Sunday, June 20, 2010

Our Trip to the Big Island, Day 2



Our second day started early with Eric heading out on a 10 mile hike to the Napau Crater.  Marcus and I chose to go on a 3 mile hike up the Pu'u Huluhulu Cone.  Both hikes started at the same point, Marcus and I just had to pick Eric up down the road at the end of his day.


The boys in their cool shades before we started.


This is where we said goodbye to Eric.  We were able to see him again when we got to the top of our cone and he was hiking through a large lava field.  He didn't know we were there, so he didn't get a picture of us, and he had the camera, so we couldn't take a picture of him.


Once we picked up Eric, we decided to drive down Chain of Craters Road to where the lava meets the ocean.  Marcus and I got to stand on some lava that had gone completely over the road.


Behind Eric and Marcus is the Holei Sea Arch.  It's lava that has been carved out by the ocean waves.


On our drive back up to our cottage we stopped at this crater, which I can't remember the name of now.

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