Zippy!

Today we drove to the east side of the island, where we walked through botanical gardens, including many bromeliads, wild gingers, bananas, and other tropical plants. We saw cinnamon trees--you can taste the spice from a stem of a leaf--and cashews--very toxic, it turns out, do NOT touch this in the wild.





At the same place we took a zipline tour through the forest canopy, zig-zagging back and forth across a rainforest ravine. Lots of fun!





After the zipline, we were tired, so we drove to Hilo and had a lunch. We had thought about pushing on to Kiluaea, but were too tired to try the 3+ hour drive, so we turned back and returned to our hotel.

A dip in the pool and jacuzzi, and then a late dinner at sunset.



Tomorrow we have nearly a full day, then catch a redeye back home