Big Island Trip 3 Tuesday

On Tuesday we biked what was called the old red road. From Wikipedia: “Locally it is known as theĀ Red Road, due to its long having been paved with Hawaiian volcanic redĀ cinder”. There were some beautiful ocean lookouts along the way.

And the jungly sections were great.

We biked along the coast for about 5.5 miles.

Our first destination was Isaac Hale Beach park with a huge black sand beach. The waves were crazy here, so it’s not great for swimming.

And there were hot springs as well.

Then we went back through. We also road through lava fields.

We ended up back at this local ice cream place that probably has the best mango ice cream I’ve ever had in my entire life.

We also managed to get to see the lava again that night. Such a delight! And the moon was huge.

This wraps up Tuesday!

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