After a late night playing games I figured we would sleep late, have a nice breakfast, take our time getting packed and just have a leisurely morning... It wasn't to be... well, at least not the sleep late part of it. We got new upstairs neighbors, they had several young kids who were probably used to the main land time and were up before the sun running back and forth up there pushing chairs and making all kinds of noise. It was a good thing this was our last morning!
So, we were up at 6:00 am also and figured we had might as well see our last sun rise from the beach house. I would miss this view! We picked an incredible place to stay. I wouldn't have changed a thing! Our plane to the Big Island didn't leave until noonish so we spent the rest of the morning with Amy and Juan playing Catch Phrase and relaxing. We got to the airport and gate just as we thought the plane would have been boarding. The sign said it was boarding but there wasn't even an attendant at the gate. We sat and waited watching the sign change from boarding to final call to departed before they finally changed it to delayed. I guess we needed to remember where we were... Hawaii, relax, no rush, the plane will get here when it gets here. Anyway, we left about 45 minutes late and made it to the Big Island, upgraded the rental to a 4x4 and made it to our hotel with little trouble. 
We had a pretty nice view from our hotel, the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. It was a bit older but the rooms were nice and it was well maintained. The little island we could see from our balcony was call Coconut Island. There was a nice park and some fun places to swim.
So, we were up at 6:00 am also and figured we had might as well see our last sun rise from the beach house. I would miss this view! We picked an incredible place to stay. I wouldn't have changed a thing! Our plane to the Big Island didn't leave until noonish so we spent the rest of the morning with Amy and Juan playing Catch Phrase and relaxing. We got to the airport and gate just as we thought the plane would have been boarding. The sign said it was boarding but there wasn't even an attendant at the gate. We sat and waited watching the sign change from boarding to final call to departed before they finally changed it to delayed. I guess we needed to remember where we were... Hawaii, relax, no rush, the plane will get here when it gets here. Anyway, we left about 45 minutes late and made it to the Big Island, upgraded the rental to a 4x4 and made it to our hotel with little trouble. 
We had a pretty nice view from our hotel, the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. It was a bit older but the rooms were nice and it was well maintained. The little island we could see from our balcony was call Coconut Island. There was a nice park and some fun places to swim.
Before we had to pick up Dad that evening we had time to have lunch at L&L BBQ and stop by a waterfall not far from the road called Wailuku Falls. The trail wound through a pretty dense jungle and Mom decided to go back after a little ways in.
It was a very pretty waterfall and we had fun hiking together through the jungle.
It was nice to be alone, just the two of us. We hadn't done much by ourselves. It was romantic. Right as we were getting back to the car it started to rain a bit but that was alright because it was about time to go get Dad from the airport. At least that is what we thought. We should have learned from our experience at the airport earlier that day... 
Dad was supposed to come in about 8:30 but by the time his flight actually arrived it closer to 9:30. We gathered him and his luggage up and went back to the hotel for a late dinner and got to bed.
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