The last two days of the cruise where spent at the island of Kaua’i. Of all the days and locations on the trip, I enjoyed Kaua’i the most. If you ever decide to take a trip to Hawaii, I would highly recommend Marriott’s Kaua’i Beach Club. It’s located on the beach of a beautiful cove with access to great surfing, and a smattering of fun shops and vendors.

The main reason I appreciated Kaua’i was the dynamic terrain. A tropical mountain island with a large canyon branching out through the center. Dusty ridges accompanied by jungle valleys. Waterfalls, beaches, cliffs, and winding roads. Lots to see in such a small place.

Here are some photographs of our trek around the island.

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.

Hawaii’s Volcano National Park:

The Kīlauea Caldera.

The last month went by with motion blur…. like when your camera is at 1/40th of a second and you are spinning in circles with a 300mm @ f2.8….

As some of you know, I started a full-time job with a company called Fastenal. I am their MS SQL Database Administrator. Consequently, I have been fairly busy lately, as it is summer and I have a “real job”. Right now I am in the Twin Cities at training for work thus providing me with some time to edit a month’s backlog of pictures.

Here are some good portraits I took last month. More updates to come soon.

-Jordan

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

-Lamentations 3:22-23