Saturday, February 18, 2012

Kalapana Lava Flow


We've met some folks that live at the end of the road in Kalapana. The road ends because the lava flowed right over it! They told us that the flow was really good and that it would be a great time to see it. So we left right around dark and drove down to Kalapana. It was flowing, and flowing good, but we were quite a long distance from the flow.
 It's about a 10 minute walk out there...luckily we remembered our flashlight.


Locals that own the property take folks out there on tours, but it's $100/person...not for us at this time. Our friends said it looks small from this distance, but the flow area can be over 100' wide right now. Wow!
Our pictures DO NOT do the lava flow any justice at all whatsoever. It was thrilling to see it in person...even from a great distance.


 We most definitely could have used a tripod.
 The lava reflected in the clouds was magnificent.



In other Raye happenings....Brake Repair with Stella & Tom. It was lovely (for me) when Tom had a day at home to work on his brakes. They were a hassle. He was at it all day. It was lovely for me because Stella "helped" Tom the whole day.


News Flash: We just sold our drake ducks Calvin & Roosevelt...to a guy who is not going to eat them! He wants them in his yard for mosquito, slug, and coqui frog control...how cool is that? We're very happy and so is Jemina (our sole drake with the wrong name). Maybe we should start calling him Mr. Jeremy? He and the girls, Alice, Meg, and Mrs. Drake were strolling around the yard. Now if they would only lay us some eggs.

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