Beautiful Hawaii

 

Our last day in Hawaii, we travelled north on the island, up to a park with a beautiful lookout point.

 

Chels, me, and Cindy

Cindy and Barry

Me and Chels

It was gorgeous!

 

There was another little park we stopped at, on the way back to town.

 

Chels and I at the second park. It seems that every place you stop in has beautiful views!

 

This is the statue of King Kamehameha in the town of Kapa'au, where we stopped for lunch. This is his birthplace.

 

 King Kamehameha is famous for uniting all Hawaiian Islands, then ruling over all of them post-unification.  This allowed the islands to remain independent, until Hawaii became part of the United States. 

We had lunch in Kapa'au, where I had my first Pina Colada. It was delicious!

 

 

 

A few days before, Chels and I travelled to the Hilo (rainy) side of the Big Island.  This is where the famous (still active!) volcano Kilauea is. 

 

These are the Rainbow Falls, outside of Hilo.

It was very high, about 80 feet total! It was sunny and warm when we visited the waterfalls...

However, by the time we got to the lookout for Kilauea, this is the weather we found at the top of the volcano!  Here's Chelsea at the lookout--can you see the volcano?  I took this picture from inside the visitor's center, I was not going out there! :)

Here's another statue of King Kamehameha in Hilo

King Kamehameha statue decorated with flowers and leis

 

We had a nice drive over to Hilo, and had a beautiful sunset on the way home

 

 

The last morning in Hawaii, we walked around the Hilton Hotel and Resort, where they have a private bay coming in for the guests to swim in.  We also saw children swimming with dolphins in a pool...

They had these Greek-looking statues, which I loved. Here's Chels, mimicking the look on the horses' face

Me and the funny statue

I love all the beautiful flowers and foliage.  Tropical plants are so colorful!

 

Goodbye Hawaii, aloha until next time!