Aloha from the big island.

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Lia was done with the conference yesterday so we drove to the World botanical garden and waterfall. Disappointing. My camera rarely came out of my pocket. The waterfalls were the only redeeming feature. The 'gardens' had all the charm of the Home Depot nursery rows.

So I took the Mrs. to the garden I visited two days ago. It looked a lot different on a mostly overcast day between showers. Still beautiful of course but a hell of a lot more challenging to photograph. All the photos below are from there.

Then we had lunch at the same little momma/poppa joint before going to Hilo to see the zoo. As soon as we got in the car to go the sky opened up and poured. We were treated to a lightening storm as we drove over the saddle road back to the Kona side.