Our road trip along the Big Island's south shore included stops at the amazing Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park, the windy Southernmost Point in the U.S., and even the South Kona Fruit Stand where we tried Lychee's for the first time (not a fan!) But the highlight of our road trip was Punalu'u Beach (pronounced poo-na-loo-oo):… Continue reading A Big Island Road Trip: Paradise Found
Located on the southern Kona coast along Honaunau Bay (pronounced Ho-Now-Now) is a sanctuary known as Pu'uhonua o Honaunau. Say that ten times fast. 🙂 And our last-minute decision to stop by this National Park was probably one of the best last-minute decisions EVER. (I found out later that Lonely Planet Hawaii ranked this National Park as… Continue reading A Tiki Sanctuary
It was after sunset when we pulled into the Jaggar Museum parking lot for the second time. My husband and I were on a mission to see the glow of the Halema'uma'u Crater after a friend suggested that we "had to stay and see the glow of the volcano." We didn't really know what to expect… Continue reading The Big Island Glow
As a frequent visitor to Yellowstone National Park, I am incredibly fond of our National Park System. For most of my life I have lived within a few hours of Yellowstone, so road trips and weekend getaways to the Park were easy to pull together. Sadly, throughout all of my visits I never really stopped to think about… Continue reading Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Seeing an active volcano is worthy of any bucket list; however, actually having the chance to see an erupting volcano is pretty close to slim-to-none, unless you're incredibly lucky--and in some kind of danger--or, you travel to the Big Island to visit the world's longest erupting volcano known as, Kilauea. Guys, it's been erupting since 1983!… Continue reading The Big Island-Kilauea Volcano
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