18 stycznia 2017, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We arrived the evening of January 18. We first landed in Honolulu after about nine hours nonstop from Atlanta. Carole was feeling motion sick, so she was less than excited about hopping on another Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneHawaiiHawaii CountyPohoikiLililoa19°26’54” N 154°51’44” W
19 stycznia 2017, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
The morning of our first day we took a drive through the Puna district of the Big Island. Its a more remote, relatively untraveled area with a lot of beautiful scenery. We saw a hot spring pond and a Czytaj więcej
19 stycznia 2017, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We continued our drive through the Puna district on to the Red Road and Kalapana.
19 stycznia 2017, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We booked a tour with Arnott's Lodge to drive up to the summit of Mauna Kea. The first stop was Rainbow Falls. As you can see, the falls were beautiful and the banyan tree was the biggest banyan we'd Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneHawaiiHawaii CountyPu‘ukalepeamoa19°45’29” N 155°27’19” W
19 stycznia 2017, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
On the way up to the summit of Mauna Kea we had to stop at the visitor center to slowly acclimate to the elevation before going to the summit. Saw some interesting silversword plants there and watched Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneHawaiiHawaii CountyPu‘uwēkiu19°49’3” N 155°28’8” W
19 stycznia 2017, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
We drove up the winding road to the summit and waited for the sun to set at the top of Mauna Kea. About a dozen massive telescopes line the summit as the location, atmosphere and elevation make it a Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneHawaiiHawaii CountyPu‘uwēkiu19°49’3” N 155°28’8” W
19 stycznia 2017, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
These are more pics at the summit...incredible sunset view above the clouds...we could also see the mountain on Maui in the distance. The coats we're wearing were provided by the tour company and we Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneHawaiiHawaii CountyVolcanoSteaming Bluff19°25’51” N 155°16’4” W
20 stycznia 2017, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
On Friday, we got up early and headed for Volcano National Park. We got there before the visitor center opened so we headed to the lava tube first. A short walk from the Visitors Center there were Czytaj więcej
20 stycznia 2017, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Kīlauea is a currently active shield volcano, and the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawaiʻi. It is the clearly the highlight of Volcano National Park and Jaggar Czytaj więcej
20 stycznia 2017, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Chain of Craters Road is a 19-mile/30-km winding paved road through the East Rift and coastal area of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. We saw lava for miles and miles along this road. A long Czytaj więcej
