Big Island 8/27/2011

The one thing that we never miss when we go to Hawaii is a trip to the volcano. We spent a night at a B&B in Pahio (awesome breakfast) close to the volcano, we saw an area of the volcano we had never experienced. It is on the other side of Volcano National Par, you cannot reach this area by Chain of Craters Road any longer due to lava overflowing the road. It is so eerie to homes that are still occupied out in the middle of an active volcano field. The one disappointment this trip was there was no active lava flowing, it was our first visit with no flowing lava. We walked thru Thurston volcano tube and made many stops see the scenery as we made our way back to Kona. We ended our excursion with sunset at Southpoint, one of my favorite places. The wave action was incredible due to a storm off the coast.  Here are the pictures.