The underwhelming beach area at Mahukona Beach Park on Saturday, Sept. 29. This was actually better than the beach at nearby Kapaa Park, which was deserted and featured a building that was condemned with warnings not to drink the water.

A view of of Keauhou Bay from the public beach at the Sheraton in Kona on Saturday, Sept. 29.

An empty coffee bean drying surface on Saturday, Sept. 29. Like the retractable roof on a baseball stadium, in the event of rain, workers can quickly cover the coffee beans using a roof on wheels.

A truck full of coffee plant pulp on Saturday, Sept. 29. To the front left of the truck, hundreds of pounds of coffee beans are being dried.

Rows of coffee plants at Greenwell Farms on Saturday, Sept. 29. Notice the narrow rows between the plants; the introduction of All Terrain Vehicle (ATVs) means that a couple hundred more plants per acre can now be produced as opposed to when trucks where used by workers in the harvesting of the coffee plant.