I can see Target from here. And some swanky houses too.

We had to tender

But it was a beautiful day.

Time to tender

Drove to a beach. Bob likes beaches. He was driving.

Waves. They have lots of those in Hawaii.

And flowers. Lots of those too.

And long, roads with trees. They don't call it the "Big Island" for nothing.

Another beach. Told you Bob liked beaches.

LAVA!!!

More waves.

We got lava here. Not molten, thank goodness

Now that's what I like to see by my tidepools. A gorgeous woman.

More waves!

More lava.

More lava, more palm trees

More cute girls on lava.

Hilo Birds-1

Hilo Birds-2

One Hilo bird

Let's go see the City of Refuge

People in a boat. They got lots of those too.

And cute girls. City of Refuge has cute girls too.

This is City of Refuge (see my Islands page for an explanation).

A slightly better view

Up close and personal

Ancient Hawaiians

Or early ETs.

Breadfruit?

The Painted Church (inside pics follow). Only half of us got out of the car. It wasn't a beach.

The guy who painted the church...I think.

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

Finally back outside with Kathleen and Mike

And the breadfruit tree

Time for lunch! Everyone got out there.

Great signs

Not sure I want to eat here.

But I loved eating here.

So did everyone else

Best stop of the day. This guy could cook. When just outside of Kona, always eat at Big Jake's Island BBQ

Here's Jake's Big BBQ

And he had flowers.

High above Hilo we see a ship.

And again from ground level

A not so painted church in the city.

Farmer's Market in Hilo.

The Hilo Palace

Doesn't look that palatial to me.

Nice ship. Guess we should head back.

Waiting for the tender we see these kids swimming.

Walking back from the car rental place (worst of the bunch) I take a bunch of flower pics.

See

Really

Last one. Off to Maui.