During our stay on Kauai, we ventured over to the Big Island for a day to see a little of that island and the volcanoes.
we saw some gorgeous parks and waterfalls...
ventured into the jungle to see volcano made caves...
saw volcano smoke and craters...
walked on lots of solidified lava rock...
crawled into volcano rock caves
saw where the lava would just keep going down until it meets the ocean...
and where lava crossed the road after an eruption, and they had to rebuild it...
LOVED seeing and feeling the steam vents...it was very chilly as we were ascending up the mountain...(hence the layers of clothes...but these vents were AWESOME! Makes me want a sauna in my next house so I can have a daily steam...
free facial anyone? (or a free warm up for the moment?)
Smoke from the current active volcano...
and we went to an overlook to see the volcano in action. This is the closest/safest place to view this volcano, and the only way to see it is at night when it is glowing because it is a boiling hole. A hole the size of a football field with stadium seating.. Massive
There was a 4.something earthquake on the Big Island the day before we went there, I think this guy is pointing to where the earthquake hit...
our first time to see a seismograph...pretty cool.
and this one was pretty jumpy because of small aftershocks and such...pretty cool!
This really ended up being a very educational trip. We learned so much about Hawaii in general, it's culture, etc., and got to see mother nature at it's best, as you will see in the rest of the Hawaii posts...
