Over the past couple of days, Mr. Al and I’ve been exploring here and there. We walked about on the King’s road. Thought we’d do a six mile round trip hike to the petroglyphs. However, after walking and crunching along in the wind and heat (willing our ankles not to twist), we decided we could do something more fun.
And so, we drove. And hiked the more sandy trail to where the petroglyphs were carved into an old lava flow. It looked like record keeping…recording families and the like. Lots of little stick figures…
At the entrance to the trail, there were some others on display for those who didn’t want to walk to the lava field. Behold…
Petroglyphs fascinate me. Perhaps I’ll put them in the next installment of the Entean series. There’s another grouping of them near Volcano National Park that we viewed 8 years ago. It started me on my “must see petroglyphs or pictographs wherever I go” campaign.
Yesterday, a dear friend joined Mr. Al and me for a week. Before we picked her up at the airport, we enjoyed exploring Disneyland-like Hilton Waikoloa Resort.
They’ve got little boat and train rides and water fall pools. And some lovely bottle nosed dolphins. We sat and ate lunch watching them. Delightful way to pass the time.
After lunch we spent a couple hours snorkeling at the beach near the Marriot hotel. It’s called something unpronounceable. Locals call it the “A” beach. The water was warm and a little murky. Apparently it usually is murky winter or summer. Regardless, we saw fish and enjoyed the water flowing over our skin.
We fetched Anni and after a stunning sunset, we went back to Hilton for a stunning dinner.
Then we rode the Rhino (yes, I’m afraid we’re those kind of people) and came home, ready for a new day…
Here’s the proof…Mr. Al and Anni with said Rhino….Aloha Peeps…
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Then you definitely want to do the Ozette Loop in the Olympic National Park. Not only an awesome hike, probably the most amazing of my life, but amazing petroglyphs and pictographs, all over the beach rocks. Deer everywhere, and other wildlife. Eagles. We watched a Goshawk hunt down a seagull.
I will definitely make a point of going there. Thanks! Mr. Al and I will have much to explore around home. Can’t wait.
Amazing. Thanks for sharing. Is that fancy-schmancy hotel the one where Dog the Bounty Hunter and Beth got married? Looks like it.
Not sure if that’s where Dog and Beth got married. We actually had a close encounter with Dog and Beth when we were flying to Hawaii one time. Dog wanted to sleep, but Beth was creating mischief. She scared the flight attendants so much by misbehaving that Home Security escorted them off the plane in Honolulu. She had been annoyed that the lunch of her choice was not available.