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For Jim's 60th B-Day, Jim & Barb headed to the Big Island, Hawaii, for a week in the sun and sea...
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Passing over a few beach houses on the descent into Kona.
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Great rent-a-car!
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We parked under an amazing tree at the hotel...
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...and headed to the bar for our first Mai-Tai of the week while they readied our room.
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Also saw our first sea turtle from the hotel patio.
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A pan of the view from our room. (The sacred Hawaiian site Ke'eku Heiau can be seen in the coral lagoon).
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The surf was too high for snorkeling when we arrived...
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...but we found a great spot to watch near the "End of the World" cliffs.
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The first of many gorgeous sunsets.
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Dusk from the room.
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B-day was the next day, but this was the best meal: shrimp over crab cake over ono over purple sweet potato at Jackie Rey's Ohana Grill.
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Day 2: A view of our hotel as we head up to explore the Northwest tip of the Island.
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The North Kona coast and Kailua.
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A little town up North...
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...and a stop for B-Day ice cream and a triple latte at the Kona Coffee Mill Cafe.
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We found a small Japanese cemetary: Barb's favorite marker.
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and one of Jim's favorites.
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Incredible air-roots on some, uh, trees.
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End of Hwy 270, and despite a few warnings, we head off on a hike down to secluded Pololu Beach.
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Pololu Valley
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Pololu Beach
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It was a swinging B-Day for Jim.
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A little art.
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Barb's product shot for Van.
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A fresh-water lagoon behind the beach.
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And on the way up, some shamrocks for Kelly.
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Jim finds a statue to photograph.
