The Big Island

Yesterday we made it to the Big Island...this one is a little different. It's a lot of lava fields, mixed in with some grassy areas, some greener areas and beautiful resorts on the ocean. We are staying at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort and Spa and it is fantastic!

Ck out our room and view...

The first night we had dinner at a place called The Merrimans...very nice and great location. Here's a link to their fav recipes: http://www.merrimanshawaii.com/recipes.html

Mac sampling my asparagus soup at Merrimans...

Doesn't Mac look nice...thanks for shirt Anita! Love the color. =)

(Mac's mom sent it to him)

What a good lookin couple!

This morning breakfast at the hotel and then we were off to hike to the infamous Green Sand Beach.

Here's some info on the Green Sand Beach...Another little tidbit, it's the southern most point of the U.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Sands_Beach It's a 2 mile hike each way and very rough, rocky ground. Once you get there it's a fairly steep climb down into the cove, but it's worth it. Absolutely beautiful.

We left the beach and headed over to the Black Sand Beach...

We finally hit Hilo and bought a few things at Hilo Hatties and ate lunch at Cafe 100, where they invented this crazy meal called the loco moco. It's rice, topped with a hamburger patty and an egg (any way you want it cooked) with brown gravy on it. Sounds horrible, but Mac loved it!

We were pretty tired after all of that, but we had to drive back to our hotel on the other side of the island and that took over an hour. By the time we got back we had just enough time to hit the showers and make our dinner reservation at 8 over at Roy's.

mmm, I had a coconut martini...yummy!!

After dinner we changed and picked up a couple of drinks and went out the hot tub to relax for about an hour. By then Mac was so comfy he was about to fall asleep, so I tucked him in and logged on to update everyone.

This was our sunset today...

Tomorrow morning we're going to walk around Kona, eat breakfast and catch a flight over to Maui.

Tune in Sunday for an update!

xoxo