July 7th to 13th Trip to the Big Island for Kaleb's wedding.

We had a great trip to the big island of Hawaii. We stayed on the Kona side about 18 miles north of the airport in a condo complex. The big island is really different. Lots of volcanic rock and old lava flows. Parts of it felt like California or eastern Washington. The sunset wedding at the Hilton was very nice. We had a good time, but I have to admit I was glad I was not picking up the bill. We got to spend some time with son John and the other groomsmen,Joel and Cato. We had time to do some site seeing, going up the north coast (more tropical)to see a big waterfall. Then on our last day we drove south to see the volcano. The volcano is actually located in a National Park, so the whole thing is very well organized. On the way back we stopped to see a famous black beach where there are lots of turtles.