Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Island of Hawaii (2011)

📍: Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site | Park Brochure “Endless is the good that I have given you to enjoy.” – Kamehameha I (May 8, 1819) “How many places in America can you walk in the footsteps of a king? Where else has a stranded sailor risen up to become a great chief over an … More Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Island of Hawaii (2011)

Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawaii (2011)

📍: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, Island of Hawaii (2011) “Along the western coastline of the Island of Hawaiʻi lies the hot, rugged lava of Kaloko, Honokōhau. This seemingly barren and harsh landscape does not appear to be suitable for human existence, and yet, long before written history, the Hawaiian people built a thriving settlement upon this … More Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawaii (2011)

Thurston Lava Tube [Nahuku], Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Island of Hawaii (2011)

📍: Nāhuku Lava Tube | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park📍: Day Hike- Nāhuku (Thurston Lava Tube) | Hawaii Volcanoes NP “Walk through a verdant rainforest and listen for the calls of native birds before entering a 500-year old lava tube where a river of 2000 degree fahrenheit (1093° celsius) lava once flowed. Its Hawaiian name, Nāhuku, … More Thurston Lava Tube [Nahuku], Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Island of Hawaii (2011)