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IMG_0615 One Banyan tree in Lahaina. Yes. One. IMG_0617 The core of the Banyan Tree in Lahaina. IMG_0630 IMG_0631 Sprouting coconuts. IMG_0632 It's like an X-File. It's a tube of jellyfish! IMG_0633 IMG_0635 IMG_0636 Iao Valley IMG_0639 Iao Needle IMG_0642 IMG_0647 IMG_0654 The end of the lava flow separating Big Beach from Little Beach. (The latter is a nude beach.) IMG_0657 Communing with music and nature. IMG_0659 Nancy at overlook of Big Beach. IMG_0661 Big Beach. IMG_0662 IMG_0663 IMG_0666 Dawn at 9700 feet above the clouds atop Halaekala (volcano). IMG_0668 The crater of Halaekala IMG_0672 Looking down 9000 feet to the shoreline. The ride on the bikes was 38 miles. Steepest highway in the USA. We hit 37 mph on the way. 30 hairpin turns too. IMG_0673 BMX cool. IMG_0674 Blue Hawaii helicopters took us on our two tours. This one is on Maui. IMG_0675 Sugar cane. Or is it pineapples? IMG_0676 Crossing the cloud layers toward the summit. The clouds are at 4000-6000 feet. The summit is at about 10000. IMG_0677 IMG_0678 IMG_0679 The crater rim of Halaekala. IMG_0684 IMG_0688 I think that's about a 600 foot waterfall. IMG_0689 Rainforest. IMG_0694 Shoreline at Hana as we came in for a landing. IMG_0695 We didn't crash! IMG_0697 Black sand beach. IMG_0702 Yellow bamboo. IMG_0703 IMG_0705 On the big island we saw chains of these as tall as me. This one is about a foot long. IMG_0706 I think this is called a Proteus. IMG_0710 IMG_0714 IMG_0716 IMG_0721 IMG_0723 IMG_0724 IMG_0730 IMG_0734 IMG_0749 IMG_0753 This is a kind of Eucalyptus tree called a Rainbow Tree. IMG_0754 IMG_0755 IMG_0763 Near Paia, this is supposedly the windsurfing capital of the world. It's down the coast from the Jaws. The sufers get the morning, then the windsurfers get the afternoons. IMG_0767 IMG_0769 Halaekala from off the coast. IMG_0770 Molokini - snorkel over a reef in an offshore crater. IMG_07701 Molokini reef IMG_07702 IMG_07703 IMG_07706 IMG_07709 Turtle town IMG_07711 IMG_07713 IMG_07716 IMG_07721 IMG_07723 IMG_07727 IMG_0774 This is called a Traveling Palm. It sorta looks like a rainbow color-wise, though that didn't come out well in the photos. IMG_0777 A school in Kihei. IMG_0778 Scenic drive north of Hilo. IMG_0781 IMG_0783 Very lush Botanical Garden north of Hilo. IMG_0784 IMG_0785 IMG_0786 IMG_0788 Massive fern. Check out that fiddlehead. Looks like it's going to attack! IMG_0789 IMG_0790 Yes, she loved bamboo. IMG_0794 Akeka Falls IMG_0796 Rainbow falls IMG_0800 Another Banyan. IMG_0801 IMG_0804 IMG_0805 IMG_0806 IMG_0808 Just upstream of a waterfall. IMG_0809 Crops just south of Hilo. I think these are Macadamea nuts. IMG_0811 The plume of the active volcano. IMG_0813 IMG_0815 Yup. Magma! IMG_0816 IMG_0818 IMG_0821 IMG_0823 IMG_0824 IMG_0826 IMG_0828 IMG_0829 Lucky trees. IMG_0832 Lava flow. IMG_0835 Brand new black sand beach. IMG_0837 Note the shelf collapses. IMG_0841 Above the clouds in the helicopter. Mauna Loa in the distance. IMG_0846 IMG_0848 IMG_0850 Approaching Hilo from the northwest. IMG_0876 Volcanoes National Park IMG_0878 IMG_0880 Entering the Thurston Lava Tube IMG_0883 This looks familiar from some movie. Starship Troopers maybe? IMG_0886 Desolation Trail IMG_0890 IMG_0892 IMG_0897 IMG_0898 IMG_0899 IMG_0900 Sulpher Vents IMG_0903 An offering to Pele at the edge of the crater in which she is supposed to live. IMG_0906 IMG_0908 IMG_0909 Yea, no kidding. IMG_0910 IMG_0911 Thanks for the tip. IMG_0913 IMG_0914 IMG_0916 That same black sand beach from the helicopter, but this time from the ground (from a distance - so as not to be on a collapsing shelf. IMG_0920 We hiked on this for about three hours. Did not get to the lava, alas. IMG_0922 IMG_0923 IMG_0925

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