We started our day to the Volcanoes National Park with a stop at the Pu’unalulu  Black Sand Beach to visit the turtles. 

There was a local net fisherman patiently watching for the fish….. I wasn’t patient enough to wait for him to cast that net,  however!

Our ultimate goal,  the National Park

The most recent explosive episode of volcano has rained down tephra, a mixture of lava and gasses that was blown into the air.  it covered the ground like feather-weight gravel and chuncks.

We visited the Thurston Lava Tube along the String of Craters Road

The lava and vegetation were very interesting!

We went all the way to the cliffs of the ocean edge of Kilauea to see the Holei sea arch

A great day but a long drive!  Fun to share with Mark and Bodhi