At some point on the Saddle Road between Hilo and Kona, the landscape gives way from lava desert to savanah grassland. This is the Parker Ranch. At 250,000 plus acres, it is the largest cattle ranch in the US; privately owned, it is remarkable in many ways. The topography changes in the blink of an eye and was a welcome change from the sameness of lava fields.

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