This happened a while ago but it felt overwhelming to blog about everything since the trip was a week long so here I am catching up. Brian’s parents were supposed to come out for a weekend in Oahu then take his sister and I to big island for a bike trip with Backroads. They ended up getting COVID two days before they were set to leave… so Brian’s sister came out and we went on the trip together.

Night one we stayed at the King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. When we arrived on Big island, there was some festival going on and we walked a street market. We left early the next morning to head to Volcanoes national park. We started our day hiking the Kilauea Iki Trail, you can see more pictures from my first go around on this trail from this post. The Ohia Lehua’s were in bloom this time and made a fun pop of color against the dark gray lava.

We got to hear more about the lava with a volunteer tour guide.

And can’t miss the lava tube!

We stayed at the quaint Kilauea Lodge. It has only like ten or twelve rooms and is a ten minute car ride from the park. I thought I had more pictures but I don’t.