On our morning Crater Rim Trail Hike, we saw the Hawaiian state bird, the Nene.
The highlight of our drive around Crater Rim Road was a visit to this beautiful sea arch made of lava rock.
The arch wasn't even our favorite part.
Nor was the gorgeous bluer than blue view.
The highlight was seeing two or three hump-back whales. They frequent that area during the winters to deliver their babies. We couldn't believe how close we were to them even though we were standing on shore. Very, very awesome.
Me. Happy about the awesomeness.
My favorite kind of lava was the pahoehoe that looked like Jabba the hut.
We had a good visit to the Thurston Lava Tube as well. It was basically a cave made from Lava that drained out of a pocket of earth really, really fast. The surroundings there were very rainforesty. Gramma K said, "The way you think Hawaii is supposed to look."
Family photo inside of the opening.
Carolyn came out of the tube a little worse for wear.
Us+Gramma K on the otherside of the Lava Tube.
Looks very Hawaii to me.
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