We started the day with a trip to the beach for some snorkeling. The tour guide said the beach right across the street from hotel was the most under-rated beach for snorkeling. He was right. It didn't look like much, right next to the pier, but once you got past the corner, it exploded with color and life.
After snorkeling, we left with rental car for the other side of the island, Hilo. Hilo is the rainiest city in the U.S. It gets over 250 inches of rain a year. It is lush and green, much different than Kona, which looks much like a volcanic desert. Oh yeah, that's what it is. Anyway, on Hilo we took a helicopter ride over the active volcano and some waterfalls. It was great. In some of the pictures, you can see where the vent holes are with the bright orange lava inside. It was neat to see where the lava flow had gone over the road. That happened the night before. We tried to get there by car, but the police had it blocked off. The different colors of the lava are different ages. The newer lava is bright and silvery in contrast the darkness of the older lava. After the helicopter ride and lava search, we went to Rainbow falls and the boiling pots on our way back to Kona. Very cool, but took a lot of climbing to get to see them. Actually had our first rain of the trip last night. Rained for about an hour after we got back to Kona.
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