This is my favorite scene of the show.
Because of how David nods.
Pigs.
Sheep.
Driving over to Hilo; the sun is starting to come up.
A little rain.
I prefer the rooms in the upper-left because they have balconies, but they don't seem to have any available there.
This one is still OK.
With a decent view.
The variety store in the hotel is closed.
And the space is for rent. I thought those would normally be a part of the hotel, but I guess not.
Rain.
A nice view.
With kayakers on the ocean.
We get an $18 meal credit per day with Hilton Honors, and since there's two of us, that's $36.
Dinner at the hotel restaurant.
Steak.
Cats wander by begging for food.
Nice sunset.
And sunrise from our hotel room.
You can see the Maunakea observatories on top of the mountain.
I'm walking to the RAV4 to drive to work.
Ogii is watching me.
Can you see her?
There she is.
The cruise ship arriving.
Turning the corner.
Right in front.
Docked.
Cats on the sidewalk.
Stretched out.
Stretching.
The cruise ship leaving in the evening.
Passing the patio.
We had dinner here.
Pizza.
Neat picture of lava.
I like the hammock just above the water.
I hit my toe on the bedframe. Thankfully it's just bruised, not too injured.
Another nice sunrise.
We walked along the shoreline until we got to this little outcrop.
Which had a nice view of the observatory.
Me taking pictures.
Walking back.
At the hotel.
A bird on a rock.
Diving for fish.
Fragile flower.
We were hoping the volcano would erupt in the evening, but it was in the morning, when I was at work.
Still going at noon.
But done by 5pm.
A cat rubbing on a car.
We went to Lehua for dinner.
We weren't quite sure how to get in.
Ah, there's a door tucked in this corner. They should have a sign out front directing people, because others couldn't find the entrance, either.
Nice logo.
Inside.
Wine and leis.
Drinks.
The Gran Passione Rosso wine was very good.
Our food arrived.
Cheers!
Chuck steak sous vide.
Brownie s'mores.
Hula dancer with live music.
In the same building are volcano pictures from a kids' summer program.
And fish on the ceiling.
The building is very neat.
Ogii feeding a cat outside some leftovers.
I tiny bit of rainbow the next morning.
A little waterfall.
Sun rays.
We had Hilo Siam Thai for dinner.
It was a very tiny place with only a few tables.
Moving over to the Reeds Bay hotel. They don't have air conditioning, although they do have fans.
And a kitchen.
We brought our comforter to wash in a laundromat. There are multiple in Hilo.
This one gets very good reviews and is open 24 hours.
This one is also in Kona and doesn't get as good reviews; many of the machines are often broken.
I'm up at 3am, so might as well go to the 24-hour laundromat.
ONly a few people here this early.
The have two-load washers.
Four load.
Six.
And eight.
Instead of cash, the machines use a card.
The prices.
Also a soap dispenser.
A children's corner.
They have nice murals on the walls.
Whales.
Other sea life.
Shoreline.
Vending machines.
Ogii is already hard at work when I get back around 4am.
With her portable keyboard, mouse, and second screen.
Not a good start to Wordle.
Chocolate breakfast.
The hotel.
This building is worn down and just sitting here.
As is this one.
The Naniloa hotel.
And the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel.
This one has a little convenience store in a separate building out front.
And an art gallery.
Someone put out a bunch of cat food.
Liliukalani Gardens is a short walk away.
To the south are many banyan trees.
To the north is a huge monkeypod tree.
A park entrance.
With Chinese guardian lions.
The other one.
Very pretty.
A stone bridge.
Some nene.
Watching us.
Another Asian bridge.
With more nene.
There were many small, unique stone bridges.
A longer one.
It was covered in water, so I walked on the raised edges.
Ogii didn't want to do that.
So she walked around.
The two bridges.
A series of stepping stones.
A lower view.
Huge tree.
Bamboo.
Flower.
Another cruise ship arriving.
NCL Spirit.
More nene.
Ogii got a video of one flapping its wings in slow motion.
Around the bridge.
Some guy offered to take a picture of us.
Ogii avoiding the water in the middle.
There are a couple of benches here.
Although they're covered with water.
A little pavilion.
