3 This is the parking lot for Waikoloa Beach. There is quite a bit of olivine in the basalts here!
4 A small example of some of the olivine in the basalt. So pretty.
5 We drove up north to Hawi (pronounced ha-vee or javi for you spanish speakers). We had the best ice cream treat here and took a funny sequence of these shots.
6 Training Z to look through the hole was fun!
7 Training Z to look through the hole was fun!
8 Training Z to look through the hole was fun!
9 Training Z to look through the hole was fun!
10 Taken near Kahuna to show the rainshadow effect on the lee side of the mountain.
11 A curve in the road.
12 Looking west/sw towards some green grass.
13 Jeep!
14 Dopple radar station PHKM near Hawi. It would get a workout just a few weeks later when Tropical Storm Iselle hit.
15 Interesting lichen growing on ranch fencing.
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17 Looking down towards the small port of Kawaihae. It was about 6 miles away as the crow flies.