The other highlight of the plane ride was seeing the Hamakua coast from the air. The view of these huge gorges, lush vegetation, and beautiful waterfalls was spectacular. 
At one point the pilot said, "watch this!" and did a turn that revealed these beauties:
This is the only road that leads down into the Waipio Valley:
Two days earlier, Kirsten and I made a valiant attempt at walking down it. It was so steep, and so hard just to walk down, we decided to stop (we think) about 1/3 of the way. Going back up was a workout!
On the way back up, we ran into a Japanese family walking down, that included an old lady with a walker! I don't know how they got her back up! We didn't take her picture, but here's Miss K. illustrating just how steep hit is...
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