January 27, 2016

Hawaii–Volcanoes National Park

hawaii volcanoes np-1hawaii volcanoes np-2Obligatory portraits …
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Other obligatory portrait …
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Heading down Steam Vent Trail … which was cool.  But.  Nowhere near as cool as all the steam and sulphur and funky water holes at Yellowstone…
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Don’t fall in, Middle Dude!  It’s stinky and HOT down there!
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Summoning the steam.  Good job, Dude!!

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Falling and Titanic (I think?) antics …

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Pele’s Breath, giving a whole new dimension to steam facials…
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I guess this little birdy wanted to travel with us.  We are pretty good company…
hawaii volcanoes np-24Still with us.hawaii volcanoes np-25hawaii volcanoes np-26hawaii volcanoes np-27hawaii volcanoes np-28
My in-laws are pretty dang cute.
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Volcanic Lava Tube …
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Every once in a while we hug a tree in honor of Aunt C.

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I have pretty high expectations for national parks.  I expect that they will blow my mind and be astoundingly stunningly beauteous.  This wasn’t that.  Methinks Big Dude’s aunt summed it up as being a national park because of events of the past and what we could learn from them.  Don’t get me wrong; it was a neat daytrip.  It just wasn’t Yellowstone.  Or Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Yosemite …

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