The last of Hawaii

I could probably split this post in to 2 or 3 posts but I'm getting really sick of blogging about this trip so one more of these and I'm done YES!



This was a little locals spot we came across soooooooo pretty





Jared and Darvell





This is in Kohala, a very charming small town way up north, at the gas station they actually pump your gas and wash your windows





and this is Pololu, just north of Kohala, this is about as far North as you can get on the entire big island, breath taking? YES!















Put a steering wheel in front of this kid and he is one happy little man





Back at the condo, this is what happens when you leave your 1 year old alone for 1 second



One of the days we drove to the other side of the island, to Hilo, the drive soooooooo pretty



This side of the island was VERY green, a lot of rain forest, the west side where we were staying in Waikoloa was mostly lava rock desert, 2 totally different environments





This was at the zoo in Hilo







Crew loves the monkeys and the peacocks, he would shreak and squiel at them





This is at Volcano's national park where Kilauea is, one of the most active volcano's in the world











Darvell in the lava tubes



entrance of the lava tubes





Jared and I didn't actually get to see this, we had to get back to the condo and get Crew to bed. This was at about 3 AM, Chris, Darvell, Eric and Kim got to see the lava





And this was some retard who Jacked up his toe's when his foot sunk into a soft spot in the ground near the lava (wearing flip flops near lava is a really good idea)



Wish I could have seen this. This was at Waipio Valley. I stayed back at the condo for a "mommy day" mostly laying out at the pool while Jared, Crew, Chris and Darvell explored this beautiful place. This was the last day of our trip













Jared said Crew was pretty scared of the water










Crew and Uncle Darvell. They stopped at Hapuna beach on the way back





Love this Hawaiian sunset

Kona/Waimea

The seawall in Kona, We came down to Kona quite a few times, mostly to go to costco and walmart for groceries, food was a good 30% more then in Utah at these stores but was still the best deal. There was a grocery store in Waikoloa where we were staying we renamed "The most expensive grocery store on the planet" $9 for a gallon of milk, $12 for a Gallon of OJ, $20 for a pack of 30 diapers ( which I did pay once when we were desperate and out of diapers ) it was madness.



I could not believe this tree, check out those roots



In the rental car, Dodge Charger baby





This is the main drag in Kona, Alli drive (A-lee-e) We met 2 missionary's at their nice apartment complex they lived in right on this street, they had it pretty rough



Beautiful sunset in Kona



All the locals told us this was the best place to eat on the island "Hawaiian Style" in Waimea, a very charming small town about a half hour North of Waikoloa up in the hills. Its was soooooooo good and I couldn't believe the portions



This was my breakfast, yes just for me. The omelete was about the size of a small loaf of bread, the has browns the size of a burrito and each pancake easily bigger then my head



This is all I could tackle on the pancakes. Pretty sure I got all my calories for the day at this meal



Here's a pic of Waimea, I wish I would have gotten some better pics. It was so pretty there. We went to church twice in this town and we loved it, the members we so great and super nice to us. If you look far in the distance there is snow on the mountains



We got shaved ice at this stand in Waimea, We got the rootbeer float, It has rootbeer in the bottom of it, ice cream in the middle, soaked in rootbeer syrup with sweetened condensed milk drizzled over the top. It was soooooooooo yummy.



Driving down the hill from Waimea, the pic does it no justice, it was such a pretty view



Some random locals beach we stopped at