These are some of my favorite pictures from Champagne Pond. None of our pictures of the fish really turned out. It was only an $8 underwater camera. But the ones of us are fun. The water was clear (mostly) and warm and best of all, we had it all to ourselves (almost). There were only 3 other people there when we showed up and they got out quickly to sun bathe so it was great!
New Kaimu Beach is interesting. It was previously known as the famous Black Sand Beach until lava came and wiped it out. Because the natives loved it so much they tried to reclaim it by planting palm trees, but honestly they haven't really taken to the barren land. To get to the small portion of 'beach' remaining you have to walk a trail of red sand spread over the lava plain. Pretty cool if you ask me.
After much turning around and bad directions (on my part) we finally arrived at the Lava Tree State Park. It was pretty cool too. Unfortunaltly it was raining so we (as in cold little me) weren't too interested in walking the whole thing. Nevertheless, we got some pretty cool pictures. What happens when hot lava hits a water filled tree? The lava climbs up the tree, burning and killing the tree, but cools around the dying tree, because of the water, and leaves these "lava trees". They can get pretty tall! There were also some deep cracks left from the volcanic activity here too.
When we went to these tide pools, we walked around for a bit and eventually decided that they weren't very interesting. It wasn't until we got home and mom and dad told us we had gone to the wrong place. We saw a few small fish, (a lot of fat swimmers), and dead crabs. If we had gone more the right, apparently there is an AMAZING snorkeling opportunity. Too bad we missed it. It's one of our few regrets and if we go back we'll do it then.
Now, one of my favorite places (mostly because of the drive down). If you drive out in the middle of the rainforest and take a random road you might see another little road carved into hemp bush - if you look closely. (We missed it the first time.) There's literally barely enough room through the bush for the car to fit. It arcs over the top of the car and completely encloses you. It's a 4WD trip down to a lava beach that is pretty much completely secluded. The road is so 4WD, we found a car crashed at the bottom. When we first got there, we shared the area with two little Hawaiian boys who were attempting to fish while snorkeling. They moved on pretty fast though. We were slightly disappointed because in our tourist book the place was advertised as a naturally heated lava pool. Unfortunately, the water was so cold I didn't want to swim in it. Nevertheless, we spent a good long time just sitting on the rock watching the waves crash into the pools contained by lava rocks. We watched the waves grow and only left when we worried it might become dangerous.
It was another fun day in Hawaii. Once again, I have way more pictures than I think Blogger will let me put up. Love you all,
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