Place of Refuge

On one of the days we were avoiding the sun, we went to a historic park and took an audio-guided walking tour.

In a rather odd coincidence, some friends we know through the kids' school and Girl Scouts happened to be on the Big Island the same week as us (and the dad in the family is originally from Hibbing, about half an hour from where I grew up). Without going far out of our way at all, we managed to meet up with them three times during our stay. Photo of us by Linda:

This part of the island is not as dry as where we stayed. There was some misty rain and wind.

A checkers-like game:

Omri found much to explore:

I thought was interesting how only half the tree was wet:

Nice to have some extended time with Grandma:

Hold on to your hats around here:

Supposedly a good place for swimming with dolphins, although we weren't prepared to swim at the time: