Kalapana Lava Viewing Trip

After a day of projects we had a late lunch and then headed to the coast where the road ends in a lava flow from January 2011.

If you're looking on a map, it's in Kalapana, HI. It was about a 10 minute easy walk on a little paved road.

Just as we pulled up it stopped raining, so that was good timing.

The guides said that about 5 new homes have been started in the last 5 weeks. Lots were selling for about $5K. I'm not sure of the size of the lot. The guides did say that if lava flows on your land and destroys your house, the land is still yours, but you do have to wait 10 years before you can begin building again.

The current flow is far in the distance. About all we could see was smoke. Then at dusk we saw some bright orange spots where the lava is flowing off in the distance. We could get closer to the flow by going into the Volcano National Park and hiking in about 6 miles, but we weren't up for that.

Family pic on lava that flowed on my birthday last year (Jan. 20, 2011).

My folks :)

Crescent Moon and Venus. It was a stunning view! (Venus is not showing up in the picture, but it was there)