Just in case you didn't believe that the wind blows all the time...

Is there a story here?

Pahoehoe lava is the material into which the petroglyphs were carved. You can see that it makes nice patterns on its own.

The lava can (and does) pile up into fantastic shapes. Do you see the reptile form at the base of this pile?

Sunset on Mother's Day, May 13th

We drove to the south part of the island and stopted at the "Painted Church" of St. Benedict.

These paintings were made on the wooden walls in the late 1800s to illustrate Bible stories.

The paintings are not good/bad, but they are interesting in context.

In the garden of the church is this nice pieta.

We went to South Point. It is the southern-most point of land in the United States--sorry, Key West, you are the continental United State's southern most point.

Fishing from South Point looking at more volcano remnants.

The coast line at the Waipi'o Valley overlook.

The beach at Waipi'o, from several hundred feet above.

The Waipi'o Valley itself.

On Friday, we visited the Pu Ukohola Heiau site. You can see the heiau, which is off-limits to non-Hawaiians, in the background.

This Heiau, which was built in 1791, was important to King Kamehameha in his attempt to win rule over the 7 main islands.

We could not climb into the heiau, but this will give you an idea of its size. It took one year to build, which seems pretty remarkable. There is another, much older, heiau just behind where I am standing.

Patricia wandering through the grounds of what was once a "royal" place inhabited by chiefs and, later, Kamehameha.