Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Report #17 Hilo, Hawaii October 10, 2016 Monday Part #2 of 2 83 Pictures

The pictures continue…………..

 

Temple in the gardens

 

Iconic bridge

 

Bamboo

 

Moku Ola

 

Foot bridge to Coconut Island

 

Great spot to spend an afternoon

 

Some facilities there

 

Well-maintained

 

Kids dive off of the bridge

 

Easy access to the water

 

Walking bridge

 

A bike ramp

 

Grass was very green

 

Picnic-goers

 

Sheltered cove

 

A monument on Coconut Island

 

Jumping

 

Lots of kids today

 

End of the island

 

History of the tsunami as seen from Coconut Island

 

Walking back

 

View of downtown

 

Scenic trees

 

Uncle Billy's General Store – good spot for ice cream

 

Mint chip and vanilla

 

Golden retriever liked the water

 

Manicured park

 

Perfect palms

 

Ducks

 

Extra-large philodendrons

 

Island finches

 

Quite colorful

 

Yellow with an  orange head

 

Seed-eaters

 

This way back

 

 

Sailaway Pictures

 

Skies clouded up

 

Tugboat

 

No other cruise ships in port today

 

Fishing boats

 

Hidden cove

 

Terminal building

 

A few waves

 

A building near the terminal

 

There goes the sun

 

Airplane landing

 

Double-hulled canoe – good exercise

 

Egrets in flight

 

Pool

 

More birds in flight

 

Well, not a bad sunset after all

 

Green turtle swimming around the ship

 

Coming up for air

 

Checking us out

 

All alone

 

Protected species

 

Nearing sunset after 6pm

 

Shoreline hotels

 

Nice place to stay

 

Sun dipping behind the mountain

 

The last rays

 

Wonder if it will rain?

 

Busy commercial port

 

Fishing off of the bulkhead

 

Egrets

 

Heading for the trees

 

It did rain after dark

 

Gray skies

 

Lights were on

 

Dropping the lines

 

Pilot boat

 

Terminal at night

 

Leaving the dock

 

Tower on the pier

 

Tug

 

Leaving the bay

 

Hotel rooms

 

Great view at night

 

Pilot boat ready for their pick-up

 

Downtown Hilo at night

 

Coconut Island

 

The port of Hilo

 

Coconut Island in the dark

 

Saying goodbye until the next time……..