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Big Island with a quick stop in Waikiki

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Due to a Southwest Airlines promotion, went to visit the Big Island laying over in Oahu overnight. Ironically, this trip will trigger me going to Hawaii even more often through the timeshare ownership. Suffice it to say, I'm more committed now to visit Hawaii leaning towards visiting Maui more often. I also returned to Big Island because I was curious about the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival and wanted to learn more about the activities of this festival. After visiting, my impression of the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival is it is a loose collection of events across all the independent coffee farmers trying to promote their coffee practices and brand Kona Coffee. It is a little confusing to understand what is going on and their website/PR needs more work but I did enjoy myself and would come back again. Due to how Southwest gets to Hawaii, I opted to take a night in Waikiki before taking the inter-island flight to Big Island the next day. I was able to snag a Camaro from Hertz  on B