Big Island of Hawai'i

It's been a couple days since the last entry due to our travels and the time that we arrived back at the hotels. On Saturday, 25 April we went to the bis island of Hawai'i. We left at 5:52 am and returned at 10:30 pm. You'll see that I had no time to write on the next blog. 

The Big Island was nice we went over to the Volcano National Park to see if we could see any active lava flows. Unfortunately, there were no active flows but we did hike throughout the park and really enjoyed the views and the varied landscapes. We were able to look down into the crater of the one of the largest active volcano in the US and walk through a rain forest. Some of the photos below will give you an idea of the landscape and the sights that we saw. I especially, liked the one shot of the lava covering the road. There were tremendous lava beds through out the park that are dated from different times. Some of the older lava beds are seeing a rebirth of life with trees and plant life growing, as noted in the photo of the palm trees in the lava field. At the site of the lava crossing the road there was a very bad smell of sulfur from the activity just a few weeks ago.

 More to follow in the Hawaiian Adventure. Leave me a comment and let me know that you stopped by for a look.