After visiting Lava Trees State Monument, we drove a few miles to the south to Isaac hale Beach Park to check out the surf, as we were under a High Surf Advisory.  It was well worth the stop, as we saw some impressive 12-16 foot surf breaking just a hundred feet or so from us…
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Driving back along the northern loop of the Hawaii Belt Road, heading through the South Kohala/Waikoloa region, we caught this beautiful view of the approaching sunset: