white-sand beaches that one could explore for hours without another soul.

The Ruddle family at that time had a grey, Arabian stallion they kept at their Puako estate. I started riding him bareback down the coast whenever I could. It was glorious riding through the soft beach sand along that pristine coast with no one in sight for miles. A time I will never forget…..

]]> By: Cynthia Hoskins, R(S) http://clarkhawaii.com/blog/2010/02/25/community-spotlight-puako-south-kohala-district/#comment-930 Cynthia Hoskins, R(S) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:59:20 +0000 http://blog.clarkhawaii.com/?p=953#comment-930 On a personal note, I wrote this blog post for clarkhawaii.com from a vacation rental in Puako, as we are wrapping up a two-week stay with family members visiting from Chicago. We have had a wonderful "winter" break and are already looking forward to our stay in Puako next year! On a personal note, I wrote this blog post for clarkhawaii.com from a vacation rental in Puako, as we are wrapping up a two-week stay with family members visiting from Chicago. We have had a wonderful “winter” break and are already looking forward to our stay in Puako next year!

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