Month: March 2008
Mauna Kea Aerial View
Mauna Kea Aerial View : Flying into Hilo we passed over North Kohala and started our descent and from our window could see the peak of Mauna Kea rising above the clouds. Mauna Kea rises […]
Star Angel Of Hawaii
Star Angel Of Hawaii : One of our most enjoyable times during our Hawaiian vacation was when we were staying at the Volcano Country Cottages Bed and Breakfast Inn hosted by Sandy and Garret. Not […]
Bird at Panaluu Black Lava Beach
Bird at Panaluu Black Lava Beach : Panaluu Black Lava Beach was our recommended beach to go and see the turtles and we did see turtles there but we also saw some amazing birds dancing […]
Crater Rim Trail Hike
Crater Rim Trail Hike : Between the Thurston Lava Tube entrance and the Kilauea Iki Trail we found the most incredible hike between the rain forest and the crater floor and went from dripping wetlands […]
Halamaumau Volcano Seismograph
Halamaumau Volcano Seismograph : In Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at the Jagger Museum there is, among the other incredible histroical and geological displays on the workings of the island's tectonic family, an entire bank of […]
Pele – Hawaiian Volcano Goddess
Pele – Hawaiian Volcano Goddess : This painting of Pele, at the Jagger Museum in Volcano Park, made us stop in our tracks. It is a large painting and the red colors and hypnotic stare […]
Ala Wai Canal
Ala Wai Canal : The view from our room at The Aqua Aloha Surf And Spa Hotel on Kanekapolei Street. We walked along the Ala Wai Canal at night and there were people rowing towards […]
Wailua River Lookout
Wailua River Lookout : We stopped at the Wailua River Lookout on our drive back from the Kailua Ridge Trail where we saw the Sleeping Giant. The lookout, along highway 580, was a great vantage […]
Spouting Horn
Spouting Horn : Dual lava tubes create the incredible Spouting Horn. As ocean tides and active waters flow and recede through the two lava tubes there is a phenonomenon that Hawaiian legend attributed to a […]