Hawaii – Day 8

We started the day with a quick breakfast at Ken’s Famous House of Pancakes.  The food was OK but the coffee was horrible.

Today was Waterfall day and we stopped at three different waterfalls:  Rainbow, Boiling Pots and Other (don’t remember name).

The first was the most spectacular as it had a large drop off and scenic surrounding.

Boiling Pots was good too but to get the real beauty of this waterfall, you had to climb down a steep embankment to get a good cinematic view.

The third was just a plain old waterfall but good to look at nonetheless.

After the waterfall tour, we went for a brief time over to Robertson Park (black beach) where I did a little snorkeling for a couple of hours.  I took some more amazing photos of the aquatic life but they won’t be developed for a few days after we get back.

In the evening, we decided to drive up to the observatory.  A four wheel drive vehicle was needed to get to the actual summit so we got a high as we could to view the stars.  The welcome center had telescopes setup to view the stars above.  Unfortunately, we waited for two hours and the visibility was horrible due to low level clouds and they didn’t seem to show any chance of waning so we headed back down fairly disappointed.