These are photos from our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii.
Native Hawaiian dancing
The hot tubs at our condo
A fish in very shallow water
In the parking lot
Another beautiful sunset
Sometimes lava cools like this.
The view from my lounge chair by the pool
Everywhere!
Hibiscus
This tree grew extra supports for its limbs!
Using lava rock in landscaping
Lagoon
A black lava beach
A regular old sandy beach
We went on a helicopter trip to see an active volcano and the cliffs along the ocean.
Jurassic Park-style mountains
Waterfalls carving their way into the mountains
So pretty!
Hot lava advancing on the tree line and burning things up
Right at the edge of the flow
Old cinder cones
We had to wear headphones to hear the pilot talking to us.
The way cooled lava looks years later
Coming up on the caldera
Really hot!
We could actually see lava oozing around in there.
This was so hot it was still moving a little bit!
Our ride
The prehistoric people who lived on The Big Island left behind drawings and building sites.
Ancient drawing
Ancient building site
Ancient writing
Ancient people used to live in collapsed lava tubes.
More writing
Still more ancient drawing
Another collapsed lava tube dwelling
And another
We went to some great golf courses. On one along the ocean, you have to hit your ball over the water several times.
A pretty course
Golf history!
View from a tee box
From the tee box, with the fairway and green in the distance
Golf course view from our lanai