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Several days into our trip, we hiked through the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. Our half-day adventure took us down into the Kīlauea caldera. Many of these pictures are in and around the cladera.

Purple tendril uncurling.

The trail into Kīlauea.

Fissure

The only thing growing up through the lava bed was ferns and this pretty flowering bush called Ohia Lehua.

Smoking sulphur from the Halema’uma’u Crater.

Kīlauea Caldera.

Part of our hike took us around the rim of the caldera. During parts of the trail, we walked along this section of abandoned road. It was no longer in use because large sections of it had fallen into the volcano during eruption.

Part of Kīlauea Caldera with the Halema’uma’u Crater smoking behind it.

Thorn bush.

Hardened lava flow.

A rusty hand rail.

[This post is part of my unclogged project.]

We’ve found sand! We had to walk a mile from the ship to get to this beach.

[This post is part of my unclogged project.]

First morning in Hawaii. I was still used to central standard time (-6:00 GMT), so by 4:30am in Hawai’ian time (-10:00 GMT) I could no longer sleep and got out of bed; the sun didn’t rise until about 5:50am.

My brother Merritt thinks it’s early…