As a birthday gift to each other (Sharon/Feb, Gil/April), we went to the Big Island in March to check out the lava flow; Pele did not cooperate. It stopped running down the mountain about a week before we went so we canceled the dawn boat trip. The glow in Kilauea crater visible from Jaggar museum stopped the night before. Daytime steam was all that was visible and we had a great hike with ranger, Dean Gallagher (see photo).
That night we were up all night as people called us to make sure we were safe from the tsunami headed our way from Japan. The entire trip was about that - damage from the ten foot surge on Kona coast, news reports and worldwide shock and sadness over the devastation.
photo taken by Dean Gallagher
Hike along the Kilauea Caldera rim with Halema'uma'u Crater venting behind us.
Volcano National Park.
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