After our night in Volcano, HI, we drove thru the Leilani Estates and down to the south eastern coast of the island to see the destruction of the Fissure 8 eruption in May of 2018. Over 700 homes were destroyed and miles of land covered with lava, floating into the sea to enlarge the island.

For for perspective, here is the USGS map of where we were. We drove over the 3 flows near MacKenzie on that road, and the Coastal pictures are from asking there. The black sand beach is at Isaac Hale Park, where you can see where the Flow met the ocean there to create more island.

We stopped for lunch at Pepe’s Kitchen, in Pahoa, a small typically Hawaiian town close to the Leilani Estates. We met the proprietor who told us a bit about the destruction and made us a Hawaiian boat, a traditional gift from the native to the foreigner to bring them back to Hawaii again! He also made the most Beautiful locomoco and blintzes.

  • Hawaiian Cacao

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