Cabana Joy...

Our cabana at the beach club. We stayed at a great condo that provided access to this beach club. It was beautiful. A perfect crescent beach cove, full of fish for the boys, lovely free cabanas, beach toys rental shack, restaurant, and clean bathrooms. Did I mention it was perfect? It was. Active happy boys, sun, warm water, a good book... and a cabana :) that's alls I need!

Volcano Stuff...

Kilauea volcano is the only volcano to have two eruptions at the same time. We were close to the summit caldera eruption and could see the lava flow eruption in the distance. It's another hour drive to the lava flow and a mile hike on the lava bed itself. Max wasn't feeling well and it was a 3 hour drive back to the Kona side, so we headed back around sunset. Ken's Pancake House in Hilo has the best Hawaiian bread french toast - I know!






This is the view of the fuming vent in Halema uma u crater from the Jaggar Museum overlook. We heard a rumble and saw a bit of ash. Nothing like St. Helens but it was fun being so close. The visitors road use to go around this crater "caldera" and there was an observation deck right where the vent opened up. Luckily this vent opened at night and no one was hurt :)

The Sulfur Vents!!... Dad was still blamed for the smell... no respect!!