Well it's been a week since I got home from my vacation to Kona, Hawaii. The Big Island is big, is amazing, is a place I'm happy to have experienced (even if I only saw 1/3 of it this time). That's right....this time. I'll will definitely choose to go back again. Now just a side note; this being my 4th entry, I will attempt to post photos through out it. I'm attempting this feat to prove to my dear friend Beth that "yes I can...I think I can...".
This vacation was my first "get away" vacation in over a year. I forgot how nice that can be. I used my vacation club/timeshare for the first time. The Kona Airport was something that I have never seen before. Due to the amazing weather the airport is basically all open, the "gates" are outside, you sit out under the sun awaiting your flight.
Hee Haw...I figured out to get a photo on this thing and where I wanted it to be...I think I can.
Anyway, like I said I stayed at my one of my timeshare locations. The condo was amazing. It was so beautiful and (I kid you not) bigger than my 1st apartment. There were two bathrooms; I've never had two bathrooms. Silly that something like that would make me smile. It was also so nice having a full kitchen.
I did a little grocery shopping when I got there and would cook breakfast everyday. It was fun to be able to do that. There was a large lanai (balcony for all of us mainlanders). 
I'd sit out there in the morning drinking my coffee just staring at the ocean.
I think I saw some of the most beautiful sunsets ever. I was able to catch a few of them on my lanai
and also from my friend's house. What a view they have.
To have that view every night while you eat dinner....oh my. GOD's beauty is all over this island.
I mainly relaxed, spent time with my friends (thank you Jeff & Nori for being great hosts and tour guides) and did sight seeing. There is just so much history on the Big Island. I saw one of the smallest churches ever; I think it probably only holds about 10 people and according to the sign has "one mass only Sat 7:30pm".
The 1st church in Hawaii is also on that island. It was pretty cool to go inside and see all that it was. I was also amazed at how many different climates were in this one small place (ok bigger than all the other Hawaiian islands, but it is an island). Again I only saw a 1/3 of it, but I was in 85 degree dryish weather, then very green light rain yet warm weather and then what I never expected the snow. Yep the snow. I never knew that it snowed anywhere on the Hawaiian islands, but there is a mountain top at 14k feet elevation.
Amazing....beautiful. It was a great day and a coastal drive I'll never forget.
So vacation in Kona, Hawaii was great. If any of you get chance I recommend checking this island out. In closing I'll end with a few other memorable photos.
This vacation was my first "get away" vacation in over a year. I forgot how nice that can be. I used my vacation club/timeshare for the first time. The Kona Airport was something that I have never seen before. Due to the amazing weather the airport is basically all open, the "gates" are outside, you sit out under the sun awaiting your flight.
Anyway, like I said I stayed at my one of my timeshare locations. The condo was amazing. It was so beautiful and (I kid you not) bigger than my 1st apartment. There were two bathrooms; I've never had two bathrooms. Silly that something like that would make me smile. It was also so nice having a full kitchen.
I did a little grocery shopping when I got there and would cook breakfast everyday. It was fun to be able to do that. There was a large lanai (balcony for all of us mainlanders). 
I'd sit out there in the morning drinking my coffee just staring at the ocean.
I mainly relaxed, spent time with my friends (thank you Jeff & Nori for being great hosts and tour guides) and did sight seeing. There is just so much history on the Big Island. I saw one of the smallest churches ever; I think it probably only holds about 10 people and according to the sign has "one mass only Sat 7:30pm".
So vacation in Kona, Hawaii was great. If any of you get chance I recommend checking this island out. In closing I'll end with a few other memorable photos.
