Hapuna Beach Where Have All The Hippies Gone?

This is where Jerry slept on the beach for three weeks back in 1970. See my post below this one for the
full story. Hippies camped out here back then. Looks like they are all gone.
Click on the video to go to YouTube and watch full screen.

Some Of Jerry's Good Stories About Hapuna Beach Hawaii 1970

Jerry likes to talk. He likes to tell stories and often he talks endlessly. But some of his stories are good.
He doesn't write them down and he doesn't use a computer. He just likes to talk. He weighs about 450 pounds. He is a good natured fellow with a sweet disposition.

He likes to tell stories of when he was young and on the road.

He traveled over much of the USA and Mexico with his parents on their vacations when he was growing up.
He has been to India three times and he likes to go often to Virginia Beach. But when he was younger he traveled with friends to the west coast and Alaska and then on by himself to Hawaii.

When he left Alaska it was getting cold. Real cold. Winter was coming in fast. He decided to fly to Hawaii while he still had the money to do so. He flew to Seattle and got a ticket to the Big Island. They stopped in Honolulu long enough to have the plane cleaned and then headed out to the Big Island. There were only about 5 people onboard. The flight attendents had plenty of time to talk to the passengers. One of them told him to rent a car in Hilo and drive around to the other side of the island to a place called Hapuna Beach. This was back around 1970 and hippies still were allowed to live on the beach there at that time.

So Jerry took her advice. He rented a car and drove around the island arriving at Hapuna Beach late at night.
He went down to the beach and went to sleep. When he woke up a young woman was standing over him. She said you must have arrived last night. Come on over to our camp and have some breakfast.
So began Jerry's 3 weeks on Hapuna Beach. He lived there on the beach and never had to spend any money.  
   There was a college professor there from some midwestern US school. He was sort of a philosopher who had dropped out, tuned in, and turned on. He would not tell anyone his name. He said, "Call me H". That  was what he was called by everyone. Just "H".

He worked part time killing sharks to earn enough money to live the rest of the year without working.

One day Jerry decided to write a letter to one of his brothers telling him where he was and what he was doing.  Jerry was sitting at a picnic table writing this letter when one of the hippie types came up to him and asked him what he was doing. Jerry told him. The guy said I dont think you should tell anybody about this place. They must find it on their on.  He didn't want anymore people showing up. He wanted to keep the place a secret.

I have looked at photos and videos of Hapuna beach. It is indeed one of the most beautiful beaches in the USA.   I don't think it has changed much. It is still a state park and has been kept undeveloped.

Hotels near that area are very expensive. But Jerry was lucky. He hit it at just the right time. He lived there 3 weeks rent free living on the beach. I wonder if H is still there. I doubt it.
Even some of the old Hawaii Five O episodes from around that time of 1969/1970 show hippies living on the beaches. I think there are still hippies living in remote areas inland today.

When Jerry had just enough money to fly to LA he left and headed home to Virginia. He hitch hiked all the way across country. Leaving LA he was picked up by a van full of hippies. It was dark and he could not see the people in the back of the van. They were real friendly and one of the girls in the back came forward to offer him food. She said "Here have something to eat".
And Jerry said one other thing about her. He said she was totally nude. She did not have on a stitch of clothes.

That was what life was like back in the 1960s and early 1970s. It all ended around 1975 when the Vietnam war ended. The country had been driven nuts from 1965 to 1975 by the Vietnam War and the draft. As soon as the war ended and the draft ended everything changed and all the protests stopped. The 1960s were finally over. It was the draft that caused all the protests. Now we have a war entering the 11th year. And no protests against it.  The Pentagon has learned they dont need to draft people anymore. So not a protest in sight here in Washington D.C.

More Jerry stories to follow. Stay tuned.

My 450 Pound Friend Jerry Loves Eating,Talking, Edgar Cayce and Sai Baba

Above is a picture of Sai Baba with his elephant Sai Gita. Sai Baba is still alive but Sai Gita has passed on.

