October 31st and we go back to Volcano National Park for some hiking and to maybe see a lava flow at night and it is the last day of our Parks Pass.
We start out on the Mauna Ulu Eruption Trail.
Nature is amazing. Things will find a way to grow through anything.
This is the January 1974 eruption
Caught a couple of the endangered Hawaiian Geese - Nenes - in flight. They are endemic to Hawaii (found only here) and only on 3 of the Islands.
Next we tackle the Kilauea Iki Crater Trail which is 4 miles round trip down through a rain forest to and across a Volcanic Crater Lake.
It's coming into view!
Such a strange landscape.
Again in what seems like a vast wasteland a beautiful flowering bush pushes through.
There are still active steam vents. Makes you wonder just how smart are you to be walking here?
I may not be a smart woman but I can hoist large rocks over my head!
Someone call the Highway Dept.! Reminds me of some of the roads in the Northeast after a bad winter!
It's getting dark so we head to the Jagger Museum to get a look of the Pu' U Huluhulu Crater Steam Vent at night. There are signs everywhere warning you of the Sulphur in the air from the Volcanic Fumes. 1/2 the scenic loop road is closed because of it.
The Steam Vent is definitely cooler at night - you see the glow from the Lava inside. There were no viewable active lava flows when we were there - a disappointment - I guess there had been some spectacular ones back in September.
Aloha!
Meanwhile, we keep on Trek'n
Melissa & Gary
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