Last day in Hawaii

Today is our last day here in Hawaii.  It has been a wonderful break for us.  We sure miss talking to Mom each day about our adventures, but I she is watching over us for sure.

 The snorkeling at the Mauna Kea is wonderful and the grounds are beautiful.

40th Anniversary Celebration

Andy and I had a delayed celebration of our 40th Anniversary at Roy's tonight.  Where did the time go?

Cave adventure

 Andy, Dale and I explored a large lava tube near Hilo today.  The Haumana Cave

 It is even a very wet cave with roots hanging down from the ceiling.

This is Lava Tree State Park.

Waipio Valley

 Our neighbors at the condo.

 Today we hiked down to the Waipio Valley.  It is a 900 foot drop in one mile (a very steep road).  The really bad part is the walk up.

 It is a beautiful black sand beach.

 There was a herd of wild horses down in this beautiful valley.

Beach Hike

 Today Andy, Krisse and I hiked to a beautiful beach.

 We had this guy join us on the beach.

Pololu Valley Hike

 Today, Andy and I did the Pololu hike.  It is a 400 foot drop down a steep cliff to a black sand beach.  We headed across the valley and up the other side until it got too muddy and we ran into some volunteers clearing the trail.

 We did this hike 5 years ago but we shocked at the number of people lined up to come down when we got back up to the top.

Hawaii turtles

 This morning we went to the beach where we can always find turtles even though it was low tide.

Hawaii

 We are in Hawaii for two weeks.  This is a good break for us after losing Mom two weeks ago.  We always go to the Mauna Kea beach on our first day (tradition).  The weather is perfect.

On Saturday we did the usual tour of the falls, etc.  This is Rainbow Falls.