Hawaii Day Eleven

We spent this morning relaxing a bit, eating a leisurely breakfast and just enjoying the house and grounds where we're staying. For lunch, we headed into town (Kailua-Kona) to Lava Java, which we both enjoyed, and some shopping. When we got back to our Jeep, we found its identical twin parked in the next spot. There were plenty of parking spots in the lot closer to the stores than this, so we were pretty certain the owners parked next to us on purpose. I was amused enough to take a photo.


Then we decided to put the Jeep's offroading abilities to work and headed out on a very unimproved road over the lava fields.


At the end of the road, we came upon this lovely, nearly-deserted beach:



Interesting lava formations:



For dinner tonight, Jerry wanted to head back to Jackie Rey's, the same restaurant we went to last night. I absolutely refused to go to the same restaurant two nights in a row, so we ended up wandering all over town trying to find someplace decent to eat. Unfortunately, most of the places near the ocean seem to be bars, and hanging around hordes of drunk tourists is not exactly the way I want to spend my Hawaiian vacation. We finally found a nicer restaurant, but the food was not that great, the service was kind of off, and it was way over-priced, so this was not a great experience. It pains me to say this, but I should have listened to Jerry, and we should have gone to Jackie Rey's.

We won't be eating around here tomorrow night, as we're heading to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park for the entire day!