Big Island Day 5: Volcanos National Park

A tree grows in Brooklyn, it's true. But nature finds a way in the middle of a desolate lava field. Day 5 dawned bright and clear, and we left Carlson's Volcano B&B to hit Volcanos National Park. It is the most interesting place I have ever been, hands down.

We started with Kilueau Iki, a small volcaning crater east of the main crater, that kind of looked like this from the rim:




That pale line that runs from 10 o'clock to 4 o'clock across the crater floor is the path across. Down there on the floor of the crater, there's actually steam coming up, like this:




And Marlee snapped this picture of the little plant that could - click the link, as I wanted to leave it full size for resolution: plant.jpg

After a day of hiking in Teva's and sandals, we realized that our feet were not going to be happy unless we actually had decent hiking footwear. So we set off for Hilo, and picked up some real hiking boots for the remainder of our time here. Tomorrow, the active lava....