Pretty cloud reflections.
Ogii made crab for dinner out of the Safeway $5 Friday chicken strip, sausage, and potato wedges.
Love the Telemundo announcers when there's a goal.
Telemundo also doesn't show as many ads as Fox.
And then they show the fans.
The Netherlands guy jumped into the picture with the Japanese guy.
The entrance side of the road was closed by the gate, but people just drove around.
A Doppler Very High Frequency Omnidirection Range (DVOR) station for aircraft navigation.
People hanging out at Wawaloli Beach Park.
It was so busy many were double parked.
What's this guy doing?
Taking pictures or video.
Of the rain in the mountains? Looks kind of boring right now.
Aloha on a rock.
This area had barbed wire fence.
A bunch of different companies.
We were going to Kona Salt Farm.
For their Kona Kai Festival.
The northern area was craft vendors; the southern was live music and food.
Crafts.
At the end was a deep ocean cold water foot soak.
I don't think I'd want cold.
The other side of the craft vendors.
A VIP area with food.
Salt collection area.
The southern area.
With music.
And food trucks.
Right by the ocean.
No alcohol there, though.
That sounds good.
But it was going to be about an hour before they were ready.
This other one had food now.
We ordered the beef stew.
And a lemonade from here.
Along with mochi in haupia sauce.
And some brownies from this one. I remember them from the Alii Drive stroll.
They had seating scattered around.
Our food.
Live music.
It was very nice.
The salt store was closed.
I see these fruits around.
A sign about them; they're called noni.
Used for dye and medicine.
We sat on the beach for a bit and watched the waves.
There were some big ones.
Another one.
Fun to watch.
Ogii found some neat shells.
The clouds above the mountain have lifted a bit.
Although there are still areas of rain.
A line of color at sunset.
The volcano went off again, although only for around 8 hours, as has been common this past year.
This woman takes lots of pictures of the volcano.
Five years of Wordle.
Ogii's phone case cracked at the top.
Many goats.
This grocery bag was at our front door when we came home.
Hot chocolate and mini marshmallows.
Not sure why it's here. If it's a gift from someone, they didn't leave a note. Or maybe it was a delivery left at the wrong address?
I love these tear-away microfiber towels.
And this Blue Hawaii water is cheap.
Only $5 for 24 bottles.
The police were escorting this guy away; I wonder what for.
I went to Lowe's to make a copy of the RAV4 key.
This machine would do it, but it included the fob with the chip. Much cheaper than the dealership, but I don't need the fob, just they key to open the door.
So instead of using the kiosk, I had an employee at the store do it for $9 instead.
The second monitor at work wasn't working. I tried unplugging it and replugging it, switching cords from the other monitor, and turning the entire power supply off and on, but none of that worked.
Someone on reddit said they unplugged the monitor, then held the power button for a while.
Google AI recommended the same, which worked.
I'd never heard of that before; good to know.
Working out at Pacific Island Fitness.
Ogii likes the ab machines.
Red sunset.
I went to Kona Wine Market for some alcohol.
It was dark in the store, so I couldn't read my shopping list. I had to take a picture with my phone and blow it up.
The cashier helped me find everything quickly.
Then to Costco to see if they had wagyu steaks, and they did.
They're expensive, but very good.
Part of the Croatian coat of arms has three lion heads, so I'm guessing that's what these fans are.
Very excited.
This guy got a ball kicked into the stands.
Very close to a goal.
Lots of spiked shoes all over.
HMSA has ads on Wordscapes.
Many weight loss ones, too. I wonder if their claims are false advertising; 10 pounds in a week sounds really high.
A mother and baby sheep.
This tree is blooming now.
The referee got a cramp.
This woman is bringing him something.
The internet said it was pickle juice, and that drinking just 1 to 2 tablespoons of pickle juice can stop muscle cramps in under 60 seconds. The sour vinegar taste triggers a neural reflex in your mouth and throat that tells overactive brain signals to quiet down.
Sunset reflection on the ocean.
This is on the other side of the building; how can we still see the sunset?
Ah, it's reflected in the window from across the street.
We walked up Sunset Dr.
Which has an appropriate name.
Pretty flowers.
Huge tree.
Old Walua Road scenic path.
This house is the last one on the northern side. Nice to not have any neighbors on one side.
A few other walkers.
Just a short path to the next road.
A path up into the woods.
Water can flow down here.
At the other end. You actually have to walk a bit more to get back to the highway from here, so we went back along the path instead.
Bitter melon fruit.
Lots of leaves.
A bench.
In memory of Jim Bingham. There was a family medicine MD with that name who worked at multiple locations in Kona and Spokane, Washington, including the Kaiser Permanente Kona Medical Office, who was a cyclist and who died in 2022, so I'd assume this was him.
Breakfast on the balcony.
What's that moving on the rock?
A gecko.
Peeking its head over.
On the other side.
Ogii gave it a grape, but it didn't seem interested.
Or is it?
Nope, it just wants to go back on the rock.
One annoying thing about jalousie windows is they're a pain to clean. You have to clean each individual slat one at a time. They're great for air flow, but not good if you have air conditioning or a lot of noise outside.
There's a little farmer's market by Living Stones church in the mornings.
Under many umbrellas.
Flowers.
Many birds of paradise.
And fruit.
Including mountain apples.
We went to pick up some of the toffee we like.
But they're on a family vacation for a few weeks. Good for them.
They sell many different items.
Very pretty gate.
Nicely sculpted trees.
We wanted some mint for drinks, but it looked like they were out. Ogii asked an employee and they found some fresh pieces.
BMW i8 Roadster; very neat looking.
Sack N Save has sea salt dark chocolate with almonds, but the almonds are all ground up. I prefer the Hershey's special dark chocolate with whole almonds.
Pretty tree.
Checking Google Lens.
A rainbow shower tree, the official tree of Honolulu.
Moving sale and garage sale.
Ogii spent a lot of time preparing a charcuterie board.
Then we went to 808 Escape Room.
With Ben and Jeff.
Back to our place for the charcuterie.
And wine.
Ben made Mai Tais.
Ogii made potatoes.
I cracked open a coconut.
And made the steaks.
Dinner and sunset on the balcony.
Ogii and I went to Kaloko-Honokohau park, which is right by the marina.
High surf warning. We'll see if anyone else is in the water.
There are some.
And more over there.
Some surfers farther out.
Hopefully we'll see a turtle.
An old structure.
Normally you can walk through here to the north, but it's high tide, so not now.
We went to the south. The pathway was also under water but you could just walk through it.
Entering a sacred area.
I think you're not supposed to go to the south.
Because there were people to the west.
Looking back towards the east.
A sea turtle.
Eating these plants.
They always look annoyed to me. Maybe because the waves are constantly pushing them towards and away from their food, making it difficult to eat.
There are a few more out in the water.
These snorkelers were too close to them, but they still couldn't see them.
Because the water closer to shore was very silty and had almost no visibility.
Once you got out a bit farther, though...
... it got clearer, so we could see this sergeant major damselfish.
A raccoon butterflyfish.
Some blue fish.
And a few Moorish idols.