Kīlauea is a currently hyperactive shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, and the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawaiʻi, and, perhaps, the most active volcano on earth. – Wikipedia If I had read up on Kilauea before my visit, maybe I would have...
Thurston Lava Tube, also called Nahuku, is located in the rain forest ecological zone of the National Park. The abundant rainfall contributes to the lush growth of the forest canopy trees and the understorey vegetation. The hike inside lava tube itself is short and a bit to sanitized. With the...
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park … that preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid certain death by fleeing to this place of refuge or puʻuhonua. The offender...
Since I was bound to the Kona area for a few days I kept things simple. The first outdoors activity to come across if you head North out of Kona is Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park, and as usual I stepped up to the Visitor’s Center to ask about a hike....
Since leaving the Bryce Canyon area, where Moose and I boondocked a single night in the Dixie National Forest, things have been fairly uneventful. A 250 mile drive, spanning two days, resulted in us arriving at our destination of Lake Mead where we met up with a few other RVers...
The Great Sand Dunes National Park has eluded me for years. I have attempted to visit it three times, and even though it resides in the same states as I have for these past years I have failed to make it each of those attempts. This year Imelda, Timmy, Moose,...
Conor and I can no longer say we have never hiked in the Wild Basin area of the National Park. On Tuesday we set out to photo Ouzel Falls, roughly a 3 mile hike each way. A side benefit to hiking up in the National Park was the temperature was...
False Kiva is a human-made stone circle of unknown origin in a cave in a remote area of the Canyonlands National Park. No official trail leads out to the cave, but Conor did a bit of research and we found the start of the trail. A mile and a half,...
Another day in the Moab area and another hike… although a much smaller one then usual. The Upheaval Dome trail in the Canyonlands National Park is only about a mile round trip, but the view of this massive crater (about 5km across) is a huge pay-off for such a small...
Conor and I wanted to do this last year but the weather failed us. This year the weather was so-so, but a full moon teased us into making the journey anyway. Ironically, it was the same moon that prevented us from getting the photo we really wanted; a 30-minute exposure...
