More Big Island

on the big island we were on kona side but on the kahala coast. there are resorts but pretty much nothing else so we went to kona a few times to eat but mostly we hung out at the hotel. on the grounds it said that there was a petroglyph park so we drove down there and hiked in. it took forever to find them but you are walking through lava fields with caves so it was still kind of cool.

inside a cave that was an actual shelter for native hawaiians.
kiley at the fish pond
kiley and i sat by the fish pond while matt and caleb went to see if they could find any more petroglyphs. they did not find any. this is what we saw
it is definitely a petroglyph and really cool if you think about it being hundreds of years old and the tools that were used to make it i guess it was just the billing of it that made us think it was a little more than 3 on a few rocks.

matt at the ironman finish with his medal
caleb was trying to dodge my camera but i kept shooting and i really like this picture!
the hotel was beautiful with koi ponds inside and out
it had a beautiful pool, beach and grounds with hammocks but everything there is so expensive that it kind of puts a downer on everything else. 5$ for a bottle of water!
there was so much sun everyone got their numbers literally burned on them!
on the big island there is a lot of black lava rock, there is also white coral rock so you see a lot of messages written on the lava with the coral so this was the hotel's tribute to the ironman, it was really cool. the race is called the honu so you can see the outline of a turtle on the edge.

as with the last ironman matt wanted to show the kids the 56 mile bike ride he did. after a while this is what we all did:
we can't do it in a car i don't know how anyone can stand it on a bike, it's just too long!

i am glad matt was able to participate. it is a tough race and a lot of people just don't make the time cut offs. i really don't think this is out of his system until he completes the full one. i will follow him around to races as long as it is in fun places!