Rental house exterior and back to Pahoa

The front of our second rental house.  We even have a garage (which a lot of houses don't have) and a garage door (which most houses with garages don't have).

The view looking one way down the street ...

... and the other way. Note the presence here of something not seen in most neighborhoods on the island -- mailboxes.  Apparently, the postal service will not deliver if the street is not paved, which ours (at our real house) is not.

Hala trees

The hala (aka thatch screwpine or the walking tree) was brought to Hawaii by the Polynesians, who used the leaves to make baskets, mats, outrigger canoe sails, and thatch roofs.  The fruit is edible too.

Hala fruit (we would try eating it if we could reach it ...)

Immature fruit

Bromeliads

A type of decorative ginger

We had to go back to Pahoa because on Friday I left my credit card there at the restaurant. Oops.

Heading into Pahoa

Approaching the center of town

The main drag