My 450 pound friend Jerry loves 4 things: Eating,Talking, Edgar Cayce and Sai Baba.
Jerry can talk non stop for hours about Edgar Cayce and then without stopping talk for hours non stop about Sai Baba.
    Jerry has spent a lot of time at the Edgar Cayce Institute at Virginia Beach, Va.
And he  has been to India three times to go to Sai Baba's ashram and live and study there. He even got to touch the hem of the Master's garment by "accidently" falling over as he bowed in front of the "holy" man.
See the video below for an expose of the tricks of Sai Baba and how he does them.  Sai Baba appears to me to be a very sucessful fakir.

  When Jerry drove a cab he would talk to his customers about Edgar Cayce and Sai Baba. He had pictures on his dashboard of Sai Baba and Edgar Cayce. If some customer made the mistake of asking "What are those?" Jerry would let loose his storehouse of knowledge.

By the time they reached their destination the customer was in a hurry to get out of the cab. Jerry had prepared slips of paper with where to get more information about Sai Baba and Edgar Cayce and he would hand these slips of paper to the hastily departing cab fares. He would tell them. "When you get a chance look into this. Here is some information on where to look".
http://edgarcayce.org/

Edgar Cayce 1910

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce

Click to enlarge and read above. It is in Selma Alabama.

And now something on Sai Baba.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba

 Double click on the above video to go to Youtube and see many more videos about Sai Baba.

I have another story about Jerry posted below. Click on the label Jerry.

Hapuna Beach State Park On The Big Island Of Hawaii December 1970

My 450 pound friend Jerry has been telling me of his adventures at Hapuna Beach in 1970. He was working in Alaska and decided in Dec. 1970 that he wanted no part of winter in Alaska and would go to Hawaii. So he took a flight from Anchorage to Seattle and then a flight to Honolulu and then on to Hilo on the big island of Hawaii.

    He was one of only 5 passengers that flew on to Hilo. The plane had 7 stewardesses and 5 passengers on the flight to Hilo. So there was time for one of them to tell him he should rent a car when he got to Hilo and drive to Hapuna Beach. She told him how to get there.

Meanwhile the pilot flew the plane around several of the other islands of Hawaii and circled them to show the passengers the aerial view.
    He got to Hilo and rented a car and found his way to Hapuna Beach State Park. This was in Dec. 1970 and a group of hippies and paradise seekers were living on the beach.
  He slept on the beach for 3 weeks and the others did also. They ate bananas and passion fruit and he spent no money for three weeks.

   Some guy saw him writing a letter to one of his brothers back in Virginia..The guy said "What are you doing?" Jerry said, "I am writing my brother".The guy said, "I don't want you telling anybody about this place. They have to find it on their own".
  Read about Hapuna Beach in the link below.
http://www.hawaiiweb.com/hawaii/html/beaches/hapuna_beach_state_park.html

   There was a college teacher there that called himself only H. He would not tell anyone his real name. He said, "Call me H".
   Another guy studied H for several days and asked him "Are you for real?" "About half and half", H replied.

Jerry stayed at Hapuna Beach for 3 weeks sleeping on the beach. When he left he flew back to LA. He only had money enough for the ticket back to LA. He searched the phones in the airport for spare change left in the coin returns.

He started hitchhiking back to Virginia. He got several good rides. He had only 15 dollars when he left LA.
He was picked up by a van full of hippies. They were living and partying in the back of the van. They had Jerry sit up front in the passenger seat. One of the females brought him some food. And Jerry said "She didn't a stitch of clothes on".

   After several long rides he made his way back to Virginia.
Since Jerry was at Hapuna Beach in 1970 a hotel has been built on the beach far down at one end. It is The Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel. And it is not free.

The link below has more on this hotel including many customers reviews that are interesting.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/hapuna-beach-prince-hotel-kamuela