We left Kauai and sailed to the Big Island of Hawaii. The first stop would be Hilo. On the way we saw magnificent cliffs of other islands and dolphin. The dolphin (there was a pod) were too quick to take pictures of but several would jump out of the water. They might have been doing this to move fish around as it was feeding time.
We visited an orchid plantation but the other flowers were just as beautiful.
We went to the Volcano National Park and it looked liked pictures from the moon. In fact, astronauts did train on this terrain for their lunar landings. We were showed how the lava destroyed roads and the scenery when the volocano would send it on its way to the ocean. The island increased by 4 acres the last time it blew.
We were not able to actually go into the volcano but we did walk through a lava tube, which was quite large and gave you an idea of how much lava is moved. The temperature is around 4000 degrees and you can not out run a lava flow.
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