Day 4, A Bay

We had such a busy day yesterday, we opted to take it a little bit easier today.  So, we decided to head to A-Bay and check it out.  The beach itself is really long and narrow and directly in front of the Marriott.  Plus, the canoe club practices here...which, all of its members must be unemployed because they were there practicing about 10am on a week day!!  Dave and Owen attempted to snorkel, but, there's a pretty big rock wall you have to get past that Owen kind of panicked about and that roughed Dave's foot up pretty good.  Although, Dave did have a pretty enormous tuna swim right up to him before he gave up.  Needless to say, we didnt last long before we decided to head north and get some lunch instead.

Shawn told us about this place called Kohala Burger and Taco.  We stopped in and tried it out.  She was right, the food was great,  but, so overpriced, it kind of took away from the meal.  Plus, it's SUPER tiny!!  They had a counter down one side with 4 stools and then 4 tables down the other side with barely enough room to walk down the center.  The menu was on the wall above the tables, but, you can't really get far enough away from the wall to read it!!  It was really busy when we were there and some guy sent his son up to stare at us while we ate to hurry us along I would guess.  We were glad to get out!!

We stopped at one of the shopping malls in Waikoloa on the way back through which was fun.  They have a grocery store that was more touristy crap then groceries.  Super fun, haha!

I made Owen take a walk with me around the condo complex, while Liv napped, to take pictures of the flowers.  The foliage in Hawaii is like no other I've ever seen.  There is every color imaginable and with the exception of the lava fields, the entire island is green.  It just takes your breath away.  

 

 Even the trees are amazing.

Owen stopped me and asked that I take his picture.  He's such a model, he totally did this pose on his own!!  Man, I just think this kid is SO handsome! ;O)

We finished the day with a swim in the pool.  Liv is getting to be quite the swimmer, although, she prefers to walk around in the generous 1 foot wading pool adjoining the regular one!!  She was less than cooperative when it came to pictures however... 

Owen, of course, would rather jump into the pool than swim!  You'd think it would get old...but, it doesn't...hahaha...