With a small turtle carving in a stone.
An Asian lantern.
Looking through the hole.
With the background instead of the foreground in focus.
An old tree stump on a rock in the middle of the water.
Sleepy grass.
Palm tree reflections.
This woman was scooping up little fish here.
To use them as bait over here.
pedestrian footbridge to Coconut Island partially collapsed on November 14, 2025, after a county worker drove a mini-excavator across it.
A moss-covered bridge.
The walss have a lot of moss here, too.
Some plants growing out of a hole.
Fish in the water.
Birds in the grass.
Another large tree.
An even bigger one.
Someone put a bunch of Cheerios on the ground.
I think for the birds to eat.
The new growths are red.
We wanted to order this love lock for Germany.
But the shipping was too slow unless we paid an insane amount. And even then, I don't trust it would arrive in time. So we ordered a different one.
Many big trees in this park by Wailoa Pond.
The Locavore Store.
A grocery store with many local items.
Fruit.
Ulu and blueberry animal crackers.
Meat.
Various cold foods.
Desserts.
Ice cream.
Art work.
Little items.
Soaps.
Drinks.
Snacks.
Bread.
Macademia nut rosemary sourdough.
Ben Franklin has a My Locker section where people can sell their items.
Some nice jewelry.
Long line for Two Ladies Kitchen.
Octopus mural.
Abndant Life Natural Foods grocery store.
Events board at the entrance.
Cards.
Pineapple.
Including white ones.
Bulk bags in the back.
Including for tea.
Candy.
They also sell Hamakua toffee.
Sack N Save.
They have mochi.
And the chocolate chip cookies the store in Kona doesn't have.
As well as this bread.
Mural.
Another.
And another.
Which is a very long one.
With multiple panels.
The end.
A nice gallery.
With Hawaiian pictures.
Right next to a massage school.
Where we both got massages.
A Sig Zane store.
I normally don't like their aloha shirt designs.
But this blue one with orange was neat.
More murals.
Of animals.
The Pacific Tsunami Museum.
Stained glass.
A dancer.
I like the food stuffed in a pineapple bowl.
It was pouring rain.
Candy store.
Fun name for a hair salon.
Palm trees and geckos on the gate.
White and blue mural.
Moon phases.
These are on the side of the KTA grocery store.
Highlighting their different products.
Family at a table.
Local fruit.
In the late afternoon, we went to the East Hawaii Cultural Center.
For their 36 Views of Mauna Loa exhibit.
The entrance has a sculpture named Anaha by Michael Shewmaker.
Colorful mosaic floor.
A room inside with art by Nainoa Rosehill.
With dirt.
On a book.
Burnt edge.
Some of the Mauna Loa art.
Timeline by Kainoa Gruspe.
Na Mauna by Malialani Dullantry.
Standing With by Pierre Fichenfeux.
Kilo: Mauna Loa by Susi Watson.
Mauna Loa by Racel Orr, out of palm tree husk.
Beneath the Watchful Giants Glow by Jan Hashi.
Mauna Loa Humbiling Awe by Timothy Hutchinson.
Ho'omau (persevere) by Patricia Uehara, from old kimono scraps.
View from Uekahuna by Mary Babcock.
Hokusai Has Never Been Here by Hiroki Morinoue.
Mauna Loa by Chiho Ushio.
Force, Shaping Air, Dividing Sea by Bruna Stude.
Kalakaua Park is right across the street.
Some info on it.
Ogii under a huge banyan tree/
A time capsule from a total solar eclipse in 1991, to be opened at the next total solar eclipse in 2106.
A statue of David Kalakaua, last king of Hawaii.
A pond.
With water lilies.
Another.
A stone in memory of Hawaii county's Korean War deaths.
Asking for peace.
Their names on top.
The southern side.
From the west.
Walkway.
War protestors.
Friday Night Market at the Hilo Town Market.
With many food vendors.
Desserts.
We got some of these.
And these.
And a drink.
Dinner.
I started pouring rain.
These kids used Walmart bags at rain hats.
Some vendors inside.
Jewelry.
And art.
Playing soccer in the rain.
I didn't know a car like that could tow a boat like that.
A sea turtle outside the hotel.