Travel Review: May 18, 2013, Part III: Isaac Hale Beach Park Surf

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Lance

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:

Travel Review: May 18, 2013, Part II: Lava Trees State Monument

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Lance

After a drive over the Saddle Road to Hilo, we drove down to Lava Trees State Monument. This is an area where lava overflowed a forest, running up the trunks of trees and solidifying, leaving behind stands of upright lava where the trees used to stand.
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To learn more about Lava Trees State Monument, click on the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_Tree_State_Monument

Travel Review: May 18, 2013, Part I: Breakfast Surfing….

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Lance

While we were enjoying a great Saturday morning breakfast at Bubba Gump’s in Kailua-Kona (might be the only Bubba Gump’s to serve breakfast, weekends only), we had a great surfing show right from our ocean-side seating: (Yes, there are a LOT of pictures again, high-speed sequence shots)
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Travel Review: May 17, 2013, Part II: Our Lady of Lourdes, Honoka’a

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Lance

Returning from Waipi’o Valley, we stopped to check out a small, beautifully decorated Catholic Church in Honoka’a before returning to Kailua-Kona.
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Honoka’a, Hawaii

Marianne at a moment of reflection…

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Honoka’a, Hawaii

North end of Queen’s Marketplace, in Waikoloa Village Resorts

We stopped back at Island Lava Java for Dinner, too!

Travel Review: May 17, 2013, Part I: Waipi’o Valley Overlook

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Lance

After breakfast at Island Lava Java, our favorite restaurant in Kailua-Kona, we headed around the island to check out the Waipi’o Valley Overlook. This valley is accessible by invitation only, and via four-wheel drive vehicles only, down and back up a one lane dirt road along the steep sidewall of the valley, with an average slope of 23% grade. We opted to view the valley from the overlook, even though our Chevy Tahoe SUV was a four-wheel drive vehicle. I’ll leave this road for people with Jeep Wrangler’s….
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