** This post has been sponsored by Paradise Helicopters of Hawaii. All opinions and images are my own. I've crossed off something that's been on my bucket list for a long time during our Big Island vacation: seeing lava! During our honeymoon in 2014 Graham and I had hoped to see the lava but we weren't able to; at the time it wasn't flowing toward the ocean and we could only see the crater ... Read more
Our Stay in Pahoa
After visiting Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Graham and I drove to Pahoa to check into our rental on Kehena Beach. We encountered the only traffic of the trip on the drive along Highway 130. (It became clear how the entire town could be cut off from the rest of the island if the lava flowed over it.) Our beach rental was the Whale House, which is just across the street from the ocean. It was a ... Read more