Our excursion for the stop in Hilo was to Volcanoes National Park. The trip started with the obligatory and totally unnecessary shopping stop, this time at Big Island Confectionary. We did pick up some cookies as a gift for Ken, whose birthday was upcoming. After that it was about 45 minutes up to the park itself.
We had three stops in the park. The first was at the overlook for the Kilauea crater. The crater had been active, but was in a quiet period while we were there. We saw steam and smoke, but no lava. We then went to the visitor center where we got stamps to put in the boys’ national park passport books. The final stop was at the steam vents. These are openings where collected water hits hot rocks, creating steam. These were interesting, and there was a good trail that we took that gave additional looks at the Kilauea crater.
We got back to the ship after the Terrace closed, so we had a late lunch at Waves. The last port call of the trip was over and now it was just the road home.Read more
United StatesHawaiʻi County19°48’46” N 155°3’53” W
United StatesHawaiʻi County19°48’46” N 155°3’53” W