cliomouse (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cliomouse) wrote,@ 2007-01-27 15:23:00 |
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Aloha!
Mandy and I made it back in one piece Wednesday evening, and I'm already planning my next trip. I would like an opportunity where I can actually visit with Jerry and Cathy more than we got to. It's tough trying to fit everything into a week, and there were a LOT of things we wanted to see. We managed to fit in Akaka Falls, downtown Hilo, a little bit of Puna, Kilauea, Punalu'u, a little bit of Kona, Waimea, Hawi, and a few other places. Banyan Drive was fantastic at night, with all the coqui frogs chirping and the fog from the rain and the ocean floating around the trees. Mandy was hanging out the window of the cars taking pictures while I drove the whole time, so she has a lot more that I'll have to steal.
What follows is a few pictures, resized smaller, but still will take forever to load if you only have a modem:
Me standing in front of Akaka Falls.
Mandy sitting in the shallow end of the geothermally heated pools at Ahalanui in Puna.
A honu at Punalu'u black sand beach (I stole some sand in my little empty liquor bottle...we left offerings to please Pele)
Me with some tiki carvings at the Place of Refuge. The one on the right is actually supposed to be happy...can you tell?
Us in front of a steam vent on Kilauea. There was a lot of wind, so it was cold, and the steam was a little stinky, but it was tough not to stand in it to keep warm! I ended up with a bit of breathing pain, though, by the time we left...all that sulfur...
Me standing in front of Kilauea.
The Rift Zone at Kilauea. Nothing for scale, but you could fit a bus in there.
Offerings people had left near the crater for Pele.
Stay away from the geologists!
Pele's put everything where she wants it, so don't move it!
Mandy and I made it back in one piece Wednesday evening, and I'm already planning my next trip. I would like an opportunity where I can actually visit with Jerry and Cathy more than we got to. It's tough trying to fit everything into a week, and there were a LOT of things we wanted to see. We managed to fit in Akaka Falls, downtown Hilo, a little bit of Puna, Kilauea, Punalu'u, a little bit of Kona, Waimea, Hawi, and a few other places. Banyan Drive was fantastic at night, with all the coqui frogs chirping and the fog from the rain and the ocean floating around the trees. Mandy was hanging out the window of the cars taking pictures while I drove the whole time, so she has a lot more that I'll have to steal.
What follows is a few pictures, resized smaller, but still will take forever to load if you only have a modem:
Me standing in front of Akaka Falls.
Mandy sitting in the shallow end of the geothermally heated pools at Ahalanui in Puna.
A honu at Punalu'u black sand beach (I stole some sand in my little empty liquor bottle...we left offerings to please Pele)
Me with some tiki carvings at the Place of Refuge. The one on the right is actually supposed to be happy...can you tell?
Us in front of a steam vent on Kilauea. There was a lot of wind, so it was cold, and the steam was a little stinky, but it was tough not to stand in it to keep warm! I ended up with a bit of breathing pain, though, by the time we left...all that sulfur...
Me standing in front of Kilauea.
The Rift Zone at Kilauea. Nothing for scale, but you could fit a bus in there.
Offerings people had left near the crater for Pele.
Stay away from the geologists!
Pele's put everything where she wants it, so don't move it!
