One of Aaron's life goals has been to "See red hot lava". If that was going to happen any time in our life, visiting the Big Island was the best chance we were going to have. You can't just get into your car and drive to where the lava flows are however - that just wouldn't be safe, practical or legal ;o). How to make it happen? Fly there of course. Mom decided to surprise us and spring for a volcanic helicopter tour. It was amazing! And, yes, we did get to see red hot lava!!
If you enlarge this picture, and look just to the right of the pilots console, you will see our first sighting of the amazing red hot lava. It was the only shot I could get from the moving helicopter.
This little village here has been rebuilt THREE times due to lava flow! At what point to you just say.... I gotta move?!
The rest of the pictures are just taken as we were flying over the rest of the island. Lots and lots of waterfalls on the East side of the island.
The two pictures above here are of Waipi'o Valley from the air. If you enlarge the bottom one you can see the road we drove down to get in there... it shows just how steep it really is!
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