Today we decided to visit Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, even though the current lava flow has been paused since a series of earthquakes on Father's Day. Josh & Caroline made the drive down with us, before going their own way (and ending up on the northeast part of the island before the day was through).
Seeing the various craters was cool, despite the sporadic spitting rain that accompanied our day. Plus, the boys did the requirements to receive Junior Ranger badges (various activities at locations throughout the park), their second badges since we arrived. (The first were at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park within a few days of our arrival.)
So, since I think I finally got the whole hierarchy of the volcano park figured out, I thought I'd share it with you. Kiluea is a volcano on the island of Hawai'i and is located on the southeastern part of the island. (Mauna Loa is another volcano, but is not currently active.) The Kiluea caldera (the area formed after the collapse of land after a volcanic eruption) is like one giant crater that has other craters inside of it. The biggest of those is called Halema'uma'u:
Other craters include Keanakako'i and Kiluea Iki (or "little Kiluea").
To be honest, Volcanoes is a place I'd like to hike and explore more -- without my kids. They have just enough patience to handle the Crater Rim Drive and maybe a 1/2 mile hike somewhere. But, that's probably not meant to be on this trip.
On our way to Volcanoes, we drove past some awesome Whittington Park, an old pier that made for some great landscape shots, including the one at the top of this post.
After finishing at Volcanoes, we grabbed some dinner out and caught the sunset at home with the Turpens.
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