More Hawaii Photos

Here are a few more photos. From the top: Ki'i Statues at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau (Place of Refuge); Barbara & Mark on Napau Crater trail (Hawaii Volcanoes NP), Carol, Barbara, & Mark at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau.

I'm now headed up to Canada for a couple weeks. This month is super crazy for me with trying to get all my errands done before the hiking/biking season gets busy. I'll post as I can! Please check back soon.

A Few Big Island Photos!

Sorry it has taken me a while to get these photos online. After being on the Big Island of Hawaii hiking & snorkeling for a week, we flew back home to Colorado. Had to catch up on "practical" stuff, like bills and laundry! Hawaii was great. We had sun for the most part. Rain was there when we needed it (hiking on exposed lava trails!).

Photos, all from Hawaii Volcanoes NP, from the top are: The view into Kilauea Iki Crater; Carol & Steve viewing steam vents with Mauna Loa in the distance (see snow on top!); Looking down into Halemaumau Caldera; Mark photographing Mauna Ulu; Walking through the steam vents on Napau Crater trail.

Aloha!

Aloha from Kauai, Hawaii! Steve and I are out here getting set up for the Kauai hike starting tomorrow. Very different weather from the snow and cold temps we left in Colorado!! It's warm, bordering on hot at times, and humid here. Beautiful, lush vegetation. I guess that is why they call it the Garden Island! Duh!

Here are a couple of pics from Poipu Beach area yesterday. Check out the sea turtle. It's so cute! And huge! It's hard to tell the size of them from the photo. Must be three feet long at least! We saw a Hawaiian Monk Seal hanging out on the beach. There were also humpback whales breaching out in the ocean not too far away from the shore. Pretty cool! I'll try to post more pics if I get the chance later this week.