Hawaii, Day 4, Part II

After leaving the Place of Refuge, Jacob and I stopped by St. Benedictine's Painted Church. The church was built in 1899 and painted by Father John Velghe. He used the paintings to teach those parishioners who couldn't read.  The church overlooks the Kealakekua Bay.

There were so many interesting plants and flowers.  My mom(s) would have been in heaven.

After leaving the church grounds, we began our drive back to Kailua-Kona.  Since I had the GPS and wasn't worried about getting lost, I tried some back roads.  We ended up on Napoopoo road and the scenery was breathtaking.

Back in Kailua-Kona, Jacob and I still had a little time before the boat pulled back in.  We did a little window shopping and stopped for some pizza and tiramisu.  Then we walked over to the pier to meet the rest of our crew.

As the boat pulled back in, Anna could be seen waving with all her might.  She would run from deck to deck and wave and blow kisses.  That's her on the top deck in the white dress.  Doug is on the first deck in the black t-shirt.

I began to worry that Lauren may have been lost at sea as there seemed to be no sign of her.  I soon learned why.

Anna came off the boat looking like this...

Lauren came off like this (red dress).  She had played so hard all morning that she had fallen asleep on the way back in to shore.  She was NOT not happy about having to get up and get going...

Then on the way home, she had to contend with this....the little brother.

I loved the drive back north to Waikoloa.

We made it back to the hotel room and because people still hadn't had enough swimming time even though they'd just spent 4 hours on a boat and in the water, we headed for the hotel pools.

I snagged Anna and Lauren for a few photos on the way.

They found a puffer fish that had washed ashore and were much more interested in him than in having their pictures taken.  I don't blame them.  There was just to much to see and do to be still any longer than necessary.