Hawaii - Day 6 {Kona}

Oh, Kona...you stole my heart. 

This was my most favorite day. 

A little beach town with shops, food and a beach? I'm in...

Breakfast with these lovelies!!

Kona was a tender port so we jumped the tender boat to shore. 

We saw a ton of dolphins but we just couldn't get our camera quick enough. 

First up...Kona Coffee. 

It was incredible. 

We could see our ship from the main road!

We did a little shopping. Some of us lasted longer than others. 

Those others headed to the BEACH!!!

We loved the beach. It was small waves, warm water! 

We rented some beach chairs and just enjoyed the afternoon!

After the beach, we ubered to a restaurant that was featured on Diners, Drive In's and Dives. 

It was so good! 

John got the ribs that were featured on the show. 

Katie and I indulged in the drinks.

After lunch, Katie and Patrick took all the girls back to the ship. 

Where they spent the rest of the day playing games and shuffleboard. 

John and I stayed at the beach and enjoyed a little more of the Kona Surprise AKA Sunburn. 

It was so nice!

We didn't feel like getting too formal for dinner so we met for a few drinks and headed to the Cadillac Diner for dinner. 

We regretted that decision but it was still fun to be together!

 

Hawaii - Day 5 {Hilo}

Good Morning, Hilo! 

(pronounced Heelo, which I realized I had been saying it wrong!)

This was an excursion day! 

We got on the tour bus after breakfast and headed to the first stop. 

A beach with beautiful views and little specs of GREEN SAND!

Next up...Rainbow Falls!

This was a beautiful waterfall that you could hike to the top!

Some of us did...some of us stayed low and posed for photos. 

She, of course, went to the top.

Next up was lunch. 

All the meat eaters indulged in the Loco Moco, the rest of us had grilled cheese!

After lunch we headed to the big part of the trip! 

Volcano National Park!

We had a little walk and these were hand in hand the whole way.

What an incredible view! 

If you look closely, you can see the steam rolling...

We even got to see some up close and it was so hot!

Next up, walking through a lava tube! 

I stayed back because I can't lie, I was super nervous. 

Things like that creep me out. 

Next up was a few more stops around the town to see statues before we headed back to the ship.

Lastly, Big Island Candy which had the best chocolate covered macadamia nuts. 

I still think of them!

Back to the ship for rest and dinner. 

I loved dinner on the ship each evening. 

It was so fun!

We started to see posts on the cruise Facebook page for the ducks the girls hid. 

Addy worked very hard on preparing these so she was so excited! 

This was also the day we discovered the love of these chip. 

I think our family may have eaten all of Hawaii's stock in these chips. 

Plus, we had friends of ours bring some home when they traveled a month after us!

Ha!