My McLaren Life: And Finally...The Big Island

Sorry for the delay, but here is what we did on the last island.

On the first evening at The Big Island, we went to a beach near our rental place to watch the sunset. It turned out to be a great idea, because it was the best sunset we saw during our trip.

Jonas liked playing with and collecting rocks, but he watched the sunset too.

Here are some more shots.

The next day we started early because we had a lot planned. First we went to rainbow falls on the east side of the island.

Next we went all the way to the southern most point in the United States. We went really far out on the rocks to get as far south as possible. The only problem, there were some big waves. I got a little wet.

It was pretty windy too.

McKenzie and I had fun.

Next it was time to do some off road time in the Jeep. There is no easy way to get to the green beach.

But once we made it to the green beach we had a good time. And it really was green!

The next day we went snorkeling, and Jonas liked looking for things in the pools.

What is that Jonas?

Don't pick it up!

Be nice to the crab Jonas. He has no fear.

Later that night we tried to see the lava, but it was not as spectacular as I thought it was going to be. It is not as easy to see the lava up close as it used to be. There is a big parking area and a 10 minute walk to look at the lava from a few miles away.

On our last full day, we took a drive up to Mauna Kea. It is one of the best places in the world to see the stars at 13,796 ft above sea level. We stopped one night going over the mountain to look at the stars. It was amazing, you could clearly see the brilliant Milky Way.

Then we went to try and see the lava again. We were determined to get a close up view 0f the lava.

We hiked for about an hour and it seemed like we were not getting any closer.

We found this tree trying to live in the middle of the black lava field.

This is as close as we got to the lava. Still a few miles away.

After the sun went down, it got dark quickly, we had to hike back in the dark with flashlights.

Jonas did not go on our hike, but he still had a good time on the lava with Grandma. This is a really popular thing to do on The Big Island. People write messages on the black lava, usually with white coral, but red lava seems to work too.