September 3-11, 2011

1. Hawaii 2011 Da Big Island

2. Diverted to Harrisburg PA And cascaded through the day – we didn’t reach Kona until a day later…

3. View out the front Notice the war canoe race way out front there?

4. Another shot of the canoe race

5. Condo

6. Condo - Bed & Bath

7. Condo - K

8. Condo - LR

9. Day 2 Sunburn

10. Birdies These birds lived under the tiles and drank from the gutter

11. Eating & drinking

12. More eating and drinking

13. Luau Our table was filled with fun folks!

14. Luau setting View from our table at sunset

15. Luau The band was terrific!

16. Luau The principal dancer was great!

17. Luau The men were exciting!

18. Luau

19. Luau

20. Luau Photo ops with our table buddies

21. Island tour Mauna Kea – there would be snow up top if it wasn’t mid-summer

22. Island tour Rainbow Falls – or is it Rainbow Trickle?

23. Island tour Banyan tree at the top of the falls

24. Island tour Hilo side is much more lush than Kona side

25. Island tour Kilauea caldera - Halema`uma`u crater active

26. Island tour View from Uwekahuna Bluff

27. Island tour Another view of the caldera and the active crater

28. Island tour Puna Girl organic farm – at sunset for dinner

29. Island tour Throwing a shaka at Kaimu black sand beach

30. Island tour Islanders voluntarily planted coconuts to create a grove at the beach

31. Island tour Hard to see since it is sunset – the newest beach on the planet!

32. Island tour Sam got too close Black sand on our toes

33. Island tour Aaron and the rest of our party (the Rainbow Coalition – white, Indian, Asian, black)

34. Island tour At the end of the lava road, Pu’uO’o crater was glowing – but you can’t see it in the photo

35. Another gorgeous sunset

36. View out the back door Hualalai is normally covered in “vog” – this was a fairly clear morning

37. View from the lanai Big surf day – lots of locals showed up to surf the Kona Reef

38. Quiet moment on big surf day See all the locals?

39. “Big” surf

40. Big surf even at sunset