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Monday, September 14, 2009

Kilauea Volcano - 9/2009

Our family took a recent trip to the Big Island, HI. We hooked up with Hawaii Forest and Trail to do a 12 hour tour to the Volcano National Park after attempting to go down the Kona side of the island the day before and having the road closed due to a brush fire. Very disappointing! Best route to volcano is north and down the Hilo side if staying in Kona. Although the trip is long and adds up for a family of 4, you will see a great deal of the island in this tour and we felt is was worth it. Our...

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Mauna Kea - 9/2009

Our guide was friendly, professional and knowledgeable. He made an effort to get to know a little something about all the guests, and gave us an excellent narrative in local history and nature during the drive. In many ways, the tour surpassed my expectations. I was expecting canned stew, but the meal came as a great surprise. I thought there was only going to be 1 telescope for both busloads of people and long lineups, but each bus had it's own scope. I also brought my own binoculars, which I...

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