Well Spring Break found Grandma and I on the Big Island of Hawaii. It sure was nice to leave a foot of snow and home and go to 80 degree days.
There was lots of green plants and lots of lava. Even the beaches had lots of lava rock. The picture below looks across the bay to Captain Cook's Monument. It is the white dot at the water line in the middle of the picture.
Oh yes Flat Stanley got to go to Hawaii also.
There were lots of turtles close to the shore.
Grandma took a picture to make sure we could prove we were there.
This shoreline is by the Sheraton which shines spot lights on the water and the Manta Rays come up in the light to eat plankton.
The following pictures are at the Volcano National Park.
There was not any hot lava flowing, but the gases were escaping from one of the craters.
In Wyoming the 4th graders went to Teton National Park and went snowshoeing on their field trip. In Hawaii the 4th grade field is to Volcano National Park. As you can see below Joyce had to get a picture of these 4th graders.
The light colored strip in the picture is a hiking trail through one of the volcano calderas. The larger picture actually shows people hiking on the trail.
There was lots of green plants and lots of lava. Even the beaches had lots of lava rock. The picture below looks across the bay to Captain Cook's Monument. It is the white dot at the water line in the middle of the picture.
Oh yes Flat Stanley got to go to Hawaii also.
There were lots of turtles close to the shore.
Grandma took a picture to make sure we could prove we were there.
This shoreline is by the Sheraton which shines spot lights on the water and the Manta Rays come up in the light to eat plankton.
The following pictures are at the Volcano National Park.
There was not any hot lava flowing, but the gases were escaping from one of the craters.
In Wyoming the 4th graders went to Teton National Park and went snowshoeing on their field trip. In Hawaii the 4th grade field is to Volcano National Park. As you can see below Joyce had to get a picture of these 4th graders.
The light colored strip in the picture is a hiking trail through one of the volcano calderas. The larger picture actually shows people hiking on the trail.
The Big Island is called the Orchid Island. What trip would be complete without a trip to the Orchid Farm.
This is Rainbow Falls near Hilo. It was interesting to discover that the Hilo side of the Island receives about 200 inches of rain and the Kona side gets only 5 inches. When we were at this island 29 years ago, all the development was on the Hilo side. They have since decided that the tourists don't like so much rain, so the development has taken place on the Kona side. They have even developed the main airport in Kona.
We had a great trip. We enjoyed the great weather and great scenery. It was a great place to relax. The only frustration is the travel to and from Hawaii. We left Kona at 8:05 pm and got into Salt Lake at 12:45 pm the next day.