Aloha Day 3

Okay. So today was a little rough for me in the morning. I was still suffering from the effects of food poisoning until the afternoon. Boy, was I glad when that passed! We had breakfast out on the veranda again, overlooking the ocean. It is so beautiful. I don't think I would ever tire of that view.
Then we drove up to Waimea to go to the farmer's market and do a bit of shopping. We got to see the beautiful mountains up there. And on the way up we got to see what almost looked like a desert landscape. The trees and plants all leaned to one side because of the wind that blows down from the volcano and mountains. The plants were all yellowish, not the green that I'm used to seeing here in Hawaii.
We ate lunch at Parker Ranch restaurant, and then drove back to Kona. We rested a while, then went down to the main drag to go shopping. We didn't get much, but we walked and walked. It was really pretty. When we were done Kent and I went to the black sand beach and took pictures of the ocean and tide. I will post pictures tomorrow. Everyone else is sleeping so I don't want to wake them up to find my cables.
We came back after that and made tacos, then watched Dara Torres and Michael Phelps medal in their relays in the Olympics. Fun stuff!
Tomorrow morning we're off to the City of Refuge. We're going to snorkel there. I think it will be fun. By the way, JUSTIN, I am not a wuss, and I did go swimming in the open ocean (bay) to swim with the manta rays. Your mother is tougher than you think!!!