All in All...

It was a wonderful trip,...

another wonderful sunset,...

can you tell which way the ocean is flowing in these pictures?

Coffee Country here we come.

After driving around the southeast side of the island we entered the more temperate area of Kona, which lies on the verticle slopes of the south side of the island. Beautiful view though a bit cloudy. We finally, after fourwheeling up the side of Mauna Loa we found our cottage on the hill. The temperature was wonderful so we threw open the doors and windows and enjoyed the mountain side breeze!

moving across the island in search of

Another place to stay.... found this hot spot in Hawi... but they just did not have a room available.

So, we went on vacation!!!

As you can see, we stayed at some of the best places.... notice the nice stone work. The rocks were a little hard on my bad back, but hey, don't they use warm stones for some kind of hokey massage thing?