We spent a week on the Big Island. Stayed in Kona for half of it, drove along the northern coast of the island toward Hilo/Volcano, stayed in Volcano for the second half, then drove along the south coast to leave.
Us at a luau on our first night.
The gardens outside of our stay in Kona's Cloud Forest.
The little pond outside our front door.
The forest hike next to where we stayed.Us in front of Pololu Valley lookout.
An ocean cove view from a botanical gardens in Hilo.
The banyon trees were cool.
This is how pineapples grow in the wild.
The entrance to Kaūmana Caves, a lava tube network in Hilo.
The inside got gnarly quick so we didn't venture too deep.
Scout under a monkeypod tree.
Us on the summit of Mauna Kea.
The sunset on Mauna Kea, behind the observatory.
Scout investigating the rocks at Punalu'u Black Sand Beach.The view from our stay in Volcano Village.
The Kīlauea Iki crater hike is one of the coolest hikes I've done.
Overlook of the Kīlauea Iki crater. Notice the little faded pathway that marks the hike through.
Us in front of the overlook.
Cairns guided us on the hike through the crater.
Tiny bits of life has started growing again.
Scout hiking through the caldera
We found a rainbow inside of the crater!
On our last day there, Pele blessed us with a volcano eruption at Halemaʻumaʻu. We snagged a great parking spot and got to see an eruption. The eruption reached over 500ft in these pics, later that day reaching up over 1000ft. From our viewpoint a couple miles a way, we could hear the roar.
Us in front of the eruption.
A view of the eruption and steam vents in the caldera.
Zoomed in view of the eruption.
Maui
We took significantly less pics in Maui since we were taking it easy for the last few days.
The view from our B&B in Maui, which had a great view of the north shore.An ocean view on the Road to Hana.We saw sea turtles!We woke up at 2am to leave for the sunrise at Haleakala.
