Today we spent most of the day exploring the Hawai'i Volcano National Park. The Big Island is home to five volcanoes: one is extinct, two are dormant, one is active, and the other one, Kilauea, is very active. We spent most of today learning about and hiking on Kilauea. Our first stop is a scenic […]

We spent our fourth day, mainly on the beach. On the east side of the Big Island, because of all the volcanic activity, there are not too many traditional white sandy beaches. Instead the beaches are often black sand. We went to two black sand beaches this day. We started by driving along the Red […]