Ghettovator

Some of the elevators in our new building are lined with plywood and cardboard. Not very reassuring!

Lunch at the beach

Our final lunch in Hawaii, eaten at the beach of course.

King Kamehameha day

King Kamehameha day was on the 11th, but true to island time the parade in Kailua wasn't until the 13th (Saturday)

Captain Cook monument

And looking back across the bay we kayaked across to get to it. Great snorkeling though, it was totally worth the trip!

The rare gecko flower

Found only when the stars are right. Or when you might want car insurance.

Birds of Paradise

Right out front at the B&B

Ireland or Hawaii?

Some of the roadside views, like this one, remind us very much of Ireland.

Let's compare:
Palm trees - check
Stone walls - check
Rocky shores with crashing waves - check
Narrow roads that you don't want to encounter oncoming traffic - check
Strange critters running across the road - check
Intermittant rain - check

They're really not all that different!

Gecko at night

Crawling on the outside of our window last night with several of his friends. Saw this one catch a fly!

Black Sand beach

That water's COLD!

Freshwater stream

feeding the black sand beach

Sea Turtle

Beached itself to rest at the black sand beach

Tubes plus colorful lava

Sea arch

Lava, lava everywhere

Steam vents

More Akaka Falls (video)

A day late, but no less impressive. Akaka Falls is about 420 ft tall, over twice the height of Wailua Falls on Kauai. But we couldn't get to the pool at the base of this one. :(

Lava viewing

Well, smoke that glows, at least. We were standing on lava too!

Driving on lava

Cribbage board canoe

View from our hotel room

At volcano national park!

Scenes from the road

Gecko on tropical flower

Akaka Falls

Hawaiian animal cookies

With sea shapes like shark, dolphin, octopus, moonfish and humpback whale!

More splash

Pololu Valley and Beach

Black sand beach down there, but it was raining and slippery so we didn't take the trail down to the bottom.

Splash!