Ava and the Big Island

Ava took her first trip to Hawaii (hence the lack of posts).  She decided she needed to see the whole island in one day.

  The first stop was a black sand beach, Punalu'u. 

"I love sand between my toes." 

"And over my toes." 

"Papa, why do you still have your shoes on?"

 

"Goodbye lovely beach."

Next, we stopped by the volcano.  

Papa found a way to make certain Ava looked at the camera.

"I'm pretty sure I should keep my eye on that steaming lake of lava."

After a lovely lunch in Hilo, we went to Rainbow falls. 

"This is one tasty hat." 

One waterfall was not enough, so we also went to Akaka Falls.  

Getting there was a bit of a walk. 

"Notice that Papa's head is down. That is not because he was hauling my 19lbs, but because he had to check the football score." 

 

"We made it!"

"Grandma looks so pretty by the falls." 

On the way back to the car we saw bananas.

Finally, we stopped at Tex Drive In for malasadas. 

We were too busy eating to take a picture, so I borrowed this one from someone else.

After that we were ready to head back to Kona. 

We made it home in time to see the sunset.

Aloha.