Thursday, May 31, 2012

Big Island - May 11-14, 2012

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For Mother's Day weekend Sommer and I went to the Big Island!  The first night we headed straight to Halema`uma`u Crater for some nighttime lava viewing. It was one of the highlights of the trip!

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On Saturday we headed for a round island trip. Hitting up Punalu`u and the black sand beach.

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We then headed out towards Kona and Pu`uhonua O Honaunau (City of Refuge).

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We stopped in Kona for some lunch.

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Then we headed up to Hawi and Kamehameha Akahi `Aina Hanau (Kamehameha's birth place).

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On Sunday Sommer and I headed out to Kapoho and Kalapana.

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We picked up Robert and headed up to Mauna Kea.


All three of us hiked out to Lake Wai`au! At the 13,000 feet in elevation the 1.5 miles hike to Wai`au was BRUTAL!

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Lake Waiau 01 Pano

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From the Summit we watched the sunset on a great day and our short vacation.

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Haleakala, Maui
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Mauna Loa
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Rest of the pictures here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiapolo/collections/72157629751964772/