In June, we went over to the the "Big Island", Hawaii, with our friends who were visiting from Florida. We camped at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park for a couple of nights (in a beautiful, but windy Eucalyptus grove) and went on a great day hike through an old lava field. There were active steam vents (see photo below) in some parts of the hike, but much of it was old lava rock. The landscape was incredibly barren and exposed. Lots of wind, and also some rain on the return hike. We saw some tree molds, made by the streams of lava, as it flowed around tree trunks. You can see Sam looking down into a cave-like hole; that's a tree mold. Our friend Kelly also found a lava chair to sit and relax on.
Check out this amazing Banyan tree. It is the biggest one I have seen outside of Florida. It reaches over fifty feet in multiple directions. The branches were so thick that it looked like sinew. This was at Rainbow Falls Park in Hilo.
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