Nearby hotels left to right: Hilo Hawaiian for $500, Grand Naniloa (DoubleTree by Hilton) $700, Reeds Bay $300, SCP $700. Which is why we moved to the Reeds Bay for the weekend.
Although it didn't have air conditioning, only fans, and it was a bit dirtier, so we used the towels to cover the floor and chairs.
Palm tree reflections when we walked back to Liliuokalani Garden.
And the red Asian bridge.
Nene.
Looking at us.
Flying.
With the red bridge.
Ogii taking a picture.
Some flowers.
Just starting to open.
Open.
A bird in a tree.
Flower with thing tendrils.
Is this design supposed to be a crescent moon?
A tree out on an island.
The observatory on the mountain about the clouds.
Closer.
The gym of the Hilo Hawaiian hotel is in a separate building out front, along with the art gallery and convenience store.
Breakfast.
Last year we volunteered during Relay for Life.
This year we instead showed up early to help with setup.
Then we drove to Big Island Candies.
Which had free samples.
And free coffee.
Lots of candy.
Where they make it.
Cute packaging.
Many types.
They've won multiple 'best of' awards for many years.
Their history.
The founders.
They also have macademia nut toffee. We have to compare that to Hamakua.
The onto the Wailoa Art Center.
Koloa Juice Company Two by Robert Flinn.
Paintings.
Some more.
Upstairs.
Looking down.
The Scars We Carry by Kate Asis.
More paintings.
An artist telling her story.
The sign says, 'please touch.'
But now I'm worried I'll break something.
3D art.
Female and male.
What is too Much? Portrait of an Angel by Adare.
Art from cans.
Animals.
Blush and Daydream by Ember Cambra.
Muscovy ducks.
A white one.
Moss.
Statue of Kamehameha The Great.
A nice bridge in the park.
History of the bay.
Sea animals mural.
Yota.
We went to the Hawaii Japanese Center.
For their I Love Sushi exhibit.
A front room has some history.
With many old items.
Ogii with a pacific bluefin tuna.
Info on the exhibit.
150 examples of sushi.
Some history.
Old paintings which included sushi.
More examples.
More history.
More paintings.
Even more.
The rest of the exhibit.
From the other side.
Me in the little kiosk.
More examples.
More paintings.
Some history.
An infographic.
Sushi over the years.
From old.
Which is very simple.
To new.
Which is more complex.
Virtual chef.
They had cutouts you could stick your head through.
Us.
A nice mural.
Chris's BBQ sets up a canopy in this parking lot.
Pork belly.
Chicken.
Cooking.
Preparing.
Huge portions.
Many people along the side of the road.
A No Kings protest.
Anti-Trump / ICE.
Big flags.
A video of them.
There's a Pacific Tsunami Musem, but we just glanced in.
We went to the clothing stores instead.
I thought these looked like Sig Zane from the outside.
They have a distintive look.
Ooh, 80% off, look at those.
Then onto the Hawaii Science and Technology Museum.
They're only open on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm.
Dinosaur skulls.
Sabre tooth tiger skulls.
Full skeleton.
Chess set and live music.
Bugs and microscopes.
Fishing game.
The Temple restaurant. They were showing the third-place World Cup match.
More shopping.
A vintage shop.
The Hawaiian language has some really long words.
Gallery.
Neat wave sculpture in front of the Pacific Tsunami Museum.
There are many shops on a few blocks of Kamehameha Ave.
Various items.
Nice soap.
Tall rack.
Ogii mostly liked looking at dresses.
Another store.
More art in here.
Many rolled pieces of paper.
More clothes.
She found one she liked.
I've never heard of this brand before.
Luxury brand.
Wide range of prices on eBay.
Another art store.
Hawaii new and old.
A cafe in the back.
With ice cream.
Ogii's not tired yet.
Another clothing store.
Neat purses.
More dresses.
An Aloha Airlines watch.
It was around 1946 to 2008.
Fabric store.
What are these?
Temari.
Wooden items.
I like when the stores put up pictures of thieves.
A few of the stores have mostly cheap tourist junk, but most of them actually have high-quality items, many made locally, so it's a great street to shop.
More clothing.
Cafe Pesto usually has a long wait list in the evening if you don't have a reservation, but at 2pm, we could simply walk in.
Cheers!
I smelled it, but it was so full, my nose got wet.
Chicken tortilla soup.
Bread.
Heritage pork bolognese.
Creme brule.
Magical Creatures Sanctuary; I hadn't heard of that before.
A little food court on the south side of the stores.
Some nice paintings.
And a mural.
A few more shops.
A fun selfie spot.
Seal in sunglasses and a bikini.
Beach stuff.
Sandals.
These are fun.
Men's.
A baby pineapple.
Huge tree.
Some kids were fishing outside of our hotel window and caught a huge fish.
Sunrise.
Little rainbow in the park.
Reeds Bay.
A sailboat headed out.
A tiny island.
Ogii on it.
Sea turtle.
Another one.
Taking a breath.
Picking up some trash.
All of these fish were jumping out of the water together.
Another turtle.
Breathing.
And another.
This one was missing his front-right flipper.
Some video of the turtles.
There were also some geese around.
They were honking a lot.
Bird on a rock on a rock.
A duck sleeping, although it opens its eye if you get too close.
Picking up more garbage.
Ogii got some, too.
Walking around to the west side of the bay.
Another turtle.
Some people setting up.
More bottles here.
Got them.
We went to Cronie's for the World Cup. We got there 15 minutes early and were near the front of the line.
The line got pretty big.
And we're in.
Opening ceremony.
Bruce Buffer.
It's pretty full.
And the game is on.
With our drinks.
This woman doesn't seem too interested.
Nor this entire table. They should have gone and done something else if they weren't going to watch the game...
... because the hostess had to turn away a few people because they were full.
Halftime with Madonna.
And the Muppets.
And BTS.
And Ted Lasso.
Justin Beiber with a Beliebe sign.
Colorful ending.
Even more colors.
Our food.
Spain dominated.
COmpletely.
They were showing the Fox broadcast, so I turned on Telemundo after a goal, since their announced are much more exciting.
Not much chance for Argentina.
Messi at the end.
Then we drove down to the Hilo drag strip.
Some nice cars in the parking area.
They were having drag races.
Racing.
The lifted trucks sitting around were more interesting.
Ogii by a big one.
By an even bigger one.
Some food.
And other vendors.
Yotas on the way in as we were leaving.
And some bikers.
Goats on the drive back home.
We watched the third-place match at home, which was much more exciting than the final, as both teams were all attack the entire game, with 10 total goals.
A gecko watching with us.