Hale Thursday

Today we look at 3 more houses and drive by one.  The houses are further back from the ocean and nothing really grabs our interest.  There is one which was very nice but the neighborhood was rather rough.  Location really is important for using it as a vacation rental.  We drive back into Hilo to return the car and pick up the jeep. We stop to check on surf lessons at a rental place. The lessons would be given at Honolii Beach.  We pick up the jeep and the gal gives us an upgrade to a 4 door for no extra charge!!  We then drive around Hilo and try to stop at the Trib but it closed at 4:30.  We drive to Honolii and watch the surfers for awhile and decide we won't try surfing here.  The entrance to the water is over lava rock and I don't think we could carry our board and make it. Maybe we will try on the West Side.  We head up the coast for a ways and drive through some neighborhoods.  We have a better idea of the style of housing in Hilo and feel it wouldn't work for us.  We eat at Café Pesto, ordering pizza and volcano salad.  It was good, especially the salad.  We are entertained by Rupert Tripp and I happened to know who he is because I have a CD of his music.