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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Along Highway 190 (High Road) to Waimea on our way to Waipi’o Valley

Along Highway 190 (High Road) to Waimea on our way to Waipi’o Valley

Along Highway 190 (High Road) to Waimea on our way to Waipi’o Valley

Along Highway 190 (High Road) to Waimea on our way to Waipi’o Valley

For more information on Waipi’o Valley, click on the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waipio_Valley