The next day my back was still hurting so Steven found a chiropractor nearby for me. So nice of him. :) It helped some but not all the way. Our main goal for the was to see the Volcano National Park. There were some long hikes that we skipped, because I couldn't walk that far. Also the air is very smelly with all the stuff coming up from the Volcano. We did do some short walks, and looked over the edge of the creator.
We were hoping to see some flowing lava, or at least the red glow from it. The lava had stopped flowing a few months ago, so no luck. The only way to see it was to go in a helicopter over the crater, but with all the vog we didn't think it would be worth it. We saw the park's videos of the lava flowing. The really old one was so boring I actually fell asleep during it, but the more recent one was better.
On day two of the Volcano Steven wanted to see the lava tube. It was a bit of a walk to get to it, then walking through the tube, then back the whole distance you walked during both. My back still hurt, and it wasn't worth it for me to walk that far to be in a cave. So I read my book peacefully sitting down. It was nice sitting and not being in a cave. Steven took a lovely picture of the cave.
We had been amazing seeing so many sunsets over the ocean, we decided to go see a sunset while we were on the Hilo side of the Big Island. The spot we picked is apparently a big surfing spot. Some surfers walked by and commented that we forgot our boards.
My guidebook said I should go to this mochi place. Since mochi is a delicious thing I did. I called in an order as suggested and arrived right when they opened. There was already a line forming outside. This place is famous for mochi covered strawberries. We decided to get a box of 6. Once we were on our way and opened it we saw there were 9. So we ate 9. :) I hope someone didn't order 9 and get 6. Strangely the week we got back we found a place that makes strawberry mochi here.
Here is a picture of Steven "scuba diving" in our hotel. Apparently with a pony tail.
After the morning at the Volcano, we took a slow trip to Kona. We stopped at few scenic places. This was another Black Sand Beach. This one we were allowed to go on to the actual beach. Steven wandered around taking pictures. The one with the trees has me reading on the beach, if you zoom in.